The plan which ties buildings together and takes future expansions into account, is called Farmstead Plan. Good farmstead plan pays back with optimized farm yard...

Design your robot barn by your budget Covid 19 has caused a storm to the world economy, first a paralysis due to pandemic and closed businesses itself, after tha...

Learn to become a robot farmer Leave the old habits to the old barn .As soon as you decide to invest in robot milking you can start to train yourself. The most ...

Barn layout comes after important decisions of dairy barn management strategies. If you are plan to invest in dairy facilities, start early! Starting the process...

Remodelling your existing free stall barn to robotic milking? In Finland we have had a long experience about robotic milking. Robotic milking is not increasing j...

No change to build a new barn but milking parlor is wearing out and something needs to be done. It is also difficult to get people to work in a parlor. All sizes...

Cows' nutritional demands are the same regardless of the milking system in use. Milk yield is the harvest of correct feeding and management practises.

When retrofitting your dairy facility to robotic milking, a farmer must remember to start by defining goals for the project and re-think their daily management r...

Bedding materials have their own good and bad sides. Some mix different beddings. Check the farmers experiences on different bedding materials here.

The transition cow bedded pack area is only a small part of a modern complex cow barn, but it is equally important to consider all the details in the bedded area...

The importance of the user-focusing functional design is often underestimated, but it pays itself back quickly. Here is a 10-point checklist for designing robot ...

Some say: “It needs so much labor”. The others say: “A well kept deep bedding is the absolutely best place for a dairy cow”. 4dBarn is making a survey about deep...

Read and learn about gating and stall design in the robot barn