Slideshow: The Kastenschmidts’ retrofitted milking facility

December 28, 2016

The Kastenschmidts used the same facility to upgrade from stanchions to a parlor and then from a parlor to two robotic milkers. See photos of the operation below. Click here to read the article from our Jan. 1, 2017 print issue.

Photos provided by Doug Kastenschmidt and Kelli Boylen.

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