Livestock management

Managing husbandry, animal health, efficiency and yield are critical performance indicators for farmers, large food producers and the entire food distribution chain. However, agricultural environments, where livestock is predominantly to be found indoors, often mean that traditional GPS-led technologies are unable to provide critical management data around the clock.

With Omnisense, that's about to change.

End-users and partners can now deploy the Omnisense Series 500 technology to:

● identify and locate animals for automated feeding and milking operations

● detect movement, activity intensity and behavioural patterns relating to health and social interaction, including oestrus

● record an auditable  history (the 'time budget') of behavioural and positioning information

● provide a tool for improved herd management

Advantages of Omnisense

The Omnisense solution helps farmers and producers manage their critical assets 24/7:

● it's accurate

● the solution is portable and easy to install

● it's scalable

● devices are robust and easily protected

● integrates easily into existing automated yield management solutions

● competitive costs

Using Omnisense means better animal care and management, better production, fewer health issues and, therefore, reduced costs.

“We reckon every case of mastitis we get costs us £300, so every case you reduce, you are reducing your costs."

"As a dairy farmer our goal is to reduce the amount of antibiotics we use, and the welfare of the cows will increase."

John Torrance, Farmer

 

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“The system could be applied to all farms, being relatively cheap, particularly the more intensive larger farms where it is harder for farmers to monitor the welfare of the cows themselves.”

Dr Jonathan Amory, Principal Lecturer in Animal Behaviour and Welfare at Writtle College