First Lely Orbiter launched in Belgium
Merchtem, 29 August 2024 – Today the first Lely Orbiter in Belgium was launched at Bart Vanderstraeten and Marijke d’Hertefelt in Merchtem, Flemish Brabant. This makes them the first dairy farm outside the Netherlands to produce high-quality dairy products on the farm with the Orbiter. The Koeweidehof’s fresh dairy will be marketed exclusively to the Belgian…
Students present improvements to manure-cleaning robot
A robot that cleans cowsheds. 95 Master Robotics students have been working on this project for the past few weeks. On 13 June, they presented their robots to lecturers and client Lely, manufacturer of automated systems for dairy farmers. The students developed the control software for the robot. It had to avoid cows and other obstacles and navigate itself to…
Lely celebrates 50,000th Astronaut
Maassluis, May 15 2024 – Today the 50,000th Astronaut was handed over to its new owner at the Balmoral Show in Lisburn, Northern Ireland. John Henning OBE, 37th president of the Royal Ulster Agricultural Society, was present to celebrate this momentous milestone. Since its commercial introduction in 1995, the Astronaut has revolutionized dairy farming. Currently the…
The role of innovation in making durable economic impact
Today at the NXTGEN Hightech Conference our CEO André van Troost joined the speaker panel to discuss the role of innovation in making durable economic impact. ‘We must continue to innovate within the hightech industry to tackle our challenges of today and grab the opportunities of tomorrow. And we can only be successful if we do so with people, profit…
Lely Sphere wint landelijke RMV Innovatie Award
Afgelopen dinsdag (17 januari) ontving Lely uit handen van jurylid Lucas van ‘t Hof de landelijke RMV Innovatie Award voor de Lely Sphere. De jury koos voor de Lely Sphere als winnaar, omdat de toepassing van de Lely Sphere nu erg actueel is, gezien de discussies over stikstofreductie. Daarnaast biedt het stalsysteem continuïteit van het melkveebedrijf….
Lely Sphere wint Zilveren Hoef prijs 2023 voor het meest innovatieve product
Lely Sphere is een van de innovaties waarmee Lely wil bijdragen aan het verduurzamen van de agrarische sector. Lely is continu in ontwikkeling en gelooft in de kracht van innovatie. “Bij Lely zijn we trots op de Zilveren Hoef. Deze innovatieprijs geeft ons meer erkenning dat we met de Lely Sphere een innovatie voor de toekomst hebben”, vertelt Sander Woestenenk, verkoopadviseur…
Retrofit to robotic milking – Lely
The surge in retrofitting interest in recent years is well-justified. Robotic retrofits leverage existing infrastructure to effectively lower expenses while maintaining current lane and paddock configurations. Read more
Regenerative Agriculture receives boost from Growth Fund
This week, the Dutch government announced its investment of € 129 million from the NationalGrowth Fund in the Re-Ge-NL innovation programme. Within this programme, Lely is one of the 54partners working together on an integrated system approach that supports farmers in the transitionto a more sustainable agricultural system. Read more [Source: nextfoodcollective.nl]
Transition to milking robotics
The transition to automatic milking was not always without challenges for Agri-Robotique. Farmers here in Canada often said, “If I can no longer milk my cows myself, I’ll sell my farm”. They did not believe in robotic farming and saw it as something negative and expensive. It was in this transition that the challenge lay.
Over time, more and more…
Een uitgebreid gesprek met André van Troost, topman van robotfabrikant Lely
De landbouwsector zit de laatste jaren in de hoek waar de klappen vallen. Kunnen innovaties in de branche het tij keren? In ‘De top van Nederland’ een uitgebreid gesprek met André van Troost, topman van robotfabrikant Lely. Beluister [Bron: bnr.nl]