“If a cow is getting sick we can catch it about a day earlier than we used to, before seeing it in lower milk production. If we put her on medication, we’ll know much faster if she’s getting better or not.”
Joel Sutter, Herd Manager
Challenges
Fertile Ridge team wanted to reduce time-consuming, labor intensive visual observation
of cows and improve identification of cows in heat and identify sick cows earlier.
of cows and improve identification of cows in heat and identify sick cows earlier.
System
Allflex Heatime® HR Tag with rumination, heat detection and
cow identification functionality.
cow identification functionality.
Benefits
The time and cost savings Fertile Ridge has achieved by using the HR Tag have been truly dramatic. Sutter says: “On average I’m saving 1.5 to two hours a day. It’s made my life a lot easier”.
At a Glance
- Company: Fertile Ridge Dairy
- Location: Mount Horeb, Wisconsin
- Herd Size: 600 milking cows
Summary
Sutter uses the Allflex system on a daily basis not only to identify cows in heat but also to identify sick animals. “I have it set up to send me emails three times a day, but I look at the computer sporadically all through the day, and then plan ahead”.
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Synchronization rate now
10%
vs. 40%, and monthly drug cost savings fully cover the Allflex system cost.
