Precision dairy technologies are advancing at an exponential rate. These technologies are allowing us to track and monitor an individual cow’s activity, rumination, production and even location in a pen on a daily (or even hourly) basis. But with these advancements in individual cow monitoring, we sometimes forget that these individual cows do not function independently of one another in a herd. A cow is affected by how well she can access the resources she needs in a herd, both in a tiestall and a freestall environment.

A year has passed since the first official proAction Animal Care validation, and two years have passed since the first official Animal Care assessment. What have we learned?

ProAction Animal Care is here: Dairy farms across Canada are completing their animal assessments, and validations will begin in September. This article will not go into detail about the program; you can get that information at the link below and through your provincial dairy organization. Rather this article will explain how you can use the results to benefit your farm.