Check out this week's Scottish Farmer for all the Royal Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland's Technical Innovation Awards, in which Aberdeenshire beef farmer Murdoch Duncan and his partner Jilly Grant, East Lediken, took a Silver with their Herd Advance Stockman.
The Stockman which was designed and developed by the couple, brings together practical hardware and precision data software.
Paired with its cutting-edge app, farmers can real-time monitor statistics and status of their herd on-the-go from a smartphone.
Driven by the animals’ need to drink several times a day, it allows for simultaneously recording the animal’s weight, water intake and body temperature via thermal imaging. Crucially, the Stockman allows the user to automatically sort animals without the need for handling.
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