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ORB WHALE still remembers when his workday began at 5 a.m. Like his father and his grandfathers before him, the Alma, Ont., dairy farmer would rise before dawn to herd cows into one of 12 milking stalls and attach them to the milking machine’s teat cups by hand—twice a day, every day of the year. Now, thanks to new farming technology, Whale can sleep till 7 a.m. while his 140 Holstein and cross-bred Norwegian Red cows are milked automatically by machines. As the cows wander freely through the barn, tracking necklaces monitor their health and milking habits.
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Here’s how new technology is changing the way milk makes its way from Korb Whale’s farm to your table. BY JENNY POTTER PHOTOGRAPHY BY ROBIN STUBBERT B ROUGHT TO YO U IN PARTNERSHIP WITH 100% CANADIAN MILK
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