Dutch farm uses mobile robotic milking unit

A mobile robot unit means cows can be easily milked while out grazing during the summer months

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Simon Samson (left) and his father Joost.
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Simon Samson (left) and his father Joost.

Many dairy farmers have the problem of roads going through their farms splitting grazing blocks off and forcing them to walk their cows across busy thoroughfares. Dutch dairy farmer Simon Samsom has...

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