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Pasture Feed Intake,
What does it Measure?

Following 15 years of research and development and thousands of hours of testing, Ceres Tag’s Pasture Feed Intake (PFI) is available on Ceres Trace and Ceres Ranch tags now. Along with up to 4 standard data packets, Ceres Trace & Ceres Ranch tags will now receive and additional daily summary packet with Pasture Feed Intake information.

With Pasture Feed Intake you’ll see the below metrics on both an individual animal level and at a herd level. You can view this data as reflection of the last 24hrs and also a reflection of the previous week. When using the data to impact your business performance PFI data can help identify trends of animal behaviour over time.

Grazing : To the nearest 30 seconds

Resting & Ruminating: To the nearest Minute

Walking: To the nearest Minute

Drinking & Unclassified Behaviour:

To the nearest Minute

Dry Matter (Pasture) Intake:
A Calculation is given in Kilograms consumed

Methane Production:
A calculation is given in grams emitted.

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What are the compatible software options to view PFI data?

What are the benefits?

Genetic Selection
Identify which animals are most efficiently converting pasture to protein to improve genetic selection decisions.

Decision Making
Use intake, grazing and walking metrics to inform when it time to move the animals

Problem Detection
An animal needs to be checked as its resting time has increased markedly while walking and grazing times have decreased

Land Utilisation
Combine grazing and ruminating data with GPS location to better understand grazing patterns.

Carbon Accounting
Provide proof of animal grazing and methane output data to demonstrate improvements achieved through sustainable practices.

De-Forest Free
Immutable proof of compliance with EU Deforest Free laws.

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