“Thanks to the collars, I can know at all times where my cows are and how they are doing. It’s as if they had a connected watch
,” smiles Franck Hornuel.
This dairy cow breeder in Sommeilles, located in the Meuse between Reims and Nancy, does not have the profile of a geek.
But it is already familiar with a certain number of new uses which have developed thanks to the use of artificial intelligence.
For him, this equipment, which has been measuring the activity of his cows for three years, including the number of their daily steps, has brought
“a real change in the management of my farm.”
“I receive regular text messages about the health of the cows, for example detailing how long they are ruminating or going to be milked.
The system also tells me if they are in heat, which defines the moment of insemination
,” explains this representative of the fifth generation at the head of the family farm.
In the morning, still on his smartphone, he sees if the calvings have gone well...
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