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"Heat Detection gives peace of mind."
About the farm
- Dairy and beef cattle and crop farm
- 300 hectares of which 115 acres is pastureland
- Dairy cattle: 53 Montbéliardes plus 20 young stock
- Beef cattle: 70 Limousin cows with 70 calves
- Dairy cows average of 8.500 kg milk with 3.89% fat and 3.51% protein
Nedap solutions
Results
Improved fertility results
Because of automatic heat detection 24/7
- 0.3
Insemination rate dropped from 1.5 to 1.2
Peace of mind
Assurance that all animals in heat are detected
"I think my investment in Nedap CowControl™ will pay for itself within two years."
About the farm
- Sandbostel, Germany
- 225 cows
- Cows kept in one large group
Nedap solutions
Results
2 years
Payback time of Nedap system
32 days
Reduced calving interval
2 hours
Time-saving per day
“We can feed each sow exactly according to our pre-set feed curve."
About the farm
- 500 sows
- Expanded from 300 sows at transition to ESF
- Multi-generation family farm
Nedap solutions
Results
28
Weaned pigs per sow per year
Labor efficiency
System flags sows needing attention
Less than 10%
Return to estrus
"It probably saves an hour a day"
About the farm
- 325 dairy cows, 35 calves
- 110 youngstock with a raiser
- 146 hectares of land (grass, maize and crops)
- Cows milked twice a day with 2x16 rapid exit system
- 10.466 kg milk per cow, 4.36 per cent fat, 3.41 per cent protein
Nedap solutions
Results
1 hour a day
Time saving
-15 days
Reduced calving interval (from 391 to 376 days)
10.000 euro's per year
Cost savings due to reduced calving interval
"I can no longer live without it."
About the farm
- 85 purebred Limousins
- 85 yearlings
- 145 hectares of grassland for feed production and grazing
- Nedap COWControl™ with Heat Detection and Health Monitoring
Nedap solutions
Results
+ 15-20%
More heats detected than before
More cows calving
During preferred two-month window
Time-saving
System saves loads of time
"We would make the same investment again today."
About the farm
- Dairy and crop farm
- 500 dairy cows - 410 lactating animals - and 600 young stock (Holsteins and Canadian-Frisians)
- Youngstock pastures at the end of the year
- 10,000 kg per cow, with over 4% fat and 3.43% protein
- 13 full-time employees
- 1,000 hectares of land
Nedap solutions
Results
Reduced calving interval
From 400+ to 397 days
1 FTE labor savings
Fertility management done by 1 person instead of 2
Better work day
Elimination of a lot of hassles