I just gave a opening keynote on the North American Precision dairy farming conference. I showed some data that we recently collected on the use of sensor systems and the effects of these systems on farm performance.
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1. Precision dairy farming overseas
Experiences and developments from the Netherlands
Henk Hogeveen and Wilma Steeneveld
2. What can you expect from me
Developments in Dutch dairy industry
Automatic milking
Use of sensor systems
Effect of sensor systems
Economic potential vs reality
Sharing data
Wrap up
3. Cattle through the last 14 years (* 1,000)
Now: ~1.3 bln kg milk
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4100000
1999 2002 2005 2008 2011 2014
6. Dutch dairy sector
Increasing farm seizes
Mostly own (family) labour
Half grass-based system
● Grazing under pressure (farm management)
● Stimulated (societal preference)
Volatile milk prices
More challenges on management
7. and …..
Animal health is becoming more and more important
Stimulated by dairy industry
● Improvement of udder health
● Improvement of claw health
● Improvement of longevity
8. What can you expect from me
Developments in Dutch dairy industry
Automatic milking
Use of sensor systems
Effect of sensor systems
Economic potential vs reality
Sharing data
Wrap up
9. Automatic milking
1970’s: Individual animal identification
1980’s: Sensor development
1990’s: Automatic milking
Five systems, different brands
First commercial farms: 1992
19% of Dutch dairy farms
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13. Automatic milking is not an issue anymore
They function
Service and maintenance (infrastructure) is good
Reasons pro
● Labour savings, quality of labour
● More milkings per cow
Reasons against
● Price (investment)
● Flexibility of expansion
14. What can you expect from me
Developments in Dutch dairy industry
Automatic milking
Use of sensor systems
Effect of sensor systems
Economic potential vs reality
Sharing data
Wrap up
16. Use of sensor systems in the Netherlands
Questionnaire study: 1,672 Dutch dairy farmers (Accon-
AVM)
512 (31%) responded
● 212 had sensor systems (41 %)
Permission to use MPR data: 414 (37 % with sensors)
Available accountancy data: 217 farms
Steeneveld et al., 2015, J. Dairy Sci.
Steeneveld & Hogeveen, 2015, J. Dairy Sci
20. Reasons to invest (CMS farms; %)
Rumination (10) Activity (57) Temperature (4)
Reduce labor 30 39 6
Improve health 70 81 25
Insight in health 60 46 0
Not a concise
decision
10 4 50
Improve
profitability
30 47 0
Other 10 5 25
21. What can you expect from me
Developments in Dutch dairy industry
Automatic milking
Use of sensor systems
Effect of sensor systems
Economic potential vs reality
Sharing data
Wrap up
22. Udder health sensors
Farms AMS farms CMS farms
No sensors Before sensors After sensors Before sensors After sensors
Number of cows
% growth in size
Milk production
(lbs/cow/year)
86
3.5
18,354
(8,343)
82
2.6
18,476
(8,398)
97
4.2
18,828
(8,558)
127
6.0
18,416
(8,371)
159
9.7
17,994
(8,179)
23. Effects on udder health
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230
235
240
No sensor system AMS farms before
investment
AMS farms after
investment
CMS farms before
investment
CMS farms after
investment
Somaticcellcount(*1,000cells/ml)
24. Estrus detection sensors
Farms AMS farms CMS farms
No sensors Before sensors After sensors Before sensors After sensors
Number of cows
% growth in size
Milk production
(lbs/cow/year)
85
3.5
18,352
(8,342)
86
2.8
18,641
(8,473)
102
5.3
18,990
(8,632)
104
4.0
18,139
(8,245)
131
6.1
17,989
(8,177)
26. What can you expect from me
Developments in Dutch dairy industry
Automatic milking
Use of sensor systems
Effect of sensor systems
Economic potential vs reality
Sharing data
Wrap up
27. Theoretic calculations estrus detection
Advantages twofold
● Labour savings
● Better estrus detection rates -> preg rates
Clear management (decision support) associated with
information
Visual SN 50%, SP 100% Sensor SN 80%, SP 95%
28. Titelstijl van model
bewerken
• Klik om de tekststijl van het model
te bewerken
– Tweede niveau
• Derde niveau
– Vierde niveau
» Vijfde niveau
Investment analysis
Cash flow
($/year)
Internal Rate of Return
(%)
Pay back period
(Years)
Average 3,259 11% 7
Rutten et al., 2014 J. Dairy Sci.
$US = € 0.89
29. Reality ($/100 lbs milk)
No sensor AMS CMS
Before After Before After
Capital costs 5.74 5.34a 7.68b 6.09c 6.28c
Labour costs 6.30 5.95a 5.75a 5.75c 5.31c
Variable costs 9.44 9.11a 9.5a 8.85c 9.29c
Revenues 23.56 22.36a 23.61b 23.30c 24.01c
Profit 2.07 1.97a 0.66b 2.60c 3.14c
30. What can you expect from me
Developments in Dutch dairy industry
Automatic milking
Use of sensor systems
Effect of sensor systems
Economic potential vs reality
Sharing data
Wrap up
31. aantall
en NL
noeme
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FIRST STEP: 2011 – 2014
Co-operation project
3 large co-operatieons
7 companies
5 research organisations
7 farmers
Goal:
Support dairy farmers in caring for individual animals
Good health, longer life and longer production time
of cows
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The cow central
Farmer rules
Real time models of
different parties
Sensors of
different
companies
Other data
sources
InfoBroker: Open
platform for sensor
data
Work
instructions
Dit project is mogelijk gemaakt door:
33. What can you expect from me
Developments in Dutch dairy industry
Automatic milking
Use of sensor systems
Effect of sensor systems
Economic potential vs reality
Sharing data
Wrap up
34. Current demands to dairy industry
Animal well-being
Consumer demands
Environment
Labor
Economics
We have to reduce the use of scarce resources
So: explore the full potential of each individual
dairy cow
35. Go back to the individual cow
One size does not fit all!!
We are throwing away a part
of the potential of our dairy cows!!!!
Dutch farmers do not fully utilize potential
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37. Thank you for your attention
I wish you a great conference
@henkhogeveen
animal-health-management.blogspot.com
www.slideshare.net/henkhogeveen
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Editor's Notes
De totale rundveestapel
Daling van 2000 -> 2005 daarna weer gestegen tot bijna 4.000.000
So difference in cash flow per year little over 3100 per year. This used for each of the ten years as average cash flow to apprahaise investment. Internal rate of return, return on invested capital 11%. Discounted Payback Period, 7 years. Accounts for time value of money.