710280Multi-sensor management of dairy cowsClosedGRD Proof of ConceptInnovate UKThis project tests the concept of integrating data from multiuple sensors and integratiung the data to provide management prompts to farmers who at present typically feel overloaded with data. Data from a combination of existing wireless telemetric sensors in and on the cow will be combined with data from sensors in the milking systems to determine optimal nutrition and fertility status throughout the cow's life working life and offer management decisions to the farmer to improve milk yields and reduce nitrate, ammonia and methane emissions from the cow. New models will be developed based on combining existing models into an integrated system for cow management. The aim is to better target inputs into the cow to produce more milk from less resources, the system will be suitable for all types of farm system whether organic or conventional. The project addresses the frequent complaint from farmers that there is too much data requiring interpretation for which they don't have time.