START WITH A ROBOTIC MILKING READINESS AUDIT
- Dec 12, 2025
- 3 min read
Planning a new robotic milking facility involves a lot of decisions. There are hours of visiting farms, and working with dealers, manufacturers, not to mention your own team. Those hours will help you decide whether to build new or retrofit; choose between guided flow and free traffic; determine how many cows per robot; and what kind of handling facilities you should include. Through all this, be sure to include some introspective time evaluating your strengths and weaknesses at home. How will they influence your design choices? What needs to be improved before the robots go online? How will your labor supply, feed quality, milk quality, and transition health work in a robotic milking environment? Do a robotic milking readiness audit on your farm to find out.
