--- title: Postma Dairy Sees Differences Between Robotic & Traditional Milking description: Postma Dairy is one of California's original robotic milking dairies. image: https://coffeetalks.lelylife.com/hubfs/LELY_1614_CoffeeTalks_Preview-1920x1080-1.jpeg --- - [Home](https://coffeetalks.lelylife.com) - [About](https://coffeetalks.lelylife.com/about) - [Contact](https://www.lely.com/us/about-lely/contact/) - [Blog](https://www.lelylife.com/) - [Lely.com](https://www.lely.com) [breeding](https://coffeetalks.lelylife.com/topic/breeding), [cow-health](https://coffeetalks.lelylife.com/topic/cow-health), [lely-astronaut](https://coffeetalks.lelylife.com/topic/lely-astronaut), [robotic-milking](https://coffeetalks.lelylife.com/topic/robotic-milking) [Watch Now](https://coffeetalks.lelylife.com/dairylain-farms-llc) - [Lely Astronaut](https://coffeetalks.lelylife.com/topic/lely-astronaut) - [Lely Calm](https://coffeetalks.lelylife.com/topic/lely-calm) - [Lely Vector](https://coffeetalks.lelylife.com/topic/lely-vector) - [Breeding](https://coffeetalks.lelylife.com/topic/breeding) - [Cow Health](https://coffeetalks.lelylife.com/topic/cow-health) - [Lely Discovery 120 Collector](https://coffeetalks.lelylife.com/topic/lely-discovery-120-collector) - [Manure Management](https://coffeetalks.lelylife.com/topic/manure-management) - [Robotic Milking](https://coffeetalks.lelylife.com/topic/robotic-milking) # Postma Dairy Sees Differences Between Robotic & Traditional Milking Posted by [Team Lely](https://coffeetalks.lelylife.com/author/team-lely) on Feb 5, 2021, 11:59:30 AM ![Team Lely](https://coffeetalks.lelylife.com/hubfs/PersonaVideo/logo2.png) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) Postma Dairy is one of California's original robotic milking dairies. The team currently milks 600 Holsteins with 10 [Lely Astronaut](https://www.lely.com/us/solutions/milking/astronaut-a5/) A4 robotic milking systems and an additional 1,300 cows with their traditional parlor system. John Postma joins Tami Tollenaar to talk about the differences he has seen between his robot barn and traditional barn, such as improved production and cow longevity. Tune in to this week's Coffee Talk to learn more about how this large Californian dairy is run, and what its team's plans are for the future! Tags: [Lely Astronaut](https://coffeetalks.lelylife.com/tag/lely-astronaut)   1948 Lely Parkway Pella, Iowa 50219 641-621-2700 [![Share on facebook](https://coffeetalks.lelylife.com/(missing%20asset%20'facebook-color.png'))](https://www.facebook.com/LelyNorthAmerica/) [![Share on twitter](https://coffeetalks.lelylife.com/(missing%20asset%20'twitter-color.png'))](https://twitter.com/dairyrobot) [![Share on instagram](https://coffeetalks.lelylife.com/(missing%20asset%20'instagram-color.png'))](https://www.instagram.com/dairyrobot) [![Share on youtube](https://coffeetalks.lelylife.com/(missing%20asset%20'youtube-color.png'))](https://www.youtube.com/user/LelyDairyLife) [![Share on bloglink](https://coffeetalks.lelylife.com/(missing%20asset%20'bloglink-color.png'))](https://www.lelylife.com)