More than Repro – Using Dairy Herd Monitoring to Maximize Time and Resources (Sponsored Podcast)

Many producers recognize herd monitoring for its heat detection capabilities, but producers can do so much more than they may realize with this technology. In this Progressive Dairy sponsorcast, listen in as Merck Animal Health Customer Success Specialist Sarah Anderson and Merck Animal Health Senior Application Specialist Evan Platte discuss the many herd health and cost-saving benefits these novel technologies provide and how producers can get the most out of them. Episode highlights include: Using herd monitoring for more than heat detectionKeys to success when adopting new technologiesLesser-known reports to improve overall efficiency Questions: Producers often invest in SenseHub monitoring with a specific application in mind, such as improving their repro program — how do you try and help them realize the FULL benefits and capabilities of SenseHub Dairy, along with their initial motivation?What special reports or insights from SenseHub Dairy do producers sometimes overlook — but could be game-changers if used more often?What’s a lesser-known, high-impact way producers are using SenseHub Dairy monitoring systems?What do you hear most often from producers who have installed sorting gates? How do sorting gates reduce stress — both for cows and the employees — when it comes to managing cows that need attention?What kind of efficiencies are created when milking points, herd monitoring and sort gates are fully integrated? Do the benefits compound one another?How can a producer use SenseHub Dairy data to make a targeted reproductive decision, rather than relying on blanket protocols?From your perspectives, what do the most successful dairies do differently when adopting these technologies? This episode is sponsored by Merck Animal Health. With identification, monitoring and biopharma products fully integrated in one portfolio, Merck Animal Health offers the only true full-solution approach in the dairy industry. Which means you get the tools you need to eliminate guesswork, solve specific problems, let cows be cows and put more milk in the tank. It’s the way you want to work, working better than ever before. Learn more about this unique approach to dairy at M-Power-Dairy.com.