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. Moocall, an #agritech partner of Vodafone, had its Calving Sensor #IoT solution, which monitors pregnant cows, featured in the latest series of Jeremy Clarkson's documentary, Clarkson’s Farm. Within the first two months of use, five heifers that wore the sensor needed our assistance to safely deliver their calves.

On the contrary, while the Moocall is a trending calving sensor device, other calving assistance technologies can assist with safe calving or lambing. Using a camera Both devices have many advantages, some that the other technology does not cover. By using both together, they complement each other, making for a more productive calving season. Moocall was founded in 2015, after its founder, Niall Austin, had his own personal issue with calving (the process of a cow giving birth). Five years earlier, when a cow of his went into labour, Austin couldn’t get to her when she started to give birth. Ultimately, the birth needed so much assistance that, without it, both the cow, and her newborn calf, tragically died. Once you activate the device you will receive 12 months of service,support , text messages and unlimited use. Moocall monitors your pregnant cow so that you can get on with running your farm. The Moocall calving sensor monitors the contractions to accurately determine when the cow is most likely to calf.In comparison, the Moocall will send an alert only if contractions are occurring. This alert is raised approximately two hours and one hour before calving commences. Want to join a dynamic team? Want to work from a farming hub in Dublin? Then this is the perfect opportunity for you. Moocall was invented when Irish farmer Niall Austin lost a calf and a cow due to an unexpected difficult calving. He believed that this could have been prevented if he had been there to assist and began looking for a solution. He did not want to use an invasive device and believed tail movement could help anticipate calving. Moocall removes the need for farmers to keep vigil over pregnant cows and helps increase live births and farm profitability. The device, which can be moved simply from cow to cow once calving takes place, uses 3D motion sensors, algorithms, and an embedded SIM card that connects to the phone network. Therefore, it is important to know what you are getting before you rule out buying the second technology.

Then, take a clean hand and remove any fluid that might be in the calf’s mouth. We do not want anything in there that is going to be in the way of that calf bringing air into the lungs.” Using technologies together Moocall is an IoT technology, powered by Vodafone IoT The sensor will send you an SMS message up to 2 hours before your cow starts to calve so you can be there for her. Then, let the bull into the field and do his work. All of his movement and activity with the breeding herd is recorded.Created by Irish farmer Niall Austin, with help from Irish technology partners Motech Engineering and Dolmen, Moocall launched commercially in Ireland in January 2015 after four years of product development and prototyping. Moocall has been the winner of numerous design awards, including the Red Dot award. Moocall was nominated for London’s Design Museum Design of the Year award in 2015. To date, Moocall has sold devices to over 2,500 farms across sixteen countries. An estimated 25,000 calves have already been born using Moocall. We discuss technologies in this article such as the famous Moocall, calving cameras, as well as Jim Ryan’s latest calving equipment. This is an optional charge and if you decide not to continue using your Moocall sensor you will not be charged.

Saves on time and fuel by only travelling to the yard should an animal require assistance during birth. Moocall #WeAreMoocall #MoocallAroundTheWorld #moocallheat #moocallcalvingsensor #MoocallFarmingWithYou #Vodafone #IoT #farmersjournal This non-invasive, tail mounted sensor gathers over 600 pieces of data per second. It can accurately predict when your cow is most likely to give birth by measuring tail movement patterns. When they reach a certain level of intensity over a period of time it then sends an SMS text alert directly to your mobile phone on average 1 hour prior to calving. Moocall clips on and off the tail with ease & moving it from cow to cow is simple. We use our MooCall Calving Sensor extensively on springing dairy heifers as they approach or go past their projected calving date.About an hour before calving, the sensor sends an alert to your smartphone, giving you enough time to be there for the birth. Moocall is a calving sensor worn on a cow’s tail that measures over six hundred data points every second to determine the onset of calving. 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. Around an hour before calving, the sensor sends an alert to your smartphone, giving you enough time to be there for the birth. The early detection provided by the sensor allowed us to respond in a prompt, timely manner, ultimately resulting in five live births and no lingering post-partum issues for the heifers.