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More milk in the tank with less effort
The way to dairy.
Providing dairy producers a sustainable, profitable & enjoyable future in farming.
Feeding
Optimal feed efficiency for a healthy and productive herd
Housing and caring
Optimal barn design for optimal cow health
‘Labor has been a big issue and that’s one of the reasons we put in the robots – labor is hard to find and hard to keep.’
‘The robots have made it possible to enjoy other parts of our lives.’
‘The free-flow design has enhanced the herd’s lifestyle and increased overall comfort.’
‘The cows are free to do whatever they want, when they want.’
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Automatic feed pushing
Lely Juno
Robotic milking
Lely Astronaut
Automatic feeding
Lely Vector
Barn hygiene
Lely Discovery
From calf to dairy cow
Lely Calm
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Postma Dairy’s Game Plan: More Robots
To say Jon Postma has doubled down on robots is an understatement. In fact, just five years after installing 10 Lely Astronaut A4 robotic milking systems at his Modesto, California dairy in 2017, the decision was made to install another 12 Lely Astronaut A5 robotic milking systems for a total of 22 Lely milking robots in just half a decade. Jon wasn’t always so bullish on robots, however.
Iowa farm improves calf rearing program with robotic feeding
Shannon Dietz and her husband Drew have been raising youngstock on their family farm outside Nashua, Iowa since 2016. In 2019 they upgraded their operation with a Lely Calm automatic calf feeder to improve their calf rearing program. Their story, however, begins roughly 60 years earlier.
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Why Lely?
Farmers all over the world make choices about how they set up and run their farms. Every day, we help them make the best choices for themselves and their farms. We do this by providing advice and innovative solutions that contribute to efficient farm management. For sustainable milk and meat production. Present and future.