I'm super impressed with the robot milking technology, and that the cows feel comfortable enough to essentially milk themselves.

I don't know how I didn't realise this was a thing. Im utterly fascinated.

I've been showing this video in my high school science class (we are in an agriculture unit) and all of my students were amazed. You did a great job with the video. Please post more of your videos that I find on Facebook up. I would love to show them the one you did about your inspection.

Thank you for your honest and educational videos. I’m from Iowa too (not a farmer) and I appreciate the work you put into your videos to educate others. Don’t let the haters get to you. You take great care of your cows!

Some are under the impression that cows don't like to be milked. If they didn't, they wouldn't be lining up at the milking machine, waiting their turn! Domestic dairy cows need to be milked regularly, they were bred for that purpose and would get all sorts of health problems from not being milked, to say nothing of hoof care and medical intervention. These are healthy, contented cows giving lits of milk. I'd love to visit a farm like this.

Pretty neat how the cow sets her back feet after stepping into the stall.

I used too work at a dairy farm when I was a kid. Back in late 1970S early 1980S we had too clean the utter with a rag . And then hook up the suckers by hand

We just retro fitted two Lely A5’s into our barn. Really loving them

I watch your videos on Facebook. My dad spent teenage summers on his grandma’s northern Iowa farm near a town named after my 5-great grandfather. He also sold farm equipment for a small Iowa manufacturer in the 70’s through 90’s. So, all this to say, I love your channel and I am learning so much. Did I mention that I never missed the Iowa State Fair since going at age 12. Thank you for doing all you do.

My wife grew up on a dairy farm. I showed her this video and she was amazed. I know her dad would have been. He had a modern milking parlor, for the time, but that was 40 years ago

Do you have any videos of hoof repair? I love to watch the cows walk after they’re all fixed up 😁

Great system, I even noticed how the cow positioned herself within the stall for milking. Good video!

Hi there, the wife and I saw you and Jaime with Tork/Sawyer on Barn Talk and thoroughly enjoyed the discussion about dairy farming. We subscribed to your channel and will start looking back over your past posts. This video was exceptionally good, and your milking system was as good if not better than most others that I've seen on YT. You did a good job explaining the process too.

These robots are Truly revolutionary

I could watch the robot milking your cows all day! Good video, I enjoy watching more at length videos on KZfaq.

OMgosh! this is incredible. I commented on one of your other videos about my husband having a dairy farm in the 60s. If he were still here he would think this was soooo cool.

I have been binge watching your videos. Very interesting and educational! Thank You!

Can you do a video on how manure is handled and stored? Also why do the stalls seem to never accumulate manure on the sand?

you have such a wealth of knowledge good education and appreciate what you do!

Thank you for the videos

Thanks. Interesting video

So cool. I love how she couldn't wait to get in there

I raised dairy goats while in 4H, and know how important hoof trimming is to keep the milk flowing. Do you trim you here's hooves or have someone come in? Can you show a video of a trim?

This is amazing

I just found your KZfaq channel a couple of days ago & I love them. I'm a city woman & have only milked a cow once in my life. I have learned so much about cows, milking, your farm, & idiotic people that bash you. I Love your videos & you are proving that you can teach an old dog (I'm 71) new tricks. I learn something everytime I watch one of your videos. I plan on back tracking them to #1 & catching up. Thank you so very very much.

well that was just lovely

So when is Lely going to sponsor you? You have gotten the name out nationwide and also international

New subscriber here. Question... how to you make sure all cows get milked and no one skips?

Great stuff, thank you!

Milk hauler here in az. I have yet to see a robot. They do the semi old school way. Walk up and down the parler or they have a giant turn table. Last couple of day were nonsense for me because I had to dump a whole load because loads that got pulled from that silo popped hot for high acid. Chiller didn't work right and when they got it working they cycle the milk back through the chiller. Got done loading for my boss to call me saying all the milk in the back barn was bad. Dumped my milk on the loading pad. They also had to dump milk on the loading pad and wash silo and start over again.

I’m from Iowa. Married a farm girl. I’m fascinated by your dairy farm. Thank you! I’m new to the channel. Have you talked about: How many cows? How many milking robots? What is the investment? Are they difficult to maintain?

Beats milking by hand!

This is so cool and completely trumps what I learned from the farming unit in Culinary school. Beef Inc. was the worst movie I saw during my schooling.

I'd love to see a conversation between him and Joey Carbstrong or any other vegan KZfaqr. His content is the EXACT opposite of what they claim about the dairy industry

I love the videos it's neat seeing new technology work but I was wondering does the robot only let the cows milk like 3 times a day or is it just set like after 3 or 4 hours the cow can come back through if it would like to be milked again?

Is that green spray after every milking an antibiotic spray? I hope not because if so youve just convinced me to find an alternative to industrial scale dairy.

