CowManager Celebrates Five Years in the Ear in US and Canada

12 Oct 2017 News 2 min

CowManager has been on the market in the US and Canada since 2012 and has been at the forefront of cutting-edge cow monitoring ear technology during that time.

“It simply works”

CowManager CEO, Teo Griffioen, and his passionate team are always searching for innovation. Most team members have a background in dairy farming and therefore a desire to improve the livelihood and profitability of dairy producers. CowManager provides accurate, real-time information on fertility, health and nutrition. These measures are based on temperature, activity, rumination, eating and resting time.

“To improve the welfare of dairy producers and cows, our desire was to create a system that is easy to install, maintain and understand by using graphics which are directly sent to your computer and smartphone. It simply works,” says Gerard Griffioen, owner of the family dairy and research farm, and founder of CowManager. “In 2012 we started exploring the U.S. market. Since then our market reach has grown rapidly. Now, 9 out of 10 cows with ear sensors, wear CowManager sensors.”

Relying on CowManager daily

Sander and Amy Penterman, Dutch Dairy, Thorp, Wisconsin, were the first to install CowManager in the US.

“In the past five years the CowManager technology has really taken a step up. It’s the first thing I look at in the morning. The results for our farm have been very positive. The use of synchronization protocols for breeding has been reduced by 90 percent and pregnancy rate is currently 29 percent. We have also seen labor savings in animal care and reduced animal health costs. If I’m not on the dairy, I’m able to monitor the cows through my phone. We rely on CowManager daily and are very satisfied with the system,” tells Sander Penterman.

Modules & Extra Functionalities

Health

Get an alert up to 3 days before any signs of clinical illness. Or, if your cow is already sick, monitor recovery in detail.

Fertility

Increase profit with timely insemination. Know exactly when a cow is in heat and when to inseminate.

Nutrition

Prevent heat stress and disease, take your feed management to the next level, and achieve the goals set for your herd.

Transition

Experience smoother transitions and healthier herds with our advanced Transition Monitor.

Youngstock

Effective calf health management leads to increased future milk production and a healthier, more productive herd.

Auto Drafting

Separate cows with heat or health alerts from the rest of the herd with the integrated Auto Drafting functionality.

MultiView

Give your staff, veterinarian, nutritionist, and other advisors access to selected cow data.

Sort my Cow (USA)

Automatically separate cows with heat or health alerts with Sort my Cow and the CowManager sorting gate.

Draft my Cow (NZ)

Automatically separate cows with heat or health alerts with Draft my Cow and the CowManager drafting gate.

Find my Cow

Find a cow that’s in heat, sick or in the wrong pen within seconds with our Locator and Flash tools.