New tools and data for improving individual cow and herd profitability

In this webinar Cornell Animal Science Professor Julio Giordano will discuss how data from precision livestock farming technologies can be used to learn about and improve the profitability of individual cows and herds. MyCow$, a novel tool to estimate individual and group level profitability automatically and in real time, will be presented and examples of its use will be provided. He will also discuss recent research on the effects of health and reproductive management on cow profitability, and share how automated health monitoring programs and targeted reproductive management can help increase profitability of herds and subgroups of cows.