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Irish Cattle Breeding Federation
ICBF Data Recording & Reporting
“Less paper – More profit”
By
Kevin Downing
www.icbf.com
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Animal Events – Reduced Form Filling “Less Paper”
Animal Events recording system replaced
1. White cards for National Birth Registration
2. Milk Recording Registration Form (MR2)3. Pedigree Registration Form4. Calving/Dry off dates for Milk Recording5. Calving Survey Forms for AI
One line of data – not five !
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Milk Recording Events :• Calving/birth events• Freeze-branding events• Dry off events
Other Management Events :• Insemination• Pregnancy Diagnosis• Weight records• Health• Culling
Animal Events Covers
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Mobile Phonee.g. SERVE, DRY, EBI, BULL
Website recordinge.g. AI & Natural Serves, Dry-offs, Weights, etc.
Other Animal Event Recording Options
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Record your Animal Events On-Line e.g. AI, Preg Test, Dry-Off, Health, Weights, Freeze Brand/Jumbo, Condition Score, etc.
Management Style Reports View all your AI/Natural Serve
details. Easily identify animals due to
Repeat or due a Pregnancy Test.
See when your cows are due to calve and due to Dry-Off.
Other Animal Event Recording Options
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Animal Events Progress
• Excellent progress in participation rate with 937,000 calf birth registrations recorded in 2005, 29% increase on 2004.
• 20% increase YTD• In 2005 the
use of farm PC packages for recording Animal Events was 17%.
• Our aim over next 5 years is 50%.
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Technologies for data collection
• Hand held computers – AI technicians (GPRS …)– Linear scoring (across breeds)– Milk recording (electronic meters)– Farmers in the Field (PDA’s)
• 2 way text messaging– Farmer alerts e.g. SCC level– Farmer requests
• General info for individual cows• Genetic evaluation results
• Carcass grading machines– VBG systems for scoring marbling
All made much easier by having an
integrated database
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Electronic Milk Recording System
Data HandlerAuto Sampling
Electronic Meter
RF Comm Link
Cows’ IDs loaded direct from database
Meter Records Milk Volume Electronically
Meter automatically agitates/samples
Barcoded vial, no writing, more accurate
Milk Yields electronically loaded to dbase
Lab results electronically loaded to dbase
Meters delivered - No Capital Purchase
Meter automatically deposits sample into Barcoded bottles
Electronic DIY System
1.Technician Loads Cow IDs for Herd
to Datahandler (DH)directly from database.
2.Farmer operates DH,meter reads PM, AM
volumes & auto samples
Tech. sends electronic weights file to database
4.Database merges weights & Lab file
and sends Reports to Farmer
3.Lab tests
barcoded samples,sends results file
to database
* 1 meter per Cluster
Tech. drops the DH + Meters* to Farm
No Recorder, No manual sampling, No writing, No
keying !
Also:• Less hassle on farm• Capital cost of meters is less• Reduced errors• Model To Grow Business
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Electronic DIY Equipment– Irish Model 2006
Equipment required for 1 cell:
• 72 x Tru Test Electronic Milk Meters* • 7 x Data Handlers• 1 x Portable Printer• 5,000 barcoded vials, tray, accessories, etc.• Laptop for data transfer• Ancillary charging, data transfer equipment, etc. • Ford Transit Van, 2.4d, LWB 1 tonne, customised• Total Capital = €100K approx.
* ICBF will calibrate each meter annually in Moorepark
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Run by MROS directly
Dairygold 3 Cells (Limerick, North Cork, East Cork)
Progressive 3 Cells (Wexford, Kilkenny North Leinster TBD)
SWS 1 Cells (Bandon)
Kerry 1 Cell (TBD)
MROS subcontracted to ICBF
Arrabawn/Tipperary 1 Cell (Tipperary)
Connacht Gold 1 Cell (Mayo/Sligo)
Donegal Creameries 1 Cell (Donegal)
Electronic DIY €DIY Rolled out in 2006
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DIY Electronic Milk Recording – Recap on Advantages
Minimise Effort = Reduce Cost/Hassle
Maximise Benefit = Increase Value Add
Easy to use – Electronic DIY option
Auto sampling = improved data integrity
Reduce Cost – Meter rental no purchase req’d
Less steps in process = Timely Reports
Reduce Cost - Elec. Data processing – no recorders,
no keying req’d
Centralised Database = Better Reports, Breeding Info
Reduce Cost - Barcoded samples, centralise Lab
Specialised options = Decision Support System
Effort
Benefit
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AI Handheld Recording
Problems with existing system• Docket written by AI technician may not contain
correct animal details, difficult to match tag information.
• May be a delay in keying dockets.• No in-breeding checks.• Data received by ICBF was poor.• Difficult to generate valuable reports for farmers.
Solution• Introduce AI handhelds to provide a better
service.
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AI Handheld Recording
• Itronix Handheld• Infa-red Printer• During 2005 the AI
Handheld recording system was designed, built and initial field tests conducted.
• The number of inseminations recorded on Handhelds this year now stands at 153,466
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Features: Current V’s Proposed Systems
Feature Current Proposed• Docket Processing Yes Yes• Inbreeding Check No Yes• Lethal Gene Check No Yes• Short Returns Check Yes Yes• Info to Tech on Cow No Yes• Real time mgt information No Yes• Tighter Semem stock mgt No Yes• Sire advice Programme No Yes• More accurate billing No Yes• Single database with CMMS updates No Yes• More accurate GE’s No Yes• Effective supports Progeny Test Prg No Yes• Supports farm management reports No Yes
• New System provides a significantly better service for farmers while eliminating manual processing and reducing error levels.
EBI REPORT
ON-LINE HERD MANAGEMENT
PERSONALISED POCKET NOTEBOOK
HERD FERTILITY MANAGEMENT
SIRE INBREEDING CONTROL
DIRECT HELPLINE TO ICBF STAFF
Herd Management Tools For Increasing Profit
BREEDING CHART
WHICH COWS ARE COSTING ME
MONEY?
HOW DO I COMPARE WITH THE TOP 10%
IDENTIFY MY BEST PERFORMERS TO
BREED FROM
EBI – Euro value of the genes an animal will pass on to its offspring.
AM I MAKING THE CORRECT BREEDING
DECISIONS?
ON-LINE HERD PROFILES
BASIC
PEDIGREE
EBI
FERTILITY
On-Line Herd Reports – Up to date information to help you manage your herd.
PERSONALISED POCKET NOTEBOOK
3 PRE-PRINTED LISTS OF YOUR COWS
RECORD YOUR :
CALVINGS
SERVES & PREG TESTS
DRY-OFFS & OTHER EVENTS
SAVES YOU TIME DURING THE YEAR
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Fertility Reports
• Summary of Herd Fertility
• Calving Intervals
• Calving & Submission Patterns
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Fertility Reports
• Herd Comparison with National Avg’s– Submission rates– Conception rates– Pregnancy rates– Services/conception– Repeat intervals– % not in calf
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Milk Quality Report
• Scatter Graph– Visually display & compare Individual Cow SCC levels
from current & past milk recordings.
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Milk Quality Report
• Graphical Comparison with National Averages
• Average & Median SCC
• % Cows with low SCC
• % Cows with High SCC
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Milk Quality Report
• Action List– Identify animals that need attention.– Ordered by Mean SCC for Lactation.