Big data is transforming dairy farming – and Dairy Data Warehouse has been leading the way for over 11 years

Dairy Data Warehouse provides tools that help companies create innovative solutions, enhance herd performance, and support consultants in making better decisions.

Dairy Data Warehouse contributes both individual and herd-level information to assist agribusinesses with decision-making across 47 countries, and that number continues to grow.  

Dairy Data Warehouse offers seamless dairy data solutions, allowing our customers to plug into herd management software, milk processing systems, MROs and TMR softwares.  

Customers can choose from over 120 KPIs to measure and monitor average lactation, average days in milk, days to conception, insemination/pregnancy rates and many more.   

Drill down to individual cows  

Dairy Data Warehouse explained it has detailed dairy data solutions for every individual cow on the farms it partners with – what they refer to as Individual Cow Data Marts (ICDMS). This solution offers pinpointed data on everything from a cow’s fertility to milk production. 

Big data in dairy farming accessed through ICDMS can show health and reproductive tracking for that animal, the milk production trends and even feeding and movement data.  

ICDMS is ideal to help businesses build precision dairy farming tools, animal health applications, genetics solutions, or any solution requiring animal-by-animal consideration when making decisions.  

“If your company is creating tech for the farm or veterinarians, ICDMS from Dairy Data Warehouse can be critical for your success,” the company’s team said. 

Dairy Data solutions in action  

ABC Feed Company integrates dairy data solutions from Dairy Data Warehouse to track how different rations impact milk yield across multiple dairy farms.

By adjusting nutrient composition based on real-time feed conversion efficiency data, the company has helped its customers reduce feed waste while also improving milk production.  

XY Genetics Company utilises reproduction and milk production data from the Dairy Data Warehouse to rank bulls based on real-world performance. Dairy farmers are then able to better select sires that maximise herd fertility and milk yield.  

Tech Sensor Company 123 integrates health and milk production KPIs from the Dairy Data Warehouse with its movement tracking sensors. By combining activity data with milk yield and health records, dairy farmers can more quickly detect lameness and mastitis, lowering their treatment costs.  

Take a 30,000-foot view  

Dairy Data Warehouse also takes individual cow data a step further by combining those dairy data solutions into herd-wide intelligence. The herd-level insights solution, KPI Library, provides dairy data solutions that can be used for benchmarking, analytics and decision-making tools.  

For example, DDW’s KPI Library can aggregate big data in dairy farming, showing milk yield per herd, fertility and breeding performance for each dairy operation, and indicators for animal health and sustainability across each herd.   

Another example might be examining feed conversion efficiency across herds, milk yield per cow, and fat-to-protein ratio. By digging into these dairy data solutions, dairy nutritionists can ensure cows receive the right balance of nutrients to optimise milk production without overfeeding, which can be wasteful and expensive. In addition, dairy cows that are above optimal weight can develop diseases and problems after pregnancy.  

This big data in dairy farming can be utilised by dairy industry consultants, feed and nutrition companies, research organisations, and even policymakers to make better decisions that need to be taken at an industry-wide level.  

For more information, visit Dairy Data Warehouse online or on company’s YouTube channel. 

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