Hickory Hill Milk's robotic milkers provide comfort for cows LINDSEY HODGES, The Aiken Standard March 7, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail EDGEFIELD, S.C. (AP) — Hickory Hill Milk in Edgefield County has a new robotic milking facility that provides one main benefit: cow comfort. The new facility on the farm has two robotic milkers and a new barn, which have created more comfort for the cows, increased productivity and allow the cows more independence. “This barn was built for the cows,” said owner Watson Dorn. “We’ve benefitted as well, but we spent a lot of money here for cow comfort. So these cows would be comfortable, happy, healthy and productive, and it’s really achieved the purposes we had in mind when we built it. They’ve got access to feed, water and beds anytime they want to, they can go get milked if they want to, they can get their hair brushed when they want to.”