News and press releases

July 15, 2024

News

Launch PPS Reinventing Circular Dairy Farming

The PPS 'Reinventing Circular Dairy Farming' was launched today. In this Public Private Partnership, the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Food Security and Nature, Wageningen Livestock Research, Slootsmid, Nederlands Centrum Mestverwaarding, Hanskamp and Lely are working together. The pilot project aims to research how urine can be used as a fertiliser substitute. Using urine as a manure stream can help improve the circularity of a dairy farm.

May 15, 2024

News

Lely celebrates 50,000th Astronaut

Maassluis, May 15 2024 - Today the 50,000th Astronaut was handed over to its new owner at the Balmoral Show in Lisburn, Northern Ireland. John Henning OBE, 37th president of the Royal Ulster Agricultural Society, was present to celebrate this momentous milestone. Since its commercial introduction in 1995, the Astronaut has revolutionized dairy farming. Currently the Astronaut milking robots milk over 2.500.000 cows daily in over 50 countries worldwide.

Feb. 6, 2024

Press

Lely reports financials over 2023 with mixed feeling

Today, Lely presents its annual results for 2023: growth of 25% with total sales of €888 million (2022: €704 million).

Jan. 17, 2024

Press

Lely and ZLTO start pilot for CO2 sequestration in Dutch soil

Today marked the start of Lely and ZLTO's pilot project focused on CO2 sequestration in Dutch soil. Three farmers have officially entered into a cooperation agreement and committed to participating in this project for a duration of seven years. The primary objective of this pilot initiative is to encourage the sequestration of CO2 in the soil, promoting sustainability within the farming community. Lely is actively contributing to the pursuit of a more sustainable future for the agricultural sector, with the ultimate goal of reducing the environmental impact of farming practices. On carbon sequestration Lely collaborates, among others, with ZLTO.

Oct. 16, 2023

News

Lely and Acorn join hands to offset CO2 emissions

Lely is pleased to announce its partnership with Acorn. In addition to reducing CO2 emissions, the company will take responsibility for all emissions from its own operations in 2023. With the purchase of the Carbon Removal Units, Lely is offsetting around 7,200 tonnes of CO2 equivalents. By doing so, the family-owned company also gives a positive impetus to making agriculture more sustainable and the Carbon Removal Units generate an additional income stream for small-scale farmers.

Oct. 2, 2023

News

Partnership between Lely and Konrad Pumpe GmbH offers farmers more flexibility in automatic feeding

Dosing systems for the Lely Vector strengthens vision on flexible feeding

Robot manufacturer Lely and Konrad Pumpe GmbH, the innovative specialized company for plant engineering, join forces by entering an official partnership. As of October 2023, Lely will add the Konrad Pumpe GmbH dosing systems to their feeding portfolio and distribute them via the Lely Center network. This allows Konrad Pumpe GmbH to expand its business area, while Lely International enables Lely Centers to offer their farmers new possibilities in working with the Lely Vector automatic feeding system. The partnership is a result of previous collaboration while installing different dosing systems together.