While the milking system and machinery are often top of mind for routine maintenance and updates, consider ways in which the farm can benefit from a sound IT system.

Gain insights directly from Erica Tessmann, Marketing Manager for Dairy Monitoring Technology at Merck Animal Health. Learn about the evolution of SenseHub Dairy monitoring technology as Erica highlights its empowering impact on producers, herd health and labor efficiency, all with exclusive access to industry-leading people and resources at Merck Animal Health.

“Big data,” a term that can be defined as enormous amounts and various types of data that can be used to analyze patterns, trends and associations, has allowed researchers to better understand how dairy cow health, growth and milk production have changed over time.

Dairy farmers rely on accurate data to make timely decisions. Instead of standing knee-deep in meaningless numbers, farmers now have the context needed to act on this information. In this episode, Evine van Riemsdijk, CowControl global application manager for Nedap, introduces the cloud-based platform, Nedap Now, and describes how farmers can access relevant insights around the clock from any location.

In order to stay abreast – or surpass – your competition, you need to effectively manage data to continue to make the most of your resources.

Going mobile provides rapid cowside entry and quick access to your herd’s data. It allows you to make decisions instantly – instead of later when entering the data into your herd management software.

Overwhelmed by data? You’re not alone. Whether it’s data from your herd management software, milk testing, parlor or milking robot, or other technologies, we’re immersed in a sea of data.

It is often said that there is never just one diet that is fed to a group of dairy cows. There is the formulated diet on paper, the mixed diet in the bunk and the diet the cows eat.