In this episode of the myCOW podcast, Shaun Balemi and Ben Matthews talk with Baden from ProTag about how smart livestock wearables could change the way New Zealand dairy farmers understand their cows.
ProTag is developing a lightweight smart ear tag that combines cow behaviour data with GPS location, giving farmers a clearer view of what is happening across the herd. The conversation covers rumination, grazing behaviour, heat detection, lameness signals, pasture use, cow movement, social behaviour and how location data can make wearable technology more useful on pasture-based farms.
Baden shares how ProTag was developed, why the ear was chosen as the best place to collect data and how wearable technology could help farmers make better decisions around herd health, reproduction, feed use and farm management.
Takeaways:
Why GPS adds important context to cow behaviour data
How smart ear tags can help track grazing, rumination, movement and resting
What cow location can tell farmers about pasture use and mob behaviour
How wearable data may support heat detection, lameness monitoring and drafting
Why New Zealand-built farm technology matters for pasture-based systems
How future data could help farmers better understand cow efficiency and feed intake
Listen now to hear how livestock wearables are moving beyond activity tracking and opening up new possibilities for dairy farm management.
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