La Ferme A. St-Hilaire SENC à St-Odilon-de-Cranbourne, au Québec, préparait le virage robotisé de sa production laitière depuis plus de 6 ans avant que son projet se concrétise en décembre 2018. Une décision réfléchie pour assurer l’avenir de

Working Hard to Keep the Dairy Industry Moving Forward

Apr 8th, 2020 29m 26s

As we enter the spring of 2020, the world finds itself in a very unique place. Many businesses have closed their doors and are finding new ways to work during the COVID-19 situation. Lely continues to keep working, learning and serving our Lely

The Way to Dairy Winners Excitedly Anticipate Dairy Robotics Start-up

Mar 10th, 2020 21m 43s

Dan and Debbie’s Creamery was the recipient of the Way to Dairy Award, and is currently in the midst of construction for their new facility. Their Lely Vector automatic feeding system and Lely Astronaut robotic milking system recently arrived o

Super Cows in the Magic Valley

Nov 21st, 2019 18m 12s

Heglar Creek Dairy in Cassia County, Idaho added Lely robots to their operations less than a year ago. Fast-forward to today and their cows are average 175 – 200 lbs. of milk production per day. This week we are joined by herd manager Austin Hy

Cheese. Cows. Wows!

Nov 6th, 2019 23m 43s

The Harrison family of Sweetwater Valley Farm are 5th generation farmers with over 200 years of farming. They currently have 2,000 dairy cows which makes Sweetwater Valley Tennessee’s first Lely Dairy XL farm. The Harrison family use about 10%

Choosing the Proper Liners for Your Herd

Sep 26th, 2019 17m 36s

Liners play a pivotal role in milk harvest because they are the only product that actually touches the cow during the milking process. With so many different options on the market, producers may have a hard time determining the proper liner for

Discover What Cows Really Want

Jul 30th, 2019 21m 50s

Discovering the true wants and needs of cows has allowed producers and robots to increase production and maximize herd potential. Listen along as Lely North America Milking Technologies Manager Paul Peetz joins host Bellana Putz to discuss perf

From Cow, to Glass, to Table

Jun 25th, 2019 31m 12s

As a lot of dairies look to expand their herd to remain sustainable, Twin Brook Creamery chose a different route. In 2006 when Larry Stap’s daughter and son-in-law wanted to join the family dairy operation, they considered growing their herd to

Farming For the Future

Jun 18th, 2019 21m 59s

In the third installment of our June Dairy Month where we feature one family dairy each week who is producing and selling dairy products from the milk harvested from their cows, host Bellana Putz is joined by Troy Westendorp of MOO-ville Dairy.

From Grass to Glass and Bringing A2 Milk to Canada

Jun 11th, 2019 44m 35s

The den Haan family has cows on their farm with pedigrees they can trace back 20 generations. Because they have this type of data and can track the cows all the way through the bottling process, they chose to exclusively use A2 genetics in thei

From Farm to Table

May 31st, 2019 22m 37s

Josie (Takes) Rozum from Dan and Debbie’s Creamery joins host Bellana Putz to discuss the ins and outs of owning and operating a dairy and creamery with family on a daily basis. Winners of Lely’s The Way To Dairy Award, Josie also talks about t

Data-based Decisions

May 28th, 2019 21m 2s

Preston Vincent is joined by Darin Strauss, Dairy Operations Manager at Majestic Crossing Dairy. Majestic Crossing Dairy retrofitted their barns in 2017 and currently house 13 Lely robots. With data from almost three years backing them, Majesti

Training with Technology

May 14th, 2019 11m 10s

Northeast Iowa Community College is home to Iowa’s Dairy Center, a facility that features classrooms and a working dairy farm with two Lely Astronaut A4 milking robots. Open to students participating in agriculture programs, the facility offers

Better with Robots

Apr 30th, 2019 33m 7s

Two years after their first start up, Homestead Dairy is currently the largest robotic dairy in North America with 36 milking robots. Brian Houin joins Preston Vincent and talks about why they chose robots, the factors that influenced the decis

Easy Feeding with Automation

Apr 9th, 2019 29m 33s

Automation in the barn is becoming more frequent every day. Taking the place of daily tasks, the Lely Vector automatic feeding system and the Lely Juno automatic feed pusher are examples of robots that will add consistency, efficiency and an in

Data in Demand

Mar 26th, 2019 18m 9s

Adam Griffin joins Preston Vincent and Dairy Robot Radio to talk about the advancements in data collection with the new T4C 3.10 update and to offer insight on how to get the most out of your data. Plus, a sneak peek at some cool data transfer

Robot Selection Based on Herd Size

Feb 25th, 2019 11m 29s

John Postma from Postma Dairy in California talks about different robot sizing within a pen and his experience a year into robotic milking.

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Dairy Robot Radio Trailer

Feb 15th, 2019 2m 21s

Dairy Robot Radio, the show that provides answers to your most pressing questions about dairy farming and automation. Each episode will focus on a major topic within the dairy industry and will feature experts from Lely and throughout the indus

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