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Visit our privacy Policy for more information about our services, how New Statesman Media Group may use, process and share your personal data, including information on your rights in respect of your personal data and how you can unsubscribe from future marketing communications. Almost 20% of all heifers will have complications the first time they calf, even more experienced cows can have trouble with up to 8% having complications during birth. Let’s say, this week, you have ten cows that are due to give birth,” Neil told me, “or ten that are due to cycle… The app, through the lists, prioritises them and lets the farmer know which cows to focus on. Neil explained that, before using this technology, farming methods for tracking and managing cow breeding were archaic. About 17-18% of heifers will have complications on their first calving and even cows more experienced at giving birth will struggle 7-8% of the time.

This product interested me from the start and while I felt I may be taking a gamble, I felt that if it only saved 1 calf it would be worth it. The device, which can be moved simply from cow to cow once calving takes place, uses 3D motion sensors, algorithms, and an embedded SIM card that connects to the phone network. According to Vodafone, more than 110,000 calves and around 50,000 cows die every year due to birth complications. Saves on time and fuel by only travelling to the yard should an animal require assistance during birth.Before the calving sensor, farmers would have to be getting up consistently in the middle of the night and travelling to look at their cows to make sure they are giving birth or not giving birth,” Neil explained. We do not want anything in there that is going to be in the way of that calf bringing air into the lungs. There are great benefits to using AI, such as access to top genetics, a better selection on the type of sire used and semen quality and with some consideration and good management it can be done successfully on many suckler farms. Around an hour before calving, the sensor sends an alert to your smartphone, giving you enough time to be there for the birth.

Whether it’s artificial intelligence or a simple piece of equipment, there are several innovations that can help cut losses and make calving season easier. Within the first two months of use, five heifers that wore the sensor needed our assistance to safely deliver their calves. Available technology, equipment and knowledge are all tools to protect animals during the calving period. In this article, we look at the available technologies that could make the 2023 calving season that bit easier. In practice, this means attaching a tracker to a vasectomised bull in a field, full of female cows ready to breed, and seeing when the bull tries to have sex with the female cows.When he does, that means the female cow in question is “in estrus” or “in heat” – ready to be inseminated.