Accurate estimation of pasture consumed by cows during grazing

The amount of pasture consumed by individual grazing animals can now be estimated accurately, enabling accelerated selection of higher performing cows. With the technology of Australian smart ear tag company, Ceres Tag, dairy farmers can get a good picture of the amount of pasture consumed by individual grazing cows. “It’s based on grazing time of the animal,” explains co-founder and CEO of Ceres Tag, David Smith. “We use an algorithm called ‘Pasture feed intake’ from research