Palpated pregnancy rate improvement

In addition to faster detection and reduction of labor, the result also increases thanks to this technology. Steve agrees: “Thanks to Alta COW WATCH, the palpated pregnancy rate has increased from sixty to seventy percent. Before, we thought we were finding all the heat cows, but obviously we wouldn’t have found all those cows without COW WATCH.”
They recently started using Alta COW WATCH with the heifers at Dairy Dreams. “Week after week we’re finding hundred percent palpated pregnancy rate. Where every heifer that we’re pregnancy checking is pregnant, because COW WATCH has already found the open cows and gotten them re-bred”, owner Don says with satisfaction. “This is exactly what we were looking for: a better way to manage our cows and stay out of the cows’ way, leading to better results.”

Simple and objective

That new technology does not have to be complicated confirms herd manager Dennis Dubon. “It was very easy for me to learn how to use the system. It also saves me a lot of time, because I no longer have to search the barn for cows in heat. That makes my job much easier.”

For manager Ryan Schultz, the biggest advantage of Alta COW WATCH lies in the unbiased observation and the ability to zoom in deeper into a cow’s behavior. “Going through the dashboard is my favorite time of the day,” he says with a smile. The dashboard provides insight into behavioral deviations of the entire herd, but also, for example, into the feed intake pattern of specific groups. “Other systems I used gave me automatic reports, but it’s not interactive. I didn’t have the option to zoom in on the behavior of an individual cow. The fact that everyone has remote access to the system also offers many advantages compared to other systems.”