SHOULD YOU RETROFIT THAT BARN WITH ROBOTS?

This winter I have had a few opportunities to sit down with families to help them plan their future with robotic milking. In many cases, the first question was whether to retrofit robots into the old barn, or start over with a completely new facility. I suggest moving that question to the back burner. Instead, start with a clean slate, and create a list of the features you want in your robotic facility. Begin with the end in mind. Once you have your list, evaluate your existing facility and determine which features can be incorporated into the existing barn, and which ones can’t. You may choose to cross some things off your list to make the old barn work, or you may decide retrofitting involves too many sacrifices. Either way, you are making decisions rather than accepting the status quo.

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