“With the Heatime monitoring we’re getting more cows in calf. That saves the costs of buying-in cows and enables us to grow our herd through internal natural growth to where we want it to be.”
Gearoid Murphy, Co-owner
- Company:Rea Farm
- Location:Skibbereen, County Cork, Ireland
- Herd Size:160 milking cows
Summary
The system’s combination of activity and rumination monitoring was crucial. “You need the rumination working in-hand with the activity to accurately see what’s going on,” says Gearoid “By seeing the rumination and activity together you can be absolutely certain that the cow’s in heat.”
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