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Precision Farming to Enhance Farm Productivity
VIV MEA – Feb. 5-7th 2018 - Abu Dhabi
Presented by:Thomas Nivert tnivert@allflex-europe.com
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Agenda• Introduction
– Allflex & The Animal Intelligence
• Precision Farming & Big Data
– It’s a lot about accuracy and timing
– Proactiveness & benchmarking
• Change routines
– For the cows… alternative to synchronization
– For the staff… follow the screen
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Animal Intelligence by ALLFLEX
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Philosophy
If you can’t measure it…
…you can’t manage it!
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What is ‘Precision Farming’ about?
• Better monitoring of calving diseases
• Early detection of health issues
• Measuring effectiveness of vet treatment
• Ability to monitor effect of nutrition changes
• Insight into environmental influences on cow wellbeing
Healthy, well-fed and stress-free cows will produce more milk!
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Why monitor individual cows directly?
• Modern farming – No personal contact
• Milk recording only – Drop in production is only a symptom
• Visual observation – Possible? Practical? Accurate?
A herd is a sum of its parts. Each cow influences overall herd production. But each cow is an asset – rather than removing non-
producers from the herd, it is better to realize that individual cow’s maximum potential, to maximize overall herd productivity.
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Heat & Activity
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Complete view in one systemActivity and rumination – the diamond shape
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A short window of opportunity for AI
Hours from Peak
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Ovulation
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Best AI Time
AI Time
Activity Peak
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Hours from peak of weighted activity to insemination
Insemination timingInserting semen when it counts
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-8…0 0…8 8…16 16…24 24…36
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Farm 1 (365)Farm 2 ( 363)Farm 3 (320)Farm 4 (5302)
Source: SCR research
Lost Milk
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Disqualifie d by
Breeder
False Positive
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Cystic cow
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Pregnancy Check
Suspected
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Health & Rumination
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Rumination Monitoring 24/7 insight into the herd’s health, reproductive and wellbeing status
Rumination…
• Is the result of what the cow has eaten and how well she has been able to rest
• Serve as a very early indicator of future calving diseases
• Can be an early indicator for diseases like mastitis, lameness
• Provides excellent, immediate feedback on the effectiveness of medical treatment
• Provides an additional tool for monitoring feeding-related issues
• Is an effective tool for detection of heat stress and other aspects of wellbeing at the farm level.
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Health ApplicationEfficient monitoring of veterinarian treatment effectiveness
Effective Treatment Ineffective treatment
Source: SCR research
Antibiotics 1Antibiotics1
Antibiotics 2
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Panting monitoring
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Heat stress
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You don’t have to be there..
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Health application: Prediction & early detection of post-calving disorders
Daily rumination time of healthy and (later diagnosed) diseased cows in the first week after calving
Source: SCR research
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Feeding accurate ration: the key for profitability
Every 5-percentage-point decrease in variability in percent long particles (average percent long = 19.8 ± 6.5; CV = 16.1 ±6.9%) in the TMR was associated with 1.2 kg/d greater milk yield and a 2.6% increase in efficiency of milk production.
These results demonstrate the importance of ensuring TMR consistency to maximize DMI, production, and efficiency.
J. Dairy Sci. 97 :562–571
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J. Dairy Sci. 2009 92: 3364-3373
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Fiber effect on rumination
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SCR Heatime® – Simple User Interface
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Change routines
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Our customers
“Drug and semen savings cover three-fifths of the SCR system cost. DA-related savings – surgery, selling and replacement – cover the remainder. I’m confident it will pay for itself in 18 months.”
--Trent Bowman, Co-Owner, Bowman Dairy Farm
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Our customers
“If cow health is important to you, the rumination monitoring will make the system pay for itself – and that’s without even considering the heatactivity part.”
--Karl Funk, Co-Owner, Funk’s Midway Dairy
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