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AI Collars Save $1M for Merced Dairy Farm

10/5/2025

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Tony Louters' Merced dairy uses AI-enabled collars on 700 cows, enabling health alerts and saving nearly $1 million over the last decade.
Precision farming powered by AI and sensors enables more output with fewer workers amid rising costs.
Merck, owner of Allflex, sells collars for about $3 per cow per month and monitors around 20% of the U.S. dairy herd.

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Story summary

Tony Louters' Merced dairy uses AI-enabled collars on 700 cows, enabling health alerts and saving nearly $1 million over the last decade.
Precision farming powered by AI and sensors enables more output with fewer workers amid rising costs.
Merck, owner of Allflex, sells collars for about $3 per cow per month and monitors around 20% of the U.S. dairy herd.