Amy and Greg Gemmell, dairy farmers in Manawatū, New Zealand, have found a perfect balance between technology and family life, thanks to the installation of three robotic machines in their dairy shed. The era of Greg needing to rise before dawn to milk the herd is a thing of the past, as the robots efficiently…
How Secure Is Your Farm Technology?
The increasing reliance on technology in agriculture has exposed the industry to a growing threat of cyber attacks, warns cybersecurity expert Alastair Miller. Government statistics from the Computer Emergency Response Team reveal a significant rise in direct financial losses from cybercrime in the first quarter of this year, reaching $5.8 million, marking a 66% increase…
How Norman Daysh Reshaped Global Dairying
A century has elapsed since a pioneering invention by Norman Daysh, a little-known farmer from Pahiatua, reshaped the landscape of global dairy farming. Daysh’s mechanised vacuum pump milking machine, a product of relentless innovation, was so successful that its core principles, finely tuned by the milking machine company DeLaval, have endured virtually unchanged. In a…