Adoption of automatic milking technologies: case studies of New Zealand automatic milking systems

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Adoption of automatic milking technologies: case studies of New Zealand automatic milking systems

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Automatic Milking Systems (AMS) represent a revolutionary innovation in dairy farming, which not only replaces the physical labour required to harvest milk, but also influences the entire farm system. This dissertation investigates the key drivers, planning and outcomes of AMS adoption for six established New Zealand AMS farms. All of the case study farmers were identified to be in the innovator class of adopters and operate three different farm systems (confined, hybrid or pasture-based) wit...

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Date created

2014

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Brakenrig, Marc

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https://hdl.handle.net/10182/6421

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innovation adoption / automatic milking systems / AMS / robotic farming / New Zealand dairy farming / agricultural technologies / Farm Management, Rural Management and Agribusiness / Farming Systems Research / Agricultural Engineering / Technology not elsewhere classified / Agriculture, Land and Farm Management

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