Rumination sensors and ear tag monitoring have seen an uptick in use as they advance in capabilities. Feeding behaviour, dry matter intake and efficiency are predicted with added certainty as individual data becomes available. Photo: Canva
Tens of thousands of robotic milking systems operate each day throughout the world’s dairy production units, but robots, artificial intelligence, and machine learning aren’t limited to parlours. Their boundaries include feeding, diet and ration preparation, manure handling, behaviour monitoring, animal movements, genomic testing and others.
“If dairy producers haven’t yet embraced these types of technologies, it’s important they at least explore them to help with labour, efficiency,
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