Grazing Normande cows in a robotic milking system

A Cumbrian dairy farmer is defying the odds by milking his grazing herd of Normande cows through robots

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Grazing Normande cows in a robotic milking system

Milking robots have traditionally only served a purpose for cows housed indoors all year, but for Cumbrian dairy farmer Mac Findlay, a dedicated set of tracks leading to a series of paddocks and an automatic...

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