BEST OF BOTH WORLDS, INTEGRATING AUTOMATION WITH HERD RECORDING

CRV AmBreed and MilkHub announce that they are partnering to deliver a complete solution to the New Zealand dairy farmer.  
 
Both companies have made a name for themselves in their innovative approach to dairying. By partnering they are now able to offer a complete dairy management system, able to be operated from any location, and one that communicates with the National Database and means cow data need only to be entered once.
 
CRV AmBreed is part of the third largest artificial breeding company in the world. They were established in 1969 with a core business of dairy semen production and sales to the New Zealand domestic market. CRV AmBreed have since developed their portfolio considerably, with the support of global powerhouse CRV they are not only industry leaders in providing the very best genetics they also provide world class data management and information services specially tailored to New Zealand systems.
 
MilkHub’s comprehensive dairy management system provides the New Zealand dairy farmer with up-to-date, relevant information about every cow, every milking, every day. MilkHub provides information the dairy farmer needs, including milk yield and mastitis predictions, to quickly identify high and low performing cows, management of animal health conditions and now improved breeding solutions.
 
The partnership integrates the daily operational power of MilkHub’s easy to use online management system with CRV AmBreed’s ability to offer real benchmarking for animal evaluation and herd improvement. This delivers information to assist with operational needs as well as long term decision making.
 
Angus Haslett, Managing Director of CRV AmBreed says “existing and future opportunities from dairy automation and information gathering are immense. We may not fully realise it yet but automated data management producing reports and farm management interventions, in many cases also fully automated, will drive productivity increases, reduce costs and aid in dairy farm compliance. The answer is to collect and integrate data through open and easily shared systems that are not complex to manage and provide real management and profit improvements and this is where MilkHub very closely fits with the CRV strategy”.
 
Ross Nilson, Managing Director of MilkHub says “In developing MilkHub, we set out to provide a comprehensive dairy management system targeted at key areas of the New Zealand dairy operation. We have a powerful system for in-shed operation and management decision making. Our partnership with CRV AmBreed allows us to bring together key breeding events and provide access to the National Dairy Database on a single integrated platform. We believe this will provide a new level in information access and use with significant direct benefit to our customers”.
 
MilkHub combines dairy automation with its comprehensive dairy management system for information based decisions. Information is gathered by sensors to measure cow performance over time to optimise individual and whole herd productivity throughout the milking season.
 
The system ensures that milking staff and farm managers have quick and easy access to real-time cow health and productivity data. MilkHub's modular components including automated drafting gate, automated feeder, in-shed displays and automatic weigh scales give the New Zealand farmer the choices they want to make shed operation more efficient and improve productivity. New components such as heat detection will be added in the future.
 
CRV AmBreed partners with their clients to find out what they need and then supply it; it’s partnerships with farmers that make CRV AmBreed better. They have grown alongside the industry into a company that is recognised for quality, reliable genetics to suit a range of farming systems and goals. They work with farmers to learn about their herds and achieve their goals. For CRV AmBreed average is never good enough.
 
There is a clear need in the industry for companies like CRV AmBreed and MilkHub to work alongside one another to provide a better solution to the New Zealand dairy farmer. CRV AmBreed and MilkHub acknowledge this with the announcement of this partnership.