Dairyman Evan Hillan farms with his parents, Eric and Carol Hillan, in northwest Wisconsin. Their farm, Rusk Rose Holsteins, is in expansion mode – but like many other dairies, they are also facing a labor shortage.

What follows are summaries from The Cow Tech Report about cow technology news that has made headlines so far in 2021.

More and more dairies are using drone technology to measure the size of their forage piles and more accurately estimate the amount of feed they have in inventory for the next year.

I love the photo I’ve included on this page. I took that photo last year of the green bean rows coming up in my garden. What I love about the photo is the hope I feel when I look at it.

The most exciting new dairy technologies as selected by dairy farmers were on display at this year’s PDPW Business Conference in Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin, March 17-18.

Don’t just cover a pile, fix a pipe or milk cows – build teamwork. Ever wonder how teamwork and trust are built? Turns out dairy farms have some of the right ingredients, if mixed just right.

Innovation in training cows to milking robots and feeding to entice them to enter them are among the trends in dairy cow technology I’m seeing lately. What follows are summaries from The Cow Tech Report that recap cow tech news you may have missed from the first quarter of 2021.