News and press releases

Feb. 27, 2019

Press

Lely continues to grow in robotics and farm management data in a positive economic climate

Maassluis, 27 February 2019 - Lely has achieved robust growth in 2018 by further strengthening its position as a leading supplier of robotics and farm management data for the dairy farm. The year saw various milestones, such as the celebration of its 70th anniversary, the launch of a new Astronaut milking robot and sharing their vision of the ‘future dairy farm.’

Feb. 18, 2019

Press

Lely introduces Quaress Barrier, a sprayable barrier uddercare product

Maassluis, 18 February 2019 - As part of a carefully selected range of uddercare products, Lely now introduces Quaress Barrier. This sprayable barrier product is suitable for every situation and especially designed to use in combination with automatic milking.

Jan. 17, 2019

News

Lely expands their barn lighting system with new LED fixtures

In addition to the 250 Watt LED fixtures, Lely introduces a new 125 Watt LED fixture with a maximum output of 18,000 lumen. The Lely L4C LED 125 is specially developed for low barns, dry cows, beef cattle and workspaces.

Nov. 13, 2018

Press

Lely demonstrates: robotic milking is possible without pelletized concentrates

The 'Commodity feeder' for the Lely Astronaut offers a more economic alternative.

Maassluis, November 13 2018 – Milking robot manufacturer Lely offers its Astronaut customers the possibility to dose non-pelletized feed in the milking robot. The option is called 'Commodity feeder' and can result in huge savings on feed costs for robot milkers.

Nov. 13, 2018

Press

Improving farm performances with lean principles

Launch of the Lely DairyWise farm management optimisation program

Maassluis, the Netherlands, November 13 2018 – The landscape of farming is changing; dairy farms are growing but still work with the same amount of labour and routines. In many cases, this leads to high workloads, an increased labour turnover and farm results that have room for improvement. This is why Lely developed the DairyWise farm management optimisation program. The farm specific program, based on lean principles, focusses on target setting, observing the current situation and implementing improvements. With this step, Lely expands their Farm Management Support services.

Nov. 13, 2018

Press

‘Lean in dairy farming’:

Enhanced farm performances through Lean thinking

Maassluis, November 13 2018 – At the EuroTier 2018, Nestlé and Lely jointly presented the book ‘Lean in dairy farming’, that describes a new way of looking at farm management. A practical manual about the Lely DairyWise method, that combines Lean manufacturing tools to add value to every single step in the milk production and herd management process. Based on a collaborative team effort to improve performance by adding value, create flow, removing waste and reducing variation.