There are several advancements in dairy farming such as the automatic feeding system that have greatly benefited both dairy farmers as well as the animals kept.
The automatic feeding system is an advancement in the dairy feeding management and helps to feed animals based on their requirements, this system uses sensor based technology and it is very advantageous to dairy farmers.
System advantages
First, the system minimizes food waste and reduces on farm input costs inform of animal feeding.
Also the system ensures that minerals and concentrates are accurately mixed and provided to animals.
Furthermore it also reduces the labour cost with reduced work load and efficient time management.
Additionally, individual animal can easily be identified due to sensor based technology used.
The automatic feeding system also provides the right feed balance for each cow thus reducing the risk of metabolic disorders due nutrition imbalance especially animals in the lactation cycle.
Conclusively the system helps farmers to easily identify whether the animals are either being under or over fed with required feeds.
