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Inside the NZ dairy farm where robots milk cows

October 21, 2021

Comedian Ben Hurley meets the innovative farmer. (Source: Other)

On a dairy farm in Bunnythorpe, in the Manawatū-Whanganui region, the Gemmells milk their cows differently. 

Watching from a mobile phone, Greg and Amy Gemmell can watch as robots milk the herd for them. 

It all works because the cows wear responders around their necks and the automated machines pick up on that.

"You're known by name, not by farmer on this farm," Greg remarked.

You can watch Ben Hurley explore the farm's ins and outs in the video above. 

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