Farms: Meet Nor-Bert Farms
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Meet Nor-Bert Farms, as they tell their robotic milking story. Norman Krathwohl never imagined when he purchased Nor-Bert Farms in 1945 that 65 years later, three robots would be milking the herd. Nor-Bert Farm, LLC is owned and operated by Norman, his daughter and son-in law, Roger and Deb Dankert, his grandson, Jeremy Dankert, granddaughter Jennifer, and her family including her husband, Monty and their three children Dalton, Dillon and Breanne. Currently, Nor-Bert Farms milks 140 cows on their Bremen, Indiana, farm. After a trip to the Netherlands, Roger was convinced that robotic milking could be a good fit for their operation. The family visited other dairies that had robotics incorporated into their operation and researched their options for automated milking. In 2010, the farm broke ground to retro fit the robots into the existing farm set-up. Robotic milking has been a great improvement to Nor-Bert Farms allowing for flexibility in work schedules and allows the farm to continue to grow as the family grows. The family agrees that robotic milking definitely works.
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We supply hay to Monte freman and Norbert Farms. This is verry cool!
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On this Friday, we invite you to meet Nor-Bert Farms, as they tell their robotic milking story. Norman Krathwohl never imagined when he purchased Nor-Bert Farms in 1945 that 65 years later, three Lely Astronaut robotic milkers would be milking the herd.