Minnesota barn invests in robot technology
March 25, 2018
MELROSE, Minn. (AP) — Isaak Hinnenkamp wasn't going to become a farmer.
That's what he said growing up in Melrose on a legacy dairy farm. Hinnenkamp, 34, left for college and stayed away for several years.
But he came back to his family's farm and to an industry plagued by uncertainty. Milk prices are low; changing trade and immigration policies affect farmers.
"A lot of people say, 'You ain't going to make it,'" Hinnenkamp told the St. Cloud Times . "That makes me want to prove them wrong."
To make it work, Hinnenkamp has some high-tech help. Two robotic milkers and three other robots th...
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