Technology adoption in New Zealand pastoral-based system: A study of Automatic Milking System (AMS) : A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy at Lincoln University

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Technology adoption in New Zealand pastoral-based system: A study of Automatic Milking System (AMS) : A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy at Lincoln University

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New Zealand dairy farming is a primary industry suppling 3% of the world’s milk. One of the primary tasks in traditional herringbone and rotary milking systems is to milk the cows. As milking can occur up to three times a day, this is a very labour-intensive task. In pastoral-based farming systems, this task accounts for up to 33% of the total labour input. Milking often occurs outside traditional work hours which makes it difficult to attract and retain workers. The Automatic Milking Syste...

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Thesis

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Doctoral

Date created

2021

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Mansouri, Nazanin

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https://hdl.handle.net/10182/14357

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automatic milking systems / milking machines / milking robots / dairy farming / technology adoption / dairy farm technology / pastoral farming / New Zealand dairy farming / theory of planned behaviour / animal health / animal welfare / dairying / dairy farm systems / Farm management, rural management and agribusiness / Intelligent robotics / Animal welfare / Assistive robots and technology

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