Milking cows for data – not just dairy products

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Matthew Stuber, University of Connecticut; Gary Kazmer, University of Connecticut; Shalabh Gupta, University of Connecticut, and Steven Zinn, University of Connecticut

(THE CONVERSATION) In the mid-1970s, the average American dairy farm had about 25 cows. Today, many operations have more than 3,000 – a number that was almost unheard of 25 years ago.

Managing large herds efficiently would be difficult, perhaps even impossible, without the latest advances in computing and automation....