The robot will milk the cow now: Farming's hi-tech future
From robots milking cows and self-driving tractors to electricity generated by slurry, it is a brave new world for farmers. How will they adapt to new technology, the demands of climate change and changing public tastes? Kim Bielenberg reports.
High-tech Holsteins: Robots run Smiths Grove dairy
Elkins, a fourth-generation dairyman, is one cowpoke who these days does his poking at touchscreens on an operation that would be more at home on an episode of “Star Trek” than on the set of “Green Acres.”
