Harford gives thousands for ag technology

The robotic milker at Broom?s Bloom Dairy farm outside Bel Air, which allows cows to milk themselves, may be the only in the state, but Harford County officials want more similar technology.

The county recently gave $15,000 to the HarfordCounty Agricultural Marketing Cooperative to help local farmers improve technology and is slated to give the group $100,000 for other grants this fiscal year, $20,000 more than it gave last year, County Agriculture Director John Sullivan said.