- Location
- Ceredigion, wales
How much per head is the kit costing you currently? Might be ok for a few cows but thousands of sheep might be a different matter?It wouldn't, in either case it's not allowed being grouse infested SAC commonage.
How much per head is the kit costing you currently? Might be ok for a few cows but thousands of sheep might be a different matter?It wouldn't, in either case it's not allowed being grouse infested SAC commonage.
I find stuff like this fascinating,
Location and temperature reading alone would be a tremendous step forward in livestock management.
Geo fencing would be nice, but I imagine you're looking at a further big increase in equipment costs.
My landlords have mentioned a interest in this for grazing the moor.
How much per head is the kit costing you currently? Might be ok for a few cows but thousands of sheep might be a different matter?
I'm trialling boluses which give temperature, activity and pH at the moment, battery life is 4 years and data for all three is collected every 10 minutes. Calving alerts work really well (12 - 24 hrs notice for 85% of cows at calving this year but should improve with time), heat alerts less well at present in suckler cows but apparently more reliable in dairy. 20 alerts this morning showing cows had lower numbers of drinking cycles than previous day, found the trough was live due to a short on the electric fence .
Lots of potential, I'm told GPS is some way off at the moment though...
Ordered two prepay sim cards from, for me, obscure providers that are €9 & €10 /month but may end up being less than that, we'll see.
Finding prepaid sims that have a half decent life without topping up is getting increasingly difficult over here, sounds like it's similar for you?
I admire your determination John!
Network can't unlock my phone, they're contacting the manufacturer (15 working days). Can nothing ever be simple
So you're having to wait 3 weeks for them to unlock your phone so that you can activate a sim card which is going to be taken straight back out of the phone to go in to the other thingy? You've got the patience of a saint, you really have!
Could you not buy a cheap phone from Tesco to activate the sim or does it have to be a smartphone?