Beladon , a Dutch property development company , is building the world 's first - ever floating dairy farm in Rotterdam 's Merwehaven harbour . It will be home to a herd of Meuse - Rhine - Westphalia cows , which will be milked daily by robots , producing around 100 litres of milk per day . Rotterdam is now a pilot city for the world’s first ever floating farm, built by property company Beladon. Beladon has designed the farm to minimise its use of space , space , transport , nutrients and energy , and it will reuse and recycle as much as it can as part of its transition to a circular food stategy .
Beladon , a Dutch property development company , is building the world 's first - ever floating dairy farm in Rotterdam 's Merwehaven harbour . It will be home to a herd of Meuse - Rhine - Westphalia cows , which will be milked daily by robots , producing around 100 litres of milk per day . Beladon has designed the farm to minimise its use of space , space , transport , nutrients and energy , and it will reuse and recycle as much as it can as part of its transition to a circular food stategy .