Presenter: Julio Giordano, DVM, MS, PhD. Professor – Dairy Cattle Biology and Management. In this presentation Dr. Julio Giordano discusses 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 is presented and examples of its use are provided. Dr. Giordano also discusses recent research on the effects of health and reproductive management on cow profitability. Learn how automated health monitoring programs and targeted reproductive management can help increase profitability of herds and subgroups of cows.
