De agrarische sector is altijd bezig met innoveren. Zo ook op het gebied van precisielandbouw. Voor de veehouderij is precisielandbouw nog relatief nieuw. Door het stijgen van het aantal koeien, en de daling van de oppervlakte grond te gebruiken voor het telen van grassen, is de veehouderij genoodzaakt …

Good reproduction is key for successful dairyfarming. Detection of estrus is the first step in getting acow pregnant. Visual detection of estrus is a challengingjob, to aid the farmer, estrus detection tools (EDT), suchas pedometers, neck mounted collars to measure activityand pressure sensing devices …

In this study, we recorded sound and behaviour from dairy cows by audio and video recordings. Four cameras and microphones were placed in a modern dairy farm in Herwijnen, The Netherlands. Three cameras and microphones recorded dairy cows, one camera and microphone recorded heifers between four and ten …

Smartbot is een majeur INTERREG IVa EDR project dat is geïnitieerd door Kiemkracht, de innovatie alliantie van de Nederlandse Akkerbouw. Smartbot, AgroBot, is de ontwikkeling van een nieuwe generatie precisielandbouw autonome robots die door gebruik van slimme sensortechnologie complexe opgaven zelfstandig …

Improving estrus detection accuracy could improve sow conception rates,leading to higher production efficiency. Current observation-based estrusdetection practices are labor intensive and less accurate. Around estrus, bodytemperature and activity change. Therefore in this study a telemetric monitoringsystem …

The last decades, the number of dairy cows per farm has increased and the time spent on individual cows by the farmer has been reduced. To help the farmer detect changes in activity of cows associated with health issues, activity monitoring systems are being developed. The systems can help with daily …