Double Diamond Dairy in Preston Idaho uses robotics

UMaine’s new robotic milker shows the future of the state’s dairy industry

A dairy cow steps through a small metal gate toward a bucket of food. As the cows grabs some feed, a gate slowly closes behind it and a machine whirs to life. A robotic arm moves underneath the unbothered cow. A camera in the arm uses pictures to create 3D renderings while a burst of water and disinfectant cleans and coats the cow’s udders. Soon, it begins milking the cow through the use of the imaging while monitoring the animal’s health. A rob…

Double Diamond Dairy in Preston Idaho uses robotics

David and Natalie Nelson have a dairy on land that was homesteaded in 1888 by David’s great-grandmother. When they built a new dairy barn five years ago they put in robotics for milking, not only to make things the milking…