The CowFIT Technology

Daily weight. Better decisions. Higher profit.

The CowFIT® is a camera and AI-based weight-monitoring system that automatically measures the weight of each cow after every milking without disturbing daily routines — helping you manage energy balance, reproduction and profitability in your herd.

CowFIT provides real-time, accurate weight data for every cow in your herd, empowering smarter feeding strategies and management decisions. By using advanced 3D cameras, artificial intelligence, and cloud technology, the system delivers precise daily weight measurements throughout lactation.

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Higher efficiency

Ensure that nutrient requirements of each cow are met but not exceeded in the different stages of lactation and throughout her lifetime. Improve milk yield and boost efficiency.

Better health. Better breeding.

Optimise herd management and feeding to boost cow well‑being, survivability, and health, while clearly identifying when animals are in positive energy balance and ready for breeding.

Reliable data every day

Accurate and objective data on cow weight on a daily basis throughout lactation without disturbing cow’s behavior and daily routines on the farm. All data is stored in one place.

Accurate weight data

The weight is calculated with a high degree of accuracy, with the correlation between the cow's weight on the running scale and the weight indicated by the camera being higher than 90% for all breeds.

The cow's weight is recorded after each milking, and the data are stored and presented to the farmer in our CowFIT app.

With daily weighing, you can also calculate weight changes and thus energy balance during a cow's lactation. It is natural for a cow to lose weight in early lactation because it needs to mobilise fat from its body reserves to produce milk, and similarly to gain weight in late lactation to prepare for the next lactation. What is new is that we can now monitor this with automatic and objective recordings every day.

Since changes in diet directly influence cow weight, the data enables you to quickly adjust energy concentration or feed amounts when weight levels are too high or too low. You can monitor individual cows or groups by parity and lactation stage, track herd-level trends, and collaborate effectively with nutritionists, veterinarians, and advisors. With continuous insights at your fingertips, CowFIT helps optimise the profitability of your dairy business.

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How does CowFIT work?

The 3D camera and the ear tag reader are installed in the area where cows pass by one by one on their way in or out of the milking area. The ear tag is scanned to register the cow’s ID, and the camera takes pictures of the cow’s back to record its distinct body shape. Using deep learning and artificial intelligence, each cow’s weight is identified from pictures of its back. The data from all the cows is recorded and stored in the cloud. The results are presented in flexible dashboards and reports available for you online.

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1. Identification

CowFIT captures images and automatically identifies each cow.

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2. Processing

Images are processed with the help of deep learning (artificial intelligence).

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3. Recording

Data is securely stored in the cloud.

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4. Insights

The results are available for you online presented in flexible dashboards and reports

With CowFIT®

WE CAN SAY

What a cow weights on a specific day
How much weight a cow loses in early lactation
When a cow reaches a positive energy balance after calving
How much a cow gains weight in late lactation
How much a cow changes its weight during the dry period

Analyses of CowFIT data generally show that close attention must be paid to changes in cow weight during the dry period. Ideally, it should be around 0 kg or slightly positive. If cows lose weight, this has a major impact on production in the subsequent lactation – up to 5-7% lost yield. If they gain too much weight, problems with ketosis, milk fever and the like may arise.

Experience through data also shows that cows that are inseminated for the first time after calving while they are in negative energy balance generally have poorer reproductive results than cows that are inseminated for the first time when they are in positive energy balance.

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