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title: Hickory Lawn Dairy Enhances Herd Health with Lely Robots
description: Hickory Lawn Dairy of Cascade, Wisconsin, has been milking its 720 cows with 12 Lely Astronaut A5 robotic milking systems since May of 2019.
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# [Hickory Lawn Dairy Enhances Herd Health with Lely Robots](https://coffeetalks.lelylife.com/hickory-lawn-dairy)

 Written by [Team Lely](https://coffeetalks.lelylife.com/author/team-lely) | Feb 12, 2021, 10:13:36 PM

[Hickory Lawn Dairy](https://www.lelylife.com/hickory-lawn-dairy) of Cascade, Wisconsin, has been milking its 720 cows with 12 [Lely Astronaut A5](https://www.lely.com/us/solutions/milking/astronaut-a5/) robotic milking systems since May of 2019. Since installation, the dairy's team has seen improvements in overall cow welfare. With the help of the [Lely MQC-C](https://www.lely.com/us/solutions/milking/astronaut-a5/milk-quality/), the operation has been able to maintain a low average somatic cell count (SCC) of 60,000. The team has also seen an increase in milk production and have reduced their cull rate by 15%. The dairy's employees are also happier with their reduced labor requirements and flexibility in their day-to-day schedules. Check out this week's Coffee Talk with Jeremy Schmidt to learn more about how Lely robots have impacted his large operation!

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