The app relieves this tracking pressuring by creating “Smart Lists”, which categorise cows based on how important they are on a given day, and alerts the farmer when certain cows are in need of attention (whether for medicine, birthing, or insemination). As Jim explained to That’s Farming: “It [The Calving Assist] is not competing against a calving jack. In addition, there are no installation costs; you do not need to have any internet in your shed, and there is no need to run wires underground.

This will give you a further year of unlimited usage, unlimited SMS messages, support and software updates. A selection of the products we sell are only licensed for sale within the Republic Of Ireland and can not be shipped outside of the country. Then we send an SMS alert to up to 2 phones to ensure that you can be present when calving occurs, usually about 1 hour prior to calving.According to Vodafone, more than 110,000 calves and around 50,000 cows die every year due to birth complications. You’re on high alert, jolted into consciousness by anxiety and paranoia, racking your brain to remember the last time you checked in. Whether it’s artificial intelligence or a simple piece of equipment, there are several innovations that can help cut losses and make calving season easier. Available technology, equipment and knowledge are all tools to protect animals during the calving period.

About 17-18% of heifers will have complications on their first calving and even cows more experienced at giving birth will struggle 7-8% of the time. This charge will be clearly marked on an applicable products and will be explained on the checkout page before payment has been made. Previously, farmers would have to manually keep track of when all of their cows (often hundreds) had been inseminated, when they were due to give birth, which cows had what complications, which cows had taken certain medications, and, because of all this information, which cows needed the most pressing attention at any given time.Saves on time and fuel by only travelling to the yard should an animal require assistance during birth. Let’s say, this week, you have ten cows that are due to give birth,” Neil told me, “or ten that are due to cycle… The app, through the lists, prioritises them and lets the farmer know which cows to focus on. The device then sends a text alert to two mobile phones roughly an hour before calving, to ensure that the cattle breeder can be on location when a calf is born.