"Using the Allflex SenseHub system has enabled us to make significant improvements to heifer fertility, ensuring a consistent and reliable supply of replacements for the herd’s lower yielders and older animals".
Philippa MacTaggart, Dairy Manager
Challenges
Increase insemination rate, improve heat detection accuracy, reduce costs and labor involved in artificial insemination (AI) and
decrease the calving age
decrease the calving age
System
Allflex SenseHub™ system with eSense™ Flex ear tags
Benefits
Insemination rate jumped from 30%, to an average of 40% and a peak of 60%. 97.6% heat detection rate achieved, at a savings of £9-£15 per animal. Average of 1.7 straws vs. 2+needed per heifer pregnancy and heifer age at calving down from 28 months to 26