State's Third Robotic Milking Barn Under Construction at UMaine's Witter Farm
October 04, 2024
October 04, 2024
ORONO, Maine, Oct. 4 (TNSres) -- The University of Maine issued the following news release:
If you were to visit the University of Maine's Witter Farm in the quiet hours before sunrise, you would see bleary-eyed students shuffle through their morning chores. At 4:30 a.m., students bring the farm's dairy cows into a tie-stall barn for the first of their twice-per-day milking. The next will take place at 4:30 p.m., then the process repeats -- "even on Thanksgiving," said Pat . . .
If you were to visit the University of Maine's Witter Farm in the quiet hours before sunrise, you would see bleary-eyed students shuffle through their morning chores. At 4:30 a.m., students bring the farm's dairy cows into a tie-stall barn for the first of their twice-per-day milking. The next will take place at 4:30 p.m., then the process repeats -- "even on Thanksgiving," said Pat . . .