Case Study
Balancing Cow Comfort and Labor Efficiency In central Washington, Kaleb Whitby manages Lash Legacy Dairy, a 4,500 cow operation focused on finding practical ways to use technology to multiply the effectiveness of his team while maintaining strong cow performance. With no headlocks on the farm, Kaleb is focused on minimizing labor-intensive processes while also keeping […]
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Farm Management
Finding, training and retaining reliable farm labor is one of the greatest operational challenges facing the modern dairy industry. To combat rising labor costs and staff shortages, automated cow sorting systems have become a critical asset, freeing up staff for high-value tasks while drastically improving cow welfare. Automated sorting gates, like the AfiSort system, utilize […]
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Health and Welfare
In the dairy industry, treating sick cows is an expensive and time-consuming reality. However, transitioning from a reactive approach – treating animals after they show clinical symptoms – to a proactive strategy can transform a dairy’s bottom line. The key is catching metabolic and digestive issues early through real-time inline milk analysis in dairy systems. […]
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Milking
One of the most overlooked areas for efficiency gains is the milking parlor. Ultimately, the milking process must balance the need to efficiently milk the herd, reduce cow standing time and protect udder health with gentle handling techniques. Leveraging technology and existing infrastructure to achieve this delicate balance is the key to uncovering hidden profitability […]
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Cow Monitoring
As dairy producers increasingly adopt Precision Livestock Farming technologies, the debate between wearable neck sensors (collars/ear tags) and internal devices (rumen boluses) has intensified. Both technologies offer transformative insights into herd health, estrus detection and heat stress. However, when the conversation shifts to key profitability drivers – feed efficiency and dry matter intake (DMI) – […]
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Cow Monitoring
Reproductive performance is one of the most powerful and easily eroded drivers of dairy profitability. Every missed heat, delayed insemination or unnoticed pregnancy loss quietly adds days open. Increasingly, producers are turning dairy cow heat detection technology to measurably improve reproductive outcomes. The Limitations of Traditional Heat Detection Many managers still rely on visual observation […]
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Case Study
ADK Seeks to Align Environmental Goals with Herd Profitability As farm manager at ADK Farms, Emily Starceski oversees 4,000 cows across three sites in upstate New York. Sustainability is a core foundation for the owners and is evidenced in a number of ways, including the manure digesters they installed to produce valuable natural gas for […]
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Cow Monitoring
A New Paradigm in Herd Management In modern agriculture, where profit margins are eroding making efficiency a necessity, dairy producers’ mindsets must shift from management based on raw production to management based purely on economic metrics, most notably income over feed costs (IOFC). An analysis of lactation curves reveals an interesting anomaly: while cows produce […]
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