Today, CowManager launches a new Transition & Nutrition Module that provides actionable insights regarding feed and transition management on dairy farms. The module has been expanded with clear graphs and user-friendly comparison functionality. Timely notifications regarding cows at risk during the transition period, heat stress, low feed intake, and herd health help to focus a producer’s attention where it is needed most. These notifications help producers approach herd management in a preventive, proactive, and precise manner, resulting in better cow health and a more productive herd.
CowManager launches new Transition & Nutrition Module
Koen van Meurs, Head of R&D at CowManager, explains: “Nutrition is of great importance to a cows’ performance. It also accounts for the largest portion of the variable costs on farms. Having the right insights to make data-driven decisions about feed and transition management, are key to successful and profitable farming. Machine learning technology helped us to create exactly these insights based on the behavior and temperature data we collected from millions of cows worldwide.”
Global customer panel
The Transition & Nutrition Module was designed with the help of dairy producers and nutritionists in our global customer panel. Wilfried Reuvekamp, member of the customer panel and owner of Hilltop Dairy (USA) says: “The insights provided by the Transition & Nutrition Module encouraged me to implement management changes, which led to a sustained dry matter intake of 38 lb. for our close-up cows. This has already contributed strongly to healthier fresh cows and higher peak milk production. I believe in a few months we will hit the 95 lb. milk production mark.”
Work preventively
The transition period is the primary risk period where 75% of all adult cow disease events occur. In the past producers could only dream of cows at risk being identified days or weeks before they became sick. Today this has become reality. Dry cows with decreased eating and rumination behavior will be flagged as being at risk of becoming sick after calving. Early intervention prevents losses and results in a healthier herd. All alerts within the Nutrition Module are designed to foster preventive management practices.
Optimize feed management
The Transition & Nutrition module consists of various easy-to-read graphs that offer full insight into the eating, rumination, and activity of each group of cows. The comparison functionality makes it easy to compare certain groups or time frames with each other, allowing the producer and nutritionist to evaluate the impact of ration changes and feed management in a fact-based and quick manner. Access to valuable herd data can be granted to trusted advisors through the MultiView function. The Transition & Nutrition Module provides producers with the tools to take feed and transition management to the next level. More control and full insights help producers achieve the goals they set for their herds with a better preg rate, higher health level, lower feed costs and more milk per cow.
About CowManager
Thousands of farmers in over 40 countries already rely on CowManager’s user-friendly ear sensor system, which helps to manage their herds. CowManager’s system monitors each cow 24/7, it is an extra pair of eyes on the herd. This valuable management tool shows real-time alerts via easy-to-read and colored hourly behavior graphs on your smartphone or desktop computer. CowManager monitors health, fertility, nutrition, and location, with impressive accuracy.