WHAT IS THE CHALLENGE IN COW COOLING？
The cow is an animal that hates hot weather. The sweat gland amount in her body is less than human, making her very sensitive to hotness.
It is well accepted that sufficient air exchange, solid and practical wind velocity and a big droplet of water sprayed directly on her body is the best way of cooling cows in hot weather.
The power and water required to achieve the desired result of cow cooling are massive. Statistics show that a minimum of 50 metric tons of water and 1000 kWh of energy per year will be roughly needed for sufficient ventilation and soaking for each cow in the summer. This is a big challenge to farms with a water/electricity supply shortage or farms that don't have enough land for cow manure application.
Cooling cows in summer will be a challenging job for those dairies. Farmers must choose between high investment in power and water usage and increased risks of milk drop loss due to inadequate heat abatement.
Is there a better way to help the farmers escape the dilemma?
The answer is YES with the revolutionary BARNEYE intelligent vision control system (vision soaking) from CAMHIECH.
WHAT IS THE BARNEYE VISION SOAKING？
BARNEYE vision soaking system is a packed solution of heat abatement with advanced technologies of AI visual recognition, smart IoT and big data.
The primary goal of BARNEYE vision soaking is to improve the "micro-environment" around the cows, using power and water more precisely on the animal. It provides incredibly cooling to individuals by locating them and then soaking them as per their real-time stress level.
For example, we can take the feed area between two columns as one of the "micro-environments," including 3-4 soaking and the fans along the feed lane. The soaking cycle will start only when cows come and stop immediately when cows leave. Besides, the system can also automatically turn off the fan if there is no cow in a particular area if preferred by the farmer.
Instead of using regular proximity or movement sensor, the unique feature of BARNEYE vision soaking in sensing the animals is by cameras with AI recognition technology. It provides the system with incredible accuracy, flexibility and stability and will offer lots of information and remote control through CLOUDs and APPs.
The immediate benefit of the BARNEYE vision soaking application is water and power saving. Still, more importantly, the long-term payback it brings to dairy will be animal welfare and overall herd health improvement. It will provide a huge difference when cows can be cooled immediately when needed. So, the system will provide a higher level of cow comfort in a hot climate.
Since 2019, more than 100,000 cows have been enjoying the cooling provided by the BARNEYE intelligence soaking system worldwide. It has helped dairy farmers save roughly 50% water and 40% fan power daily in hot summer.
