Oct 31, 2018 | Dairy News, Robotic Milkers
During the week of World Dairy Expo — the first week of October — we tend to have a lot of tour groups come to the farm. Many people are in Wisconsin for World Dairy Expo in Madison, so it is easy for them to make the two-hour drive to our farm. This year, one of the...
Apr 23, 2018 | Life on the Farm, Robotic Milkers
In the last couple of months, we’ve really hit our stride with the robotic milkers. We’re learning how to work with the milkers, and the cows are also adjusting well to the new process. We think a big part of it is because we’re adjusting so well to them by...
Feb 20, 2018 | Animal Care, Life on the Farm, Robotic Milkers
Now that we’ve added the robotic milking machines, a lot of people think we don’t need people around the barns because the machines take care of all the milking. Even with thirteen robotic milkers on the farm, we still need people outside in the barns pretty...
Nov 21, 2017 | Life on the Farm, Robotic Milkers
2017 has been a really big year for Majestic Crossing Dairy, and we wouldn’t be where we are today — milking our herd on 13 robotic milking machines — without a lot of help from a lot of people. Community members, farmers in the area and vendors whom we have developed...
Nov 7, 2017 | Life on the Farm, Robotic Milkers
Anyone who has done any sort of building project knows that it takes time. When you build a house, it might take six months to actually build, but before you start building, you have all of the contractor and vendor meetings. You have to pick out all of your finishes...
Oct 25, 2017 | Dairy News, Robotic Milkers
Quite a few people have asked me how long the robot construction process will be from start to finish. I was thinking about it, and it’s a baseball season – the regular season plus postseason. Initial construction began when the Brewers were starting their season. The...
