Managing for Profit

The positives and negatives of farm automation

Jake Peissig with Brownfield’s Larry Lee at the Four States Dairy Nutrition and Management Conference in Dubuque, Iowa

For many farmers, moving to automation for things like milking and feeding has been beneficial to their operation, but Jake Peissig says there are positives and negatives, data management challenges, and there are some machines that need to improve to meet today’s demands.