Advantages of time-lapse photography in dairy cow barns

12-12-2022 | Smart farming | Article

Vibrations from fans (for barn ventilation) can cause footage to appear shaky, so it’s important to mount the camera securely away from excessive movement. Photo: Brian Dougherty

Modern dairy farms strive for more efficiency and production to help build financial stability. Still, to maintain forward momentum, they must balance these dry data-filled pursuits with actual true-to-life animal welfare realities. It raises a serious question: how can producers bring these 2 worlds closer together? Brian Dougherty, Iowa State’s Field Agricultural Engineer says, “Given how cheap these cameras are now, if we ca