Doug Andriessen Farms switches to robotic milking

Technology is constantly changing the way farm tasks are completed –mostly for the better.

At Doug Andriessen Farms in the Wallace Ward of North Perth, 2022 marked a new era as they went from milking by hand in the parlour to a fully robotic system.

The 135 cows in the barn have taken quite well to the new technology, according to Doug Andriessen.

“It didn’t take them long to get used to it,” said Doug Andriessen, who operates the farm with sons Kyle and Noah. Work to convert the barn to the new technology began at the start of January, however plans were finalized last summer.

Once the Andriessens finalized their design, contractors were lined up and the work was done in about five or six weeks, Andriessen said.

All of the work in the barn was done by local contractors, something Andriessen was quick to point out.

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