Hamilton, 29 July 2013 – With calving underway and the industry knuckled down for the busiest period of the season, GEA Farm Technologies is reminding farmers that mating is also just around the ...

Experts highlight reproductive management strategies such as estrus synchronization that may improve breeding season outcomes.

The normal oestrus cycle of a dairy cow will vary from 17 to 24 days, and should begin within 30-40 days of calving. Cows presented as “not seen bulling” will be for one of two reasons. They are ...

LIC completed its acquisition of the Australian-based Beacon Heat Detectors Pty Ltd this week, effective 1 February 2016. The farmer-owned co-operative, which supplies dairy genetics to breed ...

When Richard Wall decided to try Censortec Nedap CowControl on his dairy farm in Knockaderry, it was initially adopted as a labour-saving option but the results have proved better than expected.

The Dairymaster MooMonitor is the most technologically advanced method of heat detection on the market today and it can pay for itself in a matter of months. Estimates for the cost of a missed heat ...

THE value of heat detection collars for dairy cows will be discussed at a farm open day next week. The Pilkington family of Shordley Hall, Hope, near Wrexham, is hosting its second Dairy Development ...

Recently they added a few more tools to that arsenal, thanks to a $70,000 grant from Woolworths’ Dairy Innovation Fund, which has helped them implement digital heat-detection collars, install a solids ...

Now here’s an unexpected application of modern wireless technology: bovine reproduction. Swiss academics and farmers have come up with a new sensor system that can detect, with an accuracy rate of ...

A NEW heat detection system for cows is making life easier for third-generation dairy farmers Craig and Deb Allott, from Hazel Park in South Gippsland. Released last year in Australia, Flashmate is a ...

Farmers have from time immemorial used expression of heat to breed livestock and other animal species. Failure to express heat behaviour is one of the things that occasion losses to dairy farmers.