Since discovering the Allflex Dairy Monitoring System, AFL footballer Shelley Scott has improved the reproduction and profitability of her dairy herd by monitoring important aspects such as heat detection, adverse health events and overall rumination of her herd.
Playing for the Geelong Cats, Shelley juggles both her football career and responsibilities on her family’s 100-hectare dairy farm, just outside Colac in the Western Districts of Victoria.
Since discovering the Allflex Dairy Monitoring System, Shelley has improved the reproduction and profitability of her dairy herd by monitoring important aspects such as heat detection, adverse health events and overall rumination of her herd.
“I can check on all my cows through the Allflex app and alert someone back home if any need attention. Having access to real-time data on how my cows are tracking has made me a better farm manager,” she said.
One of the main benefits of the Allflex Dairy Monitoring System is that Shelley can run her dairy farm with less help. Instead of finding a herd manager while she is away, Shelley can keep an eye on things through her Allflex system.
“When comparing high-performance sport with high-performance in dairy cows, I find it’s always the one-percenters that make the difference, and the Allflex System helps me get the one-percenters right,” she said.
Allflex Sales Lead Clancy Jordan identifies there are a variety of ways Australian dairy farmers can improve performance on their farm, however, it’s important to remember farmers farm in different ways throughout different regions of Australia.
“Whether it is nutritional, agronomic, management or technological performance solutions, Australian dairy farmers tend to be at the cutting edge, in a country that has no shortage of environmental or commercial challenges to throw our way,” Clancy said.
When it comes to Allflex Dairy Monitoring, the system provides accurate information around the reproductive performance of the cows in a herd. Whether that be detecting heats, non-cycling and irregular heat cows and also pregnancy probability.
“The Allflex System takes the pressure off throughout the calving period. And I am finding that more and more of our farmers find the health monitoring benefits and the nutrition insights being a significant contributor to the return on investment,” Clancy said.
Whether dairy farmers are considering a monitoring system as a solution to improve overall herd performance, manage sick cows, or simply wanting to explore dairy technology, call 1300 138 247 or visit www.allflex.global/au/