Cool

This is fascinating farming has come a long way with technology

Cow poop removal? How do you deal with the manure when the cows come into the robot??

7103 just assumes the position lol she must like the robot

We all know cows poop and pee, we know you have those clever things that pull across the pathways to move poop along to the drains. But I'm amazed that you have not been photobombed with the girls doing their business. Maybe its very artful editing. But do they wander out to the pathways to do their business ? They dont seem to have poop on their sandy beds or all over them (except on lower legs) but the beds are roughly the length of a cow so maybe poop just naturally makes its way to the path without them getting up. OK I guess I'm just a weirdo but curious as to just how you are able to keep things as clean as it is.

Those brushes look good for cleaning human hands too 😁

So, I have a question, and I appologize that this is off topic. Where I used to live I passes a farm regularly. I noticed that bovines seem to prefer laying down if there will be precipitation. Whhy is that?

This is so cool!!! People like to spread lies about how this practice is "oppressive," but it's really no different from what breastfeeding humans do! Same physiology, different anatomy (yes, confirmed that statement with a human lactation consultant too). Also, humans don't have all the bells and whistles on their pumps like cattle do! We have to clean ourselves and do everything manually! Dairy cattle just sit there and relax!

I'm curious if you've ever milked a cow by hand?

We are ready for another video, a month is a long time wait! What are the girls up to? How many calves have been born since this video?

Please post your Facebook videos here, even if it’s the older ones.

Has a cow ever freaked out and hurt the robot?

Do your cows get to go outside any

What’s the difference between A1 and A2 milk?

Do cows have certain pens they like to chill 🤔

I know the milk is self contained but is there any value in cleaning the outside of the robots or the gates?

so in this video you say the "name" of the cow with a number (the tag on the ear has this number I understand that) but in other videos you call them by a name name (like Judy). Who do you name and why?

Very interesting. How do you introduce a new cow to the process?

Like most of us I have definitely been fed massive amounts of misinformation in regards to dairy farming practices. Appreciate you shining a light on your operations, has been quite interesting. Rock on

Please make more videso

Can you do a video on how farms like Natural Prairy Dairy, hurt farms like yours?

If the coler go's bad or batteries die will that cow still be milked or will the robot reject that cow until it is fixed

If you don't even touch the cow you are not a real dairyman.

Does your cows produce milk with the A2 or they just produce regular milk? I buy milk that has the A2 and it has the cream on top

You know how your car is there in all the time I'm not against that but I'm Irish with beef cows and we have a mouse in the summer and spring we have a good amount of machines can you give us a walkthrough of your machines also how many cows do you have

Not related but i just saw a video where some farmer put vr headsets on the cows to make them think they were outside and i guess they produced more milk. I was just wondering yours or anyone elses thoughts on this. Keep up the great work sir. Have a nice day😁

Does a young cow have to be trained to go in to the milker?

What is your biggest piece of advise for a dairy farmer looking into getting robots?

What happens when the robot milker needs service or breaks down for an extended amount of time? Have you exposed the ladies to more rudimentary milking methods so that in the event of a “robot rebellion” you can keep your production at profitable levels.

How do the cows know to go get milked?

@iowadairyfarmer...more youtube video's please. Forget that stupid Tik Toc. more and longer video's here.

This is pretty cool, as I understand it a cow with full udders can be in pain, so these milk cows are happy to be milked and walk right in all on there own. When I was a kid in Dayton Ohio in 1966 I watched the new fangled milking machine as it milked the cows I belive as far back as the 1950s this was still being done by hand. If you had 150 head of dairy cows on the farm you spent a lot of time milking cows feeding cows and a lot of people on the farm to do the work. Even with the robots its still aclot of work. You have to keep the milking area clean Cows have to be feed, poop has to be cleaned up, and with modern machines it can be moved to a pit for composting prossesed and turned into fetlizers. If your not using what is comming out the cows backend then your loosing money. Lets face it whats it cost to make 1 gallon of milk? What you get at home isn't what came out of the cow.

Can your Wife Mom or Daughter use the Machinery too?

Does the sand bedding mess with the robotic equipment and did your somatic cell count go down after you transitioned to robots?

You were given a chance to wake up a few years ago. I guess you didn't take the Hint. Wait till it comes back🙏

Where are all your workers🤔

Don't disable comments on your Reels & Tik Toks. I have some questions for you

is it justr more or did that cow not look very healthy. many wounds such

Let's keep it real don't disable comments

Be transparent stop blocking negative Feedback & unfollowing people who disagree

Watch the true cost of dairy on Netflix the truth

He speaks as if this is to the Cows benefit. They're "used abused" then discarded by people with no Souls. They had rough Childhoods so take it out on an innocent Animal