Ruurd Dijkstra: “We should have gotten the system years earlier”

Ruurd Dijkstra,Dairy Farmer

Waikato

10 Sep 2021 News < 1 min

Ruurd Dijkstra from North Morrinsville, New Zealand, has managed to remove a labour unit from the shed through his mating seasons with the seamless integration between CowManager’s Fertility Module and the DTS auto drafting system.

Heat Detection and Auto Drafting

The way it works, is actually quite simple. Ruurd explains: “Basically, CowManager finds a cow on heat and the DTS gate drafts them out after the morning milkings. With the two systems we’re saving a labour unit over mating, that’s for sure. Nobody needs to think about anything, really.”

The heat detection monitor and auto drafting tool are saving Ruurd a lot of stress and time on-farm. “We should have gotten the system years earlier.”

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