The bucket milker was the first mechanized milking system to be invented, a long and painful process that began back in the 1850s. The first bucket milkers were crude and dangerous for the cow. It ...

BELLFLOWER – One coach in Thursday’s annual Milk Bucket game left Ron Yary Stadium pleased with his team’s progress. The other coach will dream of better Milk Buckets in the future. Support our high ...

MAHNOMEN, Minn. – Before Jim and Sue Steinmetz installed robotic milkers on their farm near here, they had just about given up. "We were going to exit on dairy cattle," Jim Steinmetz said. "We were ...