Agricultural Milking Robots: Market Shares, Strategies, and Forecasts, Worldwide, 2019 to 2025

Published: Oct, 2019 | Pages: 167 | Publisher: WinterGreen Research
Industry: Machinery | Report Format: Electronic (PDF)

Worldwide markets are poised to achieve growth as the burgeoning middle class seeks more milk and more milk products- cheese. Across the industrial spectrum dairy farms use robots to implement better farm management. Improved farm efficiency is a key benefit of dairy farm industrialization.

One effect of the tariffs from President Trump has been to stimulate investment by Chinese and Russian business men in dairy farming. With imported milk from the US not available, demand for milk was felt in the market. The largest industrial dairy farm is being built in Russia with Chinese and Russian financing. This farm is anticipated to be fully automated.

By 2050 the world population will be 9 billion people, up from 7.3 billion in 2019. Population growth means that there needs to be a considerable increase in food production. Grow lights permit warehouse growing. Renewable energy supports electricity generation. Milking robots are part of a move to precision agriculture that increases crop yields and improves over all availability of nutritious foods. Income levels are creating a middle class worldwide, rising the demand for quality food and dairy products.

Milk demand is increasing because of the quality of nutrition milk products provide. Milk is a fundamental food, trusted and valued all over the world. Quality of milk can be increased via the use of automated milking and feeding systems.

An environmental development relates to consumer increasing awareness of the origin of produce, animal welfare, the use of antibiotics having a deleterious effect on health of people, and the impact of environmentally unsound agricultural practices. Agricultural impact on the environment is commonly measured as a carbon footprint.

There are 21 million working dairy cows in the world, meaning 21,000,000 dairy calves are slaughtered for veal or cheap beef every year globally. Cows must give birth in order to make milk and the resulting births create too many cows if allowed to mature.

The market for the robotic milking machines at $6.5 billion in 2018 is anticipated to reach $30.98 billion in 2025. Market growth comes from robots increasing penetration in dairy farms. Most of the large farms are equipped, but the remaining farms are being bought up by the industrial scale farms, and the new capacity in the existing large farms need automation as well. The small dairy farms are inefficient and are going away.

Companies Profiled

Market Leaders
• Lely
• Tetra Laval / DeLaval

Market Participants
• Veder Group / Fullwood
• GEA Farm Technologies
• HokuFarm Group
• S. A. Christensen
• BouMaticRobotics
• Avon Rubber / InterPuls / Milkrite
• DairyMaster
• Milkomax
• Milkline
• JSC Mototecha

Key Topics
• Agricultural Milking Robots
• High-Tech Farming
• Vacuum For Gathering Milk
• Large Industrial Scale Dairy Farms
• Milk Yield per Cow
• Milking Robot
• Milking Robots Regional Market Segments
• Agricultural Robot Technologies
• Robotic Use of GPS Global Positioning for Cows

 Table of Content

1. Agricultural Milking Robots Market Description And Market Dynamics 15
1.1 Robotic Milking: High-Tech Farming 15
1.2 Milking 25
1.2.1 Role of Agricultural Robots 27
1.2.2 Agricultural Robot Technologies 29

2. Agricultural Milking Robots Market Shares and Forecasts 31
2.1 Agricultural Milking Robots Market Driving Forces 31
2.1.1 Milk is Unique and Healthy 32
2.1.2 Milking Robot Market Driving Forces 32
2.1.3 Milking Robots Market Key Restraining Factors 34
2.1.4 Milking Robot Market Challenges 35
2.1.5 Market Growth Factors Discussion 36
2.2 Agricultural Milking Robots Market Shares 37
2.2.1 Agricultural Cow Milking Robots 41
2.2.2 Lely Astronaut Milking Robots 42
2.3 Agricultural Milking Robot Market Forecasts 43
2.3.1 A Milking Machine Uses Vacuum For Gathering Milk 46
2.3.2 Agricultural Robot Milking Machines Installed Base and Market Penetration 48
2.3.3 Agricultural Robot Market Segments Driverless Tractors, Cow Milking Systems, Process Precision Architecture, and Irrigation Systems 52
2.3.4 Agricultural Robotics Key Economic Enablers 52
2.4 Agricultural Milking Robots Number of Cows, Sheep, and Goats and Herds53
2.4.1 Large Industrial Scale Dairy Farms 54
2.4.2 Milk Yield per Cow 56
2.5 Agricultural Milking Robot Market Segment Forecasts 59
2.6 Agricultural Milking Robots Pricing and Systems Costs 62
2.6.1 Lely Cow Milking Robot 64
2.6.2 Cost of Milking Machines 66

3. Agricultural Milking Robots Regional Market Description 80
3.1 Agricultural Milking Robots Regional Market Segments 80
3.2 United States 81
3.2.1 Lely US Market Leader in the Milking Robot Sales and Service 82
3.3 Europe 85
3.4 Asia Pacific 88

