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RUCKERSVILLE — Cheryl McDaniel has found her calling as a dairy farmer. It’s not something she expected to be — she didn’t grow up on a farm and she previously worked in a school office. However, from ...

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CHARLOTTE, Vt. — For decades, as his own industry struggled, seventh-generation dairy farmer Clark Hinsdale II watched visitors flock to the nearby Shelburne Museum to admire its vast American art ...

FAIRFIELD, Vt. (WCAX) - Robotic milking systems are opening a world of possibilities on Vermont farms. Since childhood, Ben Williams has milked cows using a manual milking system. After taking over ...

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Although the herringbone is the most popular milking parlour type used in Ireland, there is a range of other designs. These include the double-up unit, rotary parlour and the robotic milking machine.

Ashley Farr of Farr Farm in Richmond programs his Lely Astronaut robotic milker while a cow is milked by the machine. Farr bought the machine used last year. Photo by Andrea Suozzo Inside the barn at ...