How dairy robots are changing work for cows and farmers

These machines have been around for a while. There are at least nine companies selling them.[1] This started in Australia and New Zealand, which don't have much cheap labor.

There's a competing approach - robotic rotary milking.[2] Rotary milkers (giant turntables with cows on them) have been around for decades, and are becoming more automated, down from four people to one.

All this stuff works fine. So there's a huge milk glut.

[1] https://roboticsbiz.com/top-9-best-robotic-milking-machines/

[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxhE53G3CUM

Also slightly related, many sectors have not become more productive over the years, but farming actually has according to Dutch statistics [1, fig 4.7].

[1]: https://www.cpb.nl/de-nederlandse-economie-in-historisch-per...