What is Rumination? Rumination is the process by which a cow regurgitates previously consumed feed and masticates it a second time. The rumen of a dairy cow and its microbes enable it to digest plant fibres which allow the dairy cow to convert forages which humans are unable to digest into nutritious foods for humans. [...]
William O’Brien, Co. Waterford Ireland Herdsize - 181 Number of collars -181 Yield, 7,000 Litres Requirements: the main reason for looking at a Heat Detection system was my increase in numbers. My heat detection rates were decent enough, but then I took the decision to increase my herd size to over 180 cows. I [...]
We recently had a farm based in Ireland who had purchased HerdInsights collars – delighted with the results but to add real value they wanted to integrate the system with their ATL Pegasus Drafting Gate system. He could talk to the cows, he could talk to the drafting gate but to gain even further time [...]
