tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7066077331309131045.post686131321300185648..comments2023-10-14T02:53:20.181-07:00Comments on The Foodist: Where do they get those wonderful toys?!...The Foodisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04214354265691701714noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7066077331309131045.post-21523964175908381352007-09-19T20:06:00.000-07:002007-09-19T20:06:00.000-07:00O;The feedback would be awsome. Im in the process ...O;<BR/><BR/>The feedback would be awsome. Im in the process of scheduling a visit to the farm in the coming weeks so I may get to see it for myself!The Foodisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04214354265691701714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7066077331309131045.post-16554584904302322262007-09-19T19:32:00.000-07:002007-09-19T19:32:00.000-07:00From what I saw on the video I'd say no, but it le...From what I saw on the video I'd say no, but it leaves out everything between being hooked up to the machines. When in non-robotic milking parlors they aren't handled at all by people, and because they go into them daily during their lactation cycle, they become quite accustomed to it. The most stressful part that I've observed is being herded one by one up to the milking parlor. I can't seem to recall how it works getting them up in there in those robotic farms. I can surely ask of my food animal practitioner classmates though about that and overall stress levels of the cattle in normal vs. robotic farms.The Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10072090511728721649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7066077331309131045.post-21972246051315450912007-09-19T17:26:00.000-07:002007-09-19T17:26:00.000-07:00O;Judging from the video (and I know its hard to d...O;<BR/><BR/>Judging from the video (and I know its hard to do) would you say these cows are more at ease with the process then say a normal milking situation?The Foodisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04214354265691701714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7066077331309131045.post-44864526627270827752007-09-19T16:51:00.000-07:002007-09-19T16:51:00.000-07:00Those robotic milking parlors truly are quite amaz...Those robotic milking parlors truly are quite amazing. I've visited one myself, and it blew me away. While it's amazing how far we've come with the technology, it'll add to the already rising problem of family-run farms withering away. Only the wealthy super-farms and feedlots with absurd amounts of cattle will have the money to run an operation like this.<BR/><BR/>In regards to your comment about cows getting wild in confined areas, that only really applies to beef cattle. Dairy cattle are trained to be tolerant of handling and placed in confined spaces since birth. In fact, dairy cattle spent much of their lives inside. Not as much as swine, but they spend much more time inside than beef cattle.The Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10072090511728721649noreply@blogger.com