Technology and robotic milking in dairy production

Nicolas A Lyons; Juan I Gargiulo; Cameron E.F. Clark; Sergio C Garcia

doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-818766-1.00289-0

Technology and robotic milking in dairy production

Nicolas A Lyons, Juan I Gargiulo, Cameron E.F. Clark, Sergio C Garcia

Gulbali Research Institute

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The increase in average herd size coupled with the difficulty to attract and retain staff on-farms, threatens the long-term viability of the dairy industry across most dairy producing regions. Dairy producers need to find solutions to this issue, and technology and automation appear as most promising and effective. Technology can replace repetitive tasks, increase the accuracy and frequency of individual measurements or enable better decision making on-farm. Within the wide range of technologies currently available, robotic milking is probably the one that could enable farmers a great opportunity to increase overall productivity, profitability and sustainability through improved labor efficiency, lifestyle and general management on-farm through better use of information gathered by sensors.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Encyclopedia of dairy sciences
Editors	Paul L.H McSweeney, John P. McNamara
Publisher	Elsevier
Pages	823-829
Number of pages	7
Volume	1
Edition	3rd
ISBN (Electronic)	9780128187678
ISBN (Print)	9780128187661
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-818766-1.00289-0
Publication status	Published - 2022

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