When asked what Tanner Barham, a fourth- generation producer from Barham Jersey Farm, likes most about CowManager, he says it improves time management. II have two sons, and before CowManager, attending baseball games, basketball games and school plays was really hard. Now I can monitor the cows from my phone 24/7 and be more active in my sons’ lives.”
“CowManager Helps In So Many More Ways Than I Could’ve Imagined”
"With CowManager, I know exactly what every cow is doing, even when I’m away"
Better Handle on Herd Health
The Calhoun, TN, producer farms with his dad and three employees and installed CowManager in October 2023. He turned to the cow monitoring system to help the family operation be more efficient and improve cow health and reproduction.
“The Health Module finds cows that are getting sick, which allows me to evaluate and treat them before they become clinical and helps them make a quicker recovery. The Fertility Module finds cows in heat and shows me the optimal time to breed. Both modules have exceeded my expectations.”
Before installing CowManager, Barham made trips to the barn four to five times a day just for heat detection, leaving less time for other projects. Now, when he is at the barn, he doesn’t even watch for cows in heat.
Increasing Numbers with CowManager
The farm’s heat detection rate (HDR) has benefited with CowManager, especially the HDR post first-service, which went from 51% to 73%, improving by 43%.
Barham notes that CowManager has been especially helpful during crop season when six months out of the year heat detection was an extra tough task for them to juggle. “Now I can see what cows are in heat and when to breed them while in a tractor a mile away.”
Other positive repro results include a decrease in average days open from 132 to 111 and a decrease in the 12-month average days in milk from 179 to 152.
Barham adds: “I can be more selective on breeding as our pregnancy rate has climbed from 17% to 24%, which is a huge bonus. Plus, we don’t use as much shot sequence breeding because CowManager finds natural heats more often than I ever could before.”
100% Recommend the System
Barham says he would 100% recommend the CowManager system to other producers.
“CowManager truly helps in so many more ways than I ever imagined it would. It has improved on-farm efficiency, cut down on labor, reduced costs and increased profits through improved health and reproduction. And along with more family time, I now have more time to do other projects on the farm that usually got pushed back. I can’t put an actual dollar figure to the improved time management, but if I could, it would be high!”
Why CowManager?
Staying Ahead of the Herd Together
A successful farmer is a prepared farmer. Always be ready for what's coming. Run your business proactively and make fact-based decisions with our data.
Monitor Your Herd’s Health 24/7
Our Health Module provides early disease detection! CowManager cows live longer, produce more milk, are in better shape and therefore perform better.
Always Know When to Inseminate
Inseminating 10 to 22 hours after receiving a heat alert is known to be a success. This makes mating and breeding a breeze!