Many cattle producers are looking for more and better ways to monitor the feeding efficiency of cattle and one way to do this is by buying an automatic cattle sorting system. The way that this system works is very simple. This technology is completely automatic and it continuously monitors and measures animals performance individual in a given pen. The monitor is located at every watering spot. The unit included equipment for six spots and this can monitor in the range of 40 to 300 animals. The calves each get an electronic ear tag when they come to the feedlot which is read by the system by stepping to the water. The system converts partial body weight to full body weight. Data acquisition is continuous and is sent by a wireless system to a data acquisition computer, with up to a 30-mile line-of-sight range. The system analyzes the data and it also determines poor performance and it even marks these animals by spraying paint on them when they come to the water so they can be treated. I think this is very smart because you can monitor the animals without really monitoring them, all you need to do is take out the sick ones and treat them instead of the whole group which saves money. This will also help with telling which animals perform the best and only take the best genetics. To learn more about this article and system you should visit this website: http://www.growsafe.com/feedlot.cfm.
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