New insights with collars transforming dairy farming

Machine learning with data from GPS-enabled collars will unlock insights in dairy farming that haven’t been observed thus far, expects Steve Crowhurst, business development manager of start-up Halter. Already there is huge interest by New Zealand dairy farmers in the collars made by Halter. Crowhurst explains that currently, farmers usually rely on 1 or 2 people observing hundreds, and in some cases, thousands of cows, often just once a day, to spot sickness. “Adding to this challen