From Research to Real-World Profitability: Feed Efficiency in Action – Podcast

Dairy profitability Feed efficiency Herd management Sensor technology

Product manager, Veronica Shabtai, DVM, shares the research behind the ground-breaking development of the AfiCollar Feed Efficiency Service. She’s joined by producer Jacob de Jong from Parkview Dairy in California who talks about how he’s used the service to enhance the accuracy and profitability of his culling decisions. 

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Product manager, Veronica Shabtai, DVM, shares the research behind the ground-breaking development of the AfiCollar Feed Efficiency Service. She’s joined by producer Jacob de Jong from Parkview Dairy in California who talks about how he’s used the service to enhance the accuracy and profitability of his culling decisions. 

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