Agriculture & Forestry

Barn cleaning & feed pushing

Robots pushing feed and scraping manure in dairy and poultry barns.

People ask for this as: “feed pushing robot”, “manure robot”, “barn robot”

How it works

Robots used

  • Barn Robot

Ways to buy it

  • Purchase Buy the robot (plus software and service plans, usually).

Bot or Not?

A robot makes sense when…

  • The job is high, dangerous, or hard to reach
  • It is huge or repetitive (acres, nights, square metres)
  • You need data you will compare over time
  • You need eyes on it right now

Hire a human when…

  • It is small, low and one-off
  • It needs hands, judgement or a repair
  • Weather, permits or timing make robots awkward
  • Nobody has defined the job yet

Here's the catch for this job

  • Ask per-acre pricing including chemical vs. application-only.
  • Confirm the operator's pesticide applicator license and insurance.
  • Small or irregular fields may carry minimum charges.

Rules of thumb, not a sales pitch. Take the Ladder Test →

What it costs

Published ranges, each with a receipt. Not quotes: your price depends on scope, location and date. older price = 18+ months.

No published prices yet. We only show prices we can link to a source, and we haven't found one for this yet. Requesting quotes is the fastest way to find out, and every request helps us map the real market.

Prices published by providers

WhatRangeUnitRegionReceipt
Lely Astronaut A5 Next, indicative installed price (Swiss dealer listing) + ~€4,500/yr service
via Lely
€165,000/ robot—farmshops.ch
as of Oct 2026

Price history

Only one observation per series so far: we started recording every price on 2026-10-25 and re-check every source on a schedule. A trend appears when a re-checked source shows a different price (we never overwrite old observations).

SeriesLatestObservationsObservedTrendReceipt
Lely Astronaut A5 Next, indicative installed price (Swiss dealer listing) + ~€4,500/yr…
via Lely
€165,000 / robot1Oct 25, 2026
✓ re-checked Oct 25, 2026
—farmshops.ch

Sources re-checked: 1 of 1 series confirmed on the live source (last check Oct 25, 2026). Log: price_rechecks.jsonl

Append-only: we never overwrite a recorded price. JSON: /api/prices/history?use_case=barn-cleaning-feeding

What to specify and ask

Put these in your request and you'll get a real price instead of "it depends":

  1. Barn type and alley length
  2. Manure system (slatted, scraped) or feed type to push
  3. Field location
  4. Acreage / hectares
  5. Crop type and growth stage
  6. Product to apply (if spraying) and rate
  7. Desired date window
  8. Terrain and obstacles
  9. Water/refill availability

Rules and regulation

Aerial application needs aviation approval (FAA Part 137 + Part 107 or 44807 exemption in US) and pesticide applicator licensing; rules vary by country (many EU states restrict aerial spraying).

General information, not legal advice. Rules change; ask the operator which permits they hold and verify them.

Providers who do this

Filters by headquarters or published service area.

Lely

🇳🇱 NL Serves global

Dutch maker of Astronaut milking robots, Juno feed pushers and Discovery barn cleaners.

  • Purchase
  • 1 sourced price
  • Public quote page
  • 3 jobs
  • Oct 25, 2026

DeLaval

🇸🇪 SE Serves global

Swedish dairy equipment maker with VMS milking robots.

  • Purchase
  • 2 jobs
  • Oct 25, 2026

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