DeLaval launches AI powered herd monitoring technology

DeLaval has launched DeLaval Plus, a new customer portal powered by unique artificial intelligence called DeepBlue. Together the technology collects herd data to provide useful, easy-to-understand information and animal health alerts, including a ‘Disease Risk" application which predicts which cows are at risk of mastitis, ketosis and other diseases.

“DeLaval Plus is a portal for an ever-expanding set of digital services enabling advanced farm management analysis and reporting. Using the latest technologies in data processing, farmers can ensure their cows are healthy, well cared for and milked efficiently, safely and sustainably,” says DeLaval’s Hendrik Veldman.

Data is sent to the portal by DeepBlue, which uses artificial intelligence to find patterns and trends in data from connected DeLaval farms around the world.

“DeepBlue is a new machine learning system developed specifically to interpret data from farms using our milking systems. It can find data trends and patterns using artificial intelligence which are fed into the farm’s DeLaval Plus portal. DeepBlue will continue to evolve using artificial intelligence to improve and add value to connected farms,” he adds.

Data collected by DeepBlue is divided into two groups: DeLaval Plus Analyses and DeLaval Plus Predictions.

“With DeLaval Plus Analyses, the farm’s current performance is analysed and improvements are recommended based on historical data and knowledge. This enables the farm to adjust and improve its performance,” he says.

Currently, DeLaval offers two different applications that support in fertility management. By offering accurate performance indicators, measurements and reports, it provides detailed fertility insight. 

“Should a farm own a VMS V310 milking robot or Herd Navigator, the application will be extended to offer additional accuracy and benefits to the dairy farmer. This is made possible by using progesterone measurements that are automatically supplied to the RePro module in Herd Navigator or the milking robot,” he says. 

DeLaval Plus Predictions reports on cow health and provides forecasts to enable farms to react faster to potential disease problems. This could be related to milk yield, feed, fertility management or common concerns like mastitis and ketosis.

“Thanks to artificial intelligence and data from tens of millions of milkings, DeepBlue will automatically evolve itself, delivering more data to the DeLaval Plus portal and providing the farm with the best user experience,” concludes Mr Veldman.

 

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