Kathy Smedley, herd manager at IJsseldijk Dairy in Springfield, Ontario: “We highly recommend CowManager to all other dairy farms as it’s a very simple system to use and freed up our team to only have to walk through the herd for specific alerts.”
IJsseldijk Dairy: “CowManager is a very simple system to use”
Why IJsseldijk Dairy Chose CowManager
Tino IJsseldijk, co-owner of the dairy with his brother Paul, moved from The Netherlands to Canada in 2001 to start his business. He explains why the family business chose ear sensors over any other cow monitoring systems.
“We started with CowManager in 2018 when we came in the new rotary parlor. We liked the idea of having tags in the ears instead of the bulky tags around necks or the legs. The system is working very well for us.”
Monitoring Herd Health
The biggest benefit for the farm of using the CowManager system so far, has been the Health Module. Tino: “We catch cows with an pneumonia, cows getting milk fever just before calving. You get a really early alert, before you even notice it.”
Kathy agrees, chiming in: “We use the Health Module to help detect any illnesses. So, we can catch them earlier for treatment. We generally don’t have any heifer issues. The very first time someone came to check on us to see how we were doing with the CowManager system, we went through the Health Module and did find an alert on a heifer. We went to go check on her and she did have an pneumonia. We were able to treat right away.”
More Efficient
IJsseldijk also uses the Fertility Module, which has been a big change according to Kathy. “We have seen a drastic decrease in the cost of the reproduction program, which in term makes us more efficient and cost effective.”
“We highly recommend CowManager to all other dairy farms”, Kathy says. “It’s a very simple system to use and it freed up our team to only have to walk through the herd for specific alerts. Now they can focus on other elements on the farm to be more efficient.”
Why CowManager?
24/7 Real-time Data, Never Miss a Heat
Heat peaks, possible pregnancies, non-cycling cows, potential abortions. Never miss a thing.
Improve Health & Production
Optimize your farm management by finding cows in heat and catching sick cows earlier, improving your herd’s health and production.
Increase Workload Efficiency
Divide your workload more efficiently thanks to real-time alerts. Focus on the right cow at the right time and be able to spend more time off-farm.
Get to Know CowManager
Catch sick cows early, prevent surprises after calving and make breeding a breeze. CowManager makes sure you’re always a step ahead.
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