Robotic Dairy

Environment

Helping dairy cows to beat the heat

Heat stress is a key issue for the dairy industry, but some strategies may help to reduce the negative impacts on dairy cows and increase the resilience and sustainability of the industry

Environment

Are these Australia’s happiest dairy cows?

Watch our video of the University of Melbourne’s robotic dairy, where the cows decide when they’re milked

Sciences & Technology

Under the Microscope

Meet the cow whisperer

Kenny Oluboyede’s serendipitous journey from rural Nigeria to the University of Melbourne’s robotic research dairy in Dookie has made him the University’s own cow whisperer

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