Dairy Robot Radio

Josie (Takes) Rozum from Dan and Debbie's Creamery joins host Bellana Putz to discuss the ins and outs of owning and operating a dairy and creamery with family on a daily basis. Winners of Lely's The Way To Dairy Award, Josie also talks about the transition that is happening in the family dairy with two Lely Astronaut A5 robotic milking systems that will soon be implemented and the flexibility her family is looking forward to experiencing.

Preston Vincent is joined by Darin Strauss, Dairy Operations Manager at Majestic Crossing Dairy. Majestic Crossing Dairy retrofitted their barns in 2017 and currently house 13 Lely robots. With data from almost three years backing them, Majestic Crossing Dairy is now able to make small tweaks and see the impact it has on their operation, allowing them to maximize their bottom line.

Northeast Iowa Community College is home to Iowa's Dairy Center, a facility that features classrooms and a working dairy farm with two Lely Astronaut A4 milking robots. Open to students participating in agriculture programs, the facility offers the ability to not only see the robots working first-hand, but the opportunity to work with them. Mariah Schmidt from NEICC joins Bellana Putz and discusses how this facility prepares students for careers working with robots.

Two years after their first start up, Homestead Dairy is currently the largest robotic dairy in North America with 36 milking robots. Brian Houin joins Preston Vincent and talks about why they chose robots, the factors that influenced the decisions they made prior to their first startup and the takeaways they have learned since. Brian also discusses the differences he has seen in herd behavior, health, reproduction, production, genetics and more.

Automation in the barn is becoming more frequent every day. Taking the place of daily tasks, the Lely Vector automatic feeding system and the Lely Juno automatic feed pusher are examples of robots that will add consistency, efficiency and an increased level of management for your operation. Listen as Lely North America's Feeding and Barn Product Manager, Dan Schreiner, talks about the many benefits dairy producers and cows will experience with automation.

Adam Griffin joins Preston Vincent and Dairy Robot Radio to talk about the advancements in data collection with the new T4C 3.10 update and to offer insight on how to get the most out of your data. Plus, a sneak peek at some cool data transfer capabilities that will be available in June 2019.

John Postma from Postma Dairy in California talks about different robot sizing within a pen and his experience a year into robotic milking.

Dairy Robot Radio, the show that provides answers to your most pressing questions about dairy farming and automation. Each episode will focus on a major topic within the dairy industry and will feature experts from Lely and throughout the industry to help provide information and different perspectives on automation total solutions.