The amount of pasture consumed by individual grazing animals can now be estimated accurately, smart ear tag manufacturer Ceres Tag has announced, enabling accelerated selection of higher performing animals on a range of economically and environmentally important traits.
Ceres Tag Managing director David Smith said new functionality now incorporated into Ceres Tag ear tag units builds on 15 years of research conducted by CSIRO and the NSW Department of Primary Industries, through its eGrazor program.
The long-running research partnership led to the creation of algorithms that use an…
