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| Program special directions into the computer system, by the auto-ID tag numbers. You can have the robot reject the cow, so it is just hustled out the exit gate. Or you can have the robot milk, but the milk will be diverted away from the bulk tank to a seperate can, drain, or calf feeder.
There is a "traditional" dairy farm in Ontario, showing off at an advertised open house. Century - old big red bank barn, milking 50 cows tiestall, and decided to go for automation without building a new facility. Shoe-horned a robot into the basement, along with free-stall rows complete with electric alley-scrapers. Yet from the outside you would never know how modern a set-up it is. I applaud the farmer for taking a daring yet pragmatic leap into the future.
Not sure if this URL gives the correct document;
http://ontariofarmer.com/sites/www_ontariofarmer_com/upload/pdfs/op... | |
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Should I add stalls or sell cows?
