Archive - The Cow Tech Report

Wisconsin group launches initiative to give farmers their carbon footprint score

Professional Dairy Producers (PDP) based in Wisconsin recently announced a first-of-its-kind, farmer-led sustainability initiative to empower dairy…

Mar 1 •

February 2024

Dairyman, sons innovate a new way to clean teats

What began as a project to use ozonated water as pre-dip has become a vortex-generating parlor tool to clean and stimulate teats without human touch…

Feb 23 •

Organic dairy co-op to pay for some greenhouse gas emission reduction efforts

Plus, Canada approves popular feed ingredient to reduce enteric emissions.

Feb 9 •

January 2024

What are producers projecting for 2024 profits?

Zisk reports expectations for U.S. milk prices

Jan 30

4 things I learned at FarmCon 2024

Earlier this month I attended FarmCon in Kansas City, Missouri, for the first time. I was impressed by the gathering of producers there. Most of them…

Jan 24 •

December 2023

How to level up your tech use in 2024

Plus, 2nd generation teat spray robot released

Dec 29, 2023 •

Cow methane proves powerful enough to propel rocket engine

Plus, 2.0 version of promising methane-inhibiting feed additive to enter trials in 2024

Dec 15, 2023 •

November 2023

Project aims to apply AI to monitor animal welfare

A European-Union-funded project aims to monitor animal welfare with AI using farm sensor data from existing on-farm sensors. The project is called…

Nov 30, 2023 •

Michigan State University authorizes $75 million for new dairy facility

Plus, how to clean a barn camera

Nov 21, 2023 •

Researchers aim to gather individual cow methane emissions data

Plus, robotic milking farms: Where are they now?

Nov 3, 2023 •

October 2023

Beyond activity monitoring: New system tracks cows like professional athletes

Plus, AI analyzes the data produced every 2.2 seconds to improve herd health, welfare and productivity

Oct 24, 2023 •

New Dairy Farm Tech poster v1.3 now available

Plus, new flexible, wireless skin patch can monitor cows

Oct 13, 2023 •

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