LoRa Technology for the Farm

LoRa Technology for the Farm

According to statistics from the Beef Market Center, there are more than 1.4 billion cattle in the world! Among them, the number of lost or stolen cattle accounts for 10% of the total, which means that the annual loss will reach more than 34.7 billion US dollars.

What can be done to reduce such losses? A cattle tracker based on LoRa technology can help to solve this problem.

The LoRa cattle tracker can not only help the ranchers to track and find the cow (or any other animal) over long distances, but it will also monitor and send vital information about its behavior. And the LoRa cattle tracker sends alerts to the ranchers when the cattle are not in the preset zone. This cost of this simple application is very low, but it can greatly reduce the loss of the rancher.

In dairy farms, the LoRa Technology has a more interesting application, which is to predict the health status of cows and monitor the estrus of cows. Traditional dairy farming is to judge the estrus of dairy cows by manual observation, which is labor-intensive and low in production efficiency. The LoRa Bio-capsule is like a robot implanted in a cow, which can sense the cow's real body temperature, posture, activity level, drinking frequency, location, pH value in the rumen and other data. Through the data, it is possible to predict the health status of cattle, manage the estrus and calving time of cattle, and sense gastric acid value to improve feed formula and prevent gastric acidosis.

This technology will significantly improve the life quality of dairy cows and can benefit livestock throughout the pasture. Healthier cows mean higher quality milk and beef, and more income for ranchers.