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!
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| Getting a backrub! |
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| The robotic milking machine that allows cows to individually be milked at the times they want to be milked. |
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| Making a friend! |
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