Jason Laurence: “CowManager is making things a lot easier for us”

Jason Laurence,Dairy Farmer
Waikato
12 Jul 2021 News 2 min

Care-free dairy farming and more time with family, that’s how CowManager makes your life easier. Manage your dairy business with the CowManager system, like Jason Laurence and his family do in New Zealand, Te Aroha in the Waikato.

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Ear Sensors over Collars

Jason has had CowManager for over 15 months and now has a healthier herd with a less stressful mating season giving him, more time with family.

He explains why they went with CowManager instead of a different cow monitoring system: “We wanted to find a less intrusive system and the tags to us seemed not as invasive on the cows as what a collar would be.”

Monitoring Modules

Using the Fertility Module for heat detection has taken a lot of pressure off of mating season and fertility management. “We don’t have to worry about kamars or tail paint or any of that. Especially with our young family. I don’t have to stress about having someone look after the kids while me and my wife kamar the cows or paint them.”

For herd health they rely on the Health Module. Whenever something is off, Jason will receive a health alert on his phone. The system also monitors recovery closely; showing how cows are getting better every step of the way. “I guess that’s the aim of the game, isn’t it? Happy cows make milk, which makes money. The happier and healthier they are, the better living for both you and the cows.”

“CowManager does all the work for you – it’s making things a lot easier for us.”

Why CowManager?

Always Know When to Inseminate

Inseminating 10 to 22 hours after receiving a heat alert is known to be a success. This makes mating and breeding a breeze!

Monitor Your Herd’s Health 24/7

Our Health Module provides early disease detection! CowManager cows live longer, produce more milk, are in better shape and therefore perform better.

Improve Health & Production

Optimize your farm management by finding cows in heat and catching sick cows earlier, improving your herd’s health and production.

Modules & Extra Functionalities

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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.

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Fertility

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

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Nutrition

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

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Transition

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

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Youngstock

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

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Auto Drafting

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

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MultiView

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

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Sort my Cow (USA)

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

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Draft my Cow (NZ)

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

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Find my Cow

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

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