Event: Tornado Total property damage: More than $1 million Injury or losses to cattle: A dozen cows lost

Pete Maslyn Dairy Manager, Hemdale Farms Seneca Castle, New York Robots may be the method of milking cows at Hemdale Farms, but technology has not replaced old-fashioned creativity and ingenuity. The dairy’s manager, Pete Maslyn, has cleverly crafted an alley scraper into a dual-purpose feed pusher.

Dairyman Mitch Breunig’s genomic test results are no longer buried in a stack of papers. With the Enlight online management tool, he now has real-time genetic data at his fingertips. In 2014, Zoetis and Holstein Association USA partnered to provide dairy producers with better access to genetic and genomic data via a comprehensive online management tool, Enlight.

Snow, ice and blustery temperatures make for a long winter in western Canada. Gull Lake Farm Ltd., located in Lacombe, Alberta, deals with average daily digits in the low teens (12ºF to 14ºF) throughout the winter months.

As a biological systems engineering professor and dairy building design specialist at the University of Wisconsin – Madison, Dr. David Kammel is a common guest at the kitchen table of dairy farm families discussing modernizing and growing their operations.

Like a breath of fresh air, the Feldpausch family has brought new life to a two-decade-old Colorado dairy, transforming a dated site into a technologically advanced facility poised for the future. Chuck and Nora Feldpausch, dairy producers originally from Michigan, sought to create a sustainable business model and lifestyle for their young family. After evaluating both green field sites and existing operations, they came across a location near Greeley that met their needs.