Professional Dairy Producers of Wisconsin (PDPW) and
Progressive Dairymagazine recently partnered to create the Nexus Innovation Awards. Five companies were selected by a panel of dairy producers as winners of the award from among more than a dozen applicants. The companies presented their new innovations live on stage at PDPW’s Business Conference, March 17-18. Editor Walt Cooley presented the awards and moderated their live presentations. This episode contains recorded content from the live event and one-on-one interviews with a representative from each of the winning companies. 

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Here is a breakdown of the episode:

Connecterra

Yassir Khokar of Connecterra talks about employing a digital assistant on dairy farms [~2:45]

Connecterra’s Julie Larsen explains the new “Intelligent Dairy Assistant” known as IDA [~6:15]

How to connect with Connecterra:

www.connecterra.io

www.facebook.com/connecterraofficial

 

HMC feeder by AMS Galaxy 

Brad Biehl talks about a new high-moisture corn (HMC) feeder for robotic milking farms [~12:30]

What is the return on investment of this innovation? [~17:45]

How to connect with Connecterra:

https://amsgalaxy.com

www.facebook.com/amsgalaxyusa

 

BluTEQ

Chris Moarn talks about a new infrared system to sterilize dairy manure fiber for bedding [~21:35]

How does the product work? [~24:00]

How to connect with BluTEQ:

www.bluteqinfrared.com

 

HydroGreen 

Brandon Peterson talks about a new vertical farming system for growing fodder as cattle feed [~28:50]

How much more dry matter can a producer grow per year with this system than with conventional farming? [~30:00]

How to connect with HydroGreen:

https://hydrogreenglobal.com

www.linkedin.com/company/hydrogreen-inc

 

Nedap

Roxie Muller talks about a new augmented reality headset for use during herd checks [~35:55]

How can producers get your innovation on their farm? [~40:15]

How to connect with Nedap:

www.nedap-livestockmanagement.com/dairy-farming

www.facebook.com/nedaplivestockmanagement

 

Learn more about the Nexus Innovation Awards here:

https://pdpw.org/nexus

 

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