In this episode of The Dairy Podcast Show, Tara Bohnert, CowManager Performance Specialist, explains how ear sensor technology supports labor efficiency, herd health, and proactive dairy management. She discusses rumination monitoring, early disease detection, dry cow insights, calf monitoring, and team adoption strategies. Tara highlights how data-driven decisions improve consistency and scalability across dairy operations and adds real-world experiences. Learn practical insights to strengthen health, nutrition, and production outcomes. Listen now on all major platforms!“Rumination and activity data allow earlier identification of health challenges, shifting dairy management from visual detection toward proactive, consistent decision making.”Meet the guest: Tara Bohnert is a CowManager Performance Specialist with more than 20 years of experience in dairy technology, herd management, and on-farm efficiency. With a background in animal sciences and extensive work across U.S. dairy systems, she focuses on translating ear sensor data into actionable insights that support health, nutrition, and production teams. Liked this one? Don’t stop now — Here’s what we think you’ll love!What you'll learn:(00:00) Highlight(01:53) Introduction(04:04) Labor challenges(05:29) Health detection(06:34) Sensor features(08:49) Sort gate use(10:52) Dry cows(15:27) Data insights(28:15) Final QuestionsThe Dairy Podcast Show is trusted and supported by innovative companies like:* CowManager* Afimilk* Evonik* Priority IAC* Adisseo* Agri-Comfort* Jones-Hamilton Co.* Lallemand- DietForge- Natural Biologics- Berg + Schmidt- BoviSync- Agrarian Solutions- AHV- dsm-firmenich- Protekta- SmaXtec𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝗼𝗻 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗣𝗼𝗱𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁𝘀, 𝗦𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗳𝘆 𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗺𝗮𝗷𝗼𝗿 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺.Website: The Dairy Podcast ShowInstagram: The Dairy Podcast ShowLinkedIn: The Dairy