cow
When you picture someone milking a cow what do you see in the mind? The
odds are good that you are picturing a farmer, in a pair of denim
overalls, sitting on a stool pulling on the cow’s neither regions. That
is the traditional way to milk a cow. Or maybe you pictured the more
modern version, in which the farmer
attacks long, stainless steel, suction tubes to the cows udders to draw
out the milk. What I’ll wager you didn’t picture was a robot doing the
job, but more and more that is what is going on when a cow gets milked.
That
news scenario is the one that is happening more and more, as farmers
turn to technology to enhance the productivity of their work. Take for
example the case of Mark and Karen Hosch. This pair of Dubuque County,
Iowa, farmers were recently highlighted
as part of the recent trend to bring robots to the farm. The family
recently bought a pair of care robots, who can each handle about 60 cows
a day, dealing with daily feedings and the twice daily milking that the
cows require.
The robots are hooked up the camera and a smart phone app that help the farmers to remotely manage their livestock.
Image: Morgue File
