Larson Acres, Inc.
Meet Mike Larson, dairy manager, and Paul Poppy, herdsman, of Larson Acres, a sixth-generation family farm in southern Wisconsin. They farm about 5,500 acres and milk around 2,500 cows. They chose CowManager as their trusted herd management tool. Their decision to go with CowManager was fueled by the app’s simplicity, comprehensibility and ROI.
Herdsman Paul Poppy explains how they use all three modules:
“I can look at the app and explain it to the employees and the other herdsmen. It’s very easy to understand. The Fertility, Health and Nutrition modules are very beneficial for the farm. We use the Fertility Module for the breeding aspects and the Health Module when we do fresh checks and for sick cows around the farm. I look at the Nutrition Module for transition cows, when they go from drying off and back into pre-fresh and how they make their transition back into it.
“We’re not walking around all the pens looking for a sick cow, wasting our time. The app gives us an alert, so we know: Hey we’ve got to go to pen 21, there’s a cow that’s not feeling good, her activity is low. We need to check her out. It makes us herdsmen more efficient.
“I highly recommend it.”
Dairy Manager Mike Larson talks ROI and support:
“I feel the return on investment for CowManager has been solid. Mostly because of the decreased death loss and increased heat-detection rate. Our overall stewardship of antibiotic usage has also improved. And I feel the support system, the team that you get with CowManager, is second to none.”