First robotic rotary makes big impression on Australian dairy

New technology in the form of a fully robotic rotary parlour is making light work of milking 750 cows twice a day on a farm in Australia. From spending hours manually milking his large herd, Paul Smith says the new unit has totally transformed his farm as he just ‘babysits’ the technology now. Smith’s farm is at Mepunga on the Great Ocean Road in southwest Victoria, and he has been working there for over 30 years since he left school at 15 to work for his father. Smith and his wife, Mar