A small-scale cow house hosted a ‘large’ herd of 10 cows during the three-day show. Site visitors heard about housing cows, robotic milking and new ways of sustainable dairy farming.
The companies say a benefit of cow housing and robotic milking is that very little effluent is created, and this is captured and redistributed in a controlled way, helping to reduce N leaching.
Robotic milking began in 1992, when Lely launched its Astronaut A4 system. The company says robot milking technology is gaining momentum as more farmers better understand its benefits. Lely has the largest number of robot farms globally and in New Zealand.
It reports much interest in how robotic milking can work in the context of pastoral grazing and cow housing.
“Because of this Lely New Zealand has worked with TechniPharm and Cow House Construction to expose a wider audience to robotic milking.”
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