AW Howard Memorial Trust Travel Report The AW Howard Memorial Trust Travel Grant was awarded to Dr. Nicolas Lyons (Development Officer Robotic Milking Systems, NSW Department of Primary Industries) with the core purpose of delivering a presentation at the European Federation of Animal Science annual meeting and participating in an AUTOGRASSMILK lnternational Workshop. Adoption of AMS is much more advance in Europe than in Australia and the trend towards automation, precision dairy and robotics is increasing steadily. In countries such as The Netherlands approximately 20% of farms are operating with AMS, but approximately 50% of new installations are AMS. It is important that the Australian dairy industry is kept up to date and informed of these advances in order to obtain the right advice and knowledge to support the profitable and sustainable integration of technology. Pasture-based farming systems, such as those in Ireland and Australia, have proven that it is possible to incorporate AMS into grazing environments. The key challenges are to maximize pasture utilisation while achieving production targets. With the incorporation of this technology, factors such as seasonality of milk production, herd testing and recording and amount of supplements fed are currently being discussed. It was also widely acknowledged that these technologies generate a huge amount of data, but there is a need to transform these data into useful information to make better informed management decisions that increase productivity or efficiency of milk production. This report contains a detailed description and analysis of the trip to Europe. Photographs and specific comments on different stages of the whole trip have been shared with the wider community using the NSW DPI Dairy Facebook page. NSW DPI Dairy Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/NSWDPIDairy/photos/?tab=album&album_id=397193003824756 AW Howard Memorial Trust Travel Report http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/content/agriculture/livestock/dairy-cattle/robotic-milking-systems/aw-howard-memorial-trust-travel-report