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title: A Lely Life Story | Richland Dairy
description: Richland Dairy Farm has had Lely robots since 2010, but after a tornado in 2018, the Meyers rebuilt with Lely Astronaut A5 automatic milking systems.
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# A LELY LIFE STORY

Richland Dairy Farm has been using Lely robots since 2010, but after an EF1 tornado destroyed most of their operation in 2018, they were forced to decide how to proceed. See how Alan Meyer and Andy Meyer moved forward with Lely’s A5 Astronaut automatic milking system while improving milking efficiencies and total output.

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