TECHNOLOGY FEED & ADDITIVE MAGAZINE July 2025 81 OPTIMIZED FEEDING IS KEY TO DAIRY FARM PROFITABILITY & SUSTAINABILITY Fernando Mazeris CEO Dairy Data Warehouse B.V Using standarized KPIs and artificial intelligence predictive algorithms, dairy consultants can identify patterns on their client farms before they become bigger problems. This data-driven foresight can further help optimize dairy herd management. For example, dairy nutritionists can utilize more available data to further optimize the impact of their ration formulations. Today's savvy dairy farm consultants and nutritionists are benefiting of more farm contextual data available and AI tools to make even more precise decisions. By sourcing data from more than 28 million dairy cows around the globe, efficiency and sustainable dairy farming can be improved. We calculate KPIs on various management areas that dairy industry professionals can use to evaluate dairy herd management. In addition, sustainable dairy farms need to ensure that cows receive the best balance of nutrients to optimize milk production reproduction performance and health without overfeeding, which can result in waste and extra costs. For more sustainable dairy farming, dairy farmers will focus even more in increasing productivity and monitoring the impact of their decision in NUE (Nutrient Use Efficiency) and carbon footprint. INDIVIDUAL & GROUP DATA Individual cow data, normally present in herd management software, can be combined with total mixed ration (TMR) data, to monitor at cow group level the impact of the diets for the different pens. Tracking feed conversion efficiency allows users to evaluate how well cows convert feed into milk production—data that nutritionists utilize to fine-tune rations for herds and milking groups. High granular and more frequently collected data from individual cows and groups can help nutritionists better understand how changes in the diet impact daily milk production. Finally, AI alghoritms predicting the risk of metabolic diseases can help beyond checking fat to protein ratio, allowing herd managers, consultants, nutritionists and veterinarians to assess overall metabolic health and energy balance, contributing to the prevention of detrimental health issues such as ketosis and better overall dairy herd management. On a more tactical level, information on inventory, group and production can be directly integrated and sent to TMR mixer wagons, allowing feeding managers to automatically adjust load weights and waste less feed.
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