4. Agricultural Milking Robots Research and Technology 94
4.1 Agricultural Robot Technologies 94
4.2 Agricultural Robotic Use of GPS Global Positioning 96
4.3 Liners 97
4.4 Teat Scrubbers 99
4.5 Smart Collar Tags for Cow 100
4.6 CoRobots 100
4.6.1 Collaborative Robots In The Farming Industry 102
4.7 Milking Robot Industry Associations 104

5. Agricultural Milking Robots and Milking Machines Company Profiles 105
5.1 Milking Machine Market Participants: 105
5.2 ADF Milking 106
5.3 Afimilk 107
5.4 Bou-Matic, Netherlands 107
5.4.1 Tilstra Sued BouMatic 109
5.5 Carnegie Mellon 110
5.6 DairyMaster 110
5.7 DeLaval 112
5.8 Fullwood 113
5.9 GEA Group - GEA Farm Technologies 114
5.9.1 Waterford FRS 114
5.10 GM Liberty 116
5.11 Hokofarm 118
5.11.1 Hokofarm Group Revenue 119
5.11.2 HokoFarm / AMS Galaxy 120
5.12 JSC Mototecha 122
5.13 Lely Agricultural Milking Robots 125
5.13.1 Lely Trend Towards Digitalization 127
5.13.2 Cost Structures and Roles of Agricultural Robots 132
5.13.3 Lely 132
5.13.4 Large Cow Farm Management 134
5.13.5 Lely Astronaut 136
5.13.6 Lely Group Business Concepts 137
5.13.7 Lely Group Revenue 138
5.14 Melasty 138
5.15 Avon Rubber / Milkline / InterPuls 139
5.15.1 Avon Rubber Revenue 139
5.15.2 milkrite | InterPuls Revenue 139
5.16 Milkline S.r.l. 141
5.16.1 Milkline Milking Systems 142
5.16.2 Milkline Herd Management 142
5.16.3 Milkline Milk Refrigeration 142
5.17 Milkomax 143
5.18 Nedap 143
5.19 Pearson & Gascoigne 144
5.20 Prompt Softech 145
5.21 S. A. Christensen 145
5.21.1 SAC Futureline Max Regional Presence: 146
5.22 Tetra Laval / DeLaval 148
5.22.1 Tetre Laval Group 148
5.22.2 DeLaval Sustainable Dairy Farming 151
5.23 Veder Group / Fullwood Packo Group 152
5.23.1 Fullwood 152
5.23.2 Fullwood Packo Group, Bought by The Verder Group 156
5.23.3 Fullwood Pedometer-Based Fertility Monitoring System 157
5.24 Milking Machine Market Participants 157
5.24.1 Agricultural Milking Machine Market 160
5.24.2 Livestock Monitoring & Management Market Shares 161
WinterGreen Research, 163
WinterGreen Research Methodology 163
WinterGreen Research Process 165
Market Research Study 165
WinterGreen Research Global Market Intelligence Company 166

List of Figures

Figure 1. Milking Robots, Market and Market Forecast, Dollars and % Growth, Worldwide, 2017-2025 14
Figure 2. Robots Can Milk Up To 60 Cows Per Day 15
Figure 3. Tags on Cows to Manage a Robotic Milker 16
Figure 4. Carnegie Mellon Research at Rivendale Farm 18
Figure 5. Milking Robot 20
Figure 6. Small Farm Greenhouse Automation Panel, Which Controls Temperature, Humidity And Sunlight 22
Figure 7. A Feed Robot For Cows 24
Figure 8. Collaborative Robots Help In The Milking Process On Dairy Farms 25
Figure 9. Milking Robot Sensor and Guidance Technologies 26
Figure 10. Digital Farms a Reality 27
Figure 11. Agricultural Robot Market Segments 28
Figure 12. Agricultural Robot Technologies 29
Figure 13. Milking Robot Market Driving Forces 33
Figure 14. Robot Milking Machine Key Market Restraining Factors 34
Figure 15. Milking Robot Market Challenges 35
Figure 16. Agricultural Milking Robots Market Shares, Dollars, Worldwide, 201839
Figure 17. Agricultural Robotic Milking Machine Market Shares, Dollars, Worldwide, 2018 40
Figure 18. Lely Automatic Milking Cows Come by Themselves to be Milked 42
Figure 19. Milking Robots, Market and Market Forecast, Dollars and % Growth, Worldwide, 2017-2025 44
Figure 20. Total Milking Machine Revenue Analysis 45
Figure 21. Agricultural Milking Robot Markets, Percent Penetration, Cows and Farms Units, Worldwide, 2019-2025 48
Figure 22. Top Ten Cow Milk Production Countries, Quantity and Percent, Worldwide, 2018 49
Figure 23. Installed Milking Robots Number of Units and Percent, Worldwide, 2018 50
Figure 24. Agricultural Milking Robot Markets, Percent Penetration, Cows and Farms, Units, Worldwide, 2019-2025 51
Figure 25. Rise of Commercial Farms in US 55
Figure 26. Cow Milk Production, Quantity and Percent, Worldwide, 2018 56
Figure 27. Installed Milking Robots, Number of Units, Percent, Worldwide, 2018 57
Figure 28. Conventional Fluid Mild Sales in Pounds, US, 2010 to 2018 58
Figure 29. Milking Machine Robot Market Automatic and Semi-automatic Segments, Forecasts, Percent, Worldwide, 2019-2025 59
Figure 30. Automated Dairy Management System Types 60
Figure 31. Aspects of Milking Robot Segmentation by Application: 61
Figure 32. Robotic Milking Parlor 63
Figure 33. Lely Cow Milking Robot 64
Figure 34. Lely Astronaut Milking System 65
Figure 35. Cost of Milking Machines 66
Figure 36. Mitty Cow Milking Machines 67
Figure 37. Milking Robots, Market and Market Forecast, Dollars and % Growth,Americas, 2018-2025 83
Figure 38. Milking Robots, Market and Market Forecast, Dollars and % Growth,US, 2018-2025 84
Figure 39. Americas Milking Machine Regional Analysis 85
Figure 40. Robotic Milking Machines, Market Forecast, Dollars and % Growth,Europe, 2018-2025 86
Figure 41. Milking Robots, Market Forecast, Dollars and % of European Segment,Germany, 2018-2025 87
Figure 42. Europe Milking Machine Regional Analysis 88
Figure 43. Asia Milking Machine Regional Analysis 89
Figure 44. Milking Robots, Market Forecast, Dollars and % of Total Market, Asia,2017-2025 90
Figure 45. Milking Robots, Market and Market Forecast, Dollars and % of Asian Total, Japan, 2017-2025 91
Figure 46. Milking Robots, Market and Market Forecast, Dollars and % of Total Asian Market, China, 2017-2025 92
Figure 47. Milking Robots, Market and Market Forecast, Dollars and % of Total, India, 2017-2025 93
Figure 48. Agricultural Robot Technologies 94
Figure 49. Milking Robot Sensor and Guidance Technologies 95
Figure 50. Major Dairy Automation Liner Manufacturers 98
Figure 51. Types of Milking Machines 99
Figure 52. Types of Milking Machine Animals 99
Figure 53. Uses for Smart Collar Tags for Cows 100
Figure 54. Collaborative Robots 103
Figure 55. Milking Robot Industry Associations 104
Figure 56. Agricultural Milking Machine Companies 105
Figure 57. Agricultural Milking Robots Companies 106
Figure 58. BouMatic Robotics Dairy Cattle Industry Modules 108
Figure 59. BouMatic Automatic Cow Milker 108
Figure 60. DairyMaster Milking Machines 110
Figure 61. DeLaval VMS Milking Robot 112
Figure 62. Farm Equipment Parlour supplies 115
Figure 63. Milkingmachines.co.uk Single Cow Complete Portable Milking Machine Features 116
Figure 64. GM Liberty Automatic Milking 117
Figure 65. Hokofarm- Group ASTREA 20.20 Premium Solution Elements 119
Figure 66. Astrea 20.20 Premium Automatic Milking 121
Figure 67. . ASTREA 20.20 Flexible Premium Automatic Milking 122
Figure 68. Mototecha Mobile Pasture Based Milking Process And System Description 124
Figure 69. Festo and Lely New Milking Robot 125
Figure 70. Astronaut Milking Robot 126
Figure 71. Voluntary Cow Traffic Benefits 128
Figure 72. Cow Traffic System Cubicles ROI Metrics 129
Figure 73. Lely Example of Herd Size and Robots / Farm Worker 130
Figure 74. Roles of Agricultural Robots 131
Figure 75. Cost Structures and Roles of Agricultural Robots 132
Figure 76. A cow exits the Lely Astronaut A4 Milking Machine 133
Figure 77. Lely’s Astronaut A4 Milking Robot 135
Figure 78. Lely Astronaut Milking Robot 137
Figure 79. Melasty Portable Milking Machine Top Quality 138
Figure 80. Milkrite / InterPuls 141
Figure 81. Nedap Systems Solutions 144
Figure 82. SAC Robotic Dairy Solution 147
Figure 83. Tetra Laval Group Revenue 2015 149
Figure 84. DeLaval Automatic Milker 150
Figure 85. Fullwood M2erlin ‘K-Flow’ Entry And Exit Design 153
Figure 86. Fullwood M2erlin Features 155
Figure 87. Fullwood M2erlin Upgrade Packs Features: 155
Figure 88. Fullwood M2erlin Key Performance Indicators 156
Figure 89. A DeLaval VMS unit 158