Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Experimental Farm at Purpan

Like agriculture universities in the United States, Purpan has an experimental farm where they hold research studies.  They have about 150 dairy cows and a few thousand chickens.  Purpan recently built a new building for it's cows, allowing for more natural light and air flow.  It was a modern, clean facility.  Instead of a milking parlor, cows walked into a stall to be milked at their leisure by a robotic milking machine.  They were still milked three times a day, but they were all milked at individual times.  In the United States, cows are typically milked three times a day as a group. The pen that the cows were in had a revolving brush they could rub against.  They really seemed to enjoy it!





Getting a backrub!



The robotic milking machine that allows cows to individually be milked at the times they want to be milked.





Making a friend!

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