[HTML][HTML] Symposium review: Future of housing for dairy cattle

PJ Galama, W Ouweltjes, MI Endres, JR Sprecher… - Journal of dairy …, 2020 - Elsevier
The objective of this review was to describe recent changes and expected developments in
housing systems for dairy cows. These new developments should create an appropriate …

[HTML][HTML] Dairy farmers with larger herd sizes adopt more precision dairy technologies

JI Gargiulo, CR Eastwood, SC Garcia, NA Lyons - Journal of dairy science, 2018 - Elsevier
An increase in the average herd size on Australian dairy farms has also increased the labor
and animal management pressure on farmers, thus potentially encouraging the adoption of …

Dairy cattle rumen bolus developments with special regard to the applicable artificial intelligence (AI) methods

É Hajnal, L Kovács, G Vakulya - Sensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
It is a well-known worldwide trend to increase the number of animals on dairy farms and to
reduce human labor costs. At the same time, there is a growing need to ensure economical …

[HTML][HTML] An assessment of producer precision dairy farming technology use, prepurchase considerations, and usefulness

MR Borchers, JM Bewley - Journal of dairy science, 2015 - Elsevier
An online survey to identify producer precision dairy farming technology perception was
distributed in March 2013 through web links sent to dairy producers through written …

Innovation uncertainty impacts the adoption of smarter farming approaches

CR Eastwood, A Renwick - Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2020 - frontiersin.org
There are increasing opportunities to use smart farming technologies for improved
management of farming systems. However, there is limited understanding of how the …

Can technology compensate for a labor shortage? Effects of 287 (g) immigration policies on the US dairy industry

D Charlton, G Kostandini - American Journal of Agricultural …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
We leverage spatial and temporal variation in the implementation of county‐level 287 (g)
immigration enforcement policies as a quasi‐experiment to measure the effects of an inward …

Adoption of precision technologies by Brazilian dairy farms: The farmer's perception

R Silvi, LGR Pereira, CAV Paiva, TR Tomich… - Animals, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Understanding the perception of dairy farmers regarding precision
livestock technologies is crucial for creating strategic actions that will increase the rate of …

[HTML][HTML] Farmers' preferences for automatic lameness-detection systems in dairy cattle

T Van De Gucht, W Saeys, A Van Nuffel, L Pluym… - Journal of dairy …, 2017 - Elsevier
As lameness is a major health problem in dairy herds, a lot of attention goes to the
development of automated lameness-detection systems. Few systems have made it to the …

[HTML][HTML] The use of an accelerometer for measuring step activity and lying behaviors in dairy calves

TH Swartz, ML McGilliard, CS Petersson-Wolfe - Journal of dairy science, 2016 - Elsevier
Calf behaviors such as step activity, lying bouts, and lying time may be an indicator of calf
health and welfare. To reduce time-consuming visual observations, the use of behavioral …

Adoption of technology, management practices, and production systems by US beef cow-calf producers

JR Pruitt, JM Gillespie, RF Nehring… - Journal of Agricultural …, 2012 - cambridge.org
Using USDA's Agricultural Resource Management Survey data, factors leading to the
adoption of technology, management practices, and production systems by US beef cow-calf …