University of Minnesota Extension interviews Green Waves Dairy on Robotic Milking Barn

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The University of Minnesota Extension, with co-hosts Dr. Marcia Endres and Dr. Jim Salfer, will host 30-minute robotic milking editions once a month for 2021. Episodes are held on the third Thursday of every month at 11:30am Central Time (USA). To register go to: z.umn.edu/30minRM

In this edition, David from Green Waves Farm in Central Minnesota discusses his family’s transition to robotic milking.

  • 8 Lely robots with a toll booth style set up

  • Automatic feed pusher (Juno)

  • cross-ventilated, 6-row barn

  • DCC Waterbeds: bed 2x/week with sawdust

  • Inlayed mat at feeding alley

  • consistently: 130,000 SCC

“We built the barn for cow comfort,” David said.

Green Waves Farm’s first installation was in 2014 and they added more in 2017.

To hear more, watch the 1st Episode of the University of Minnesota’s Robotic Milking Edition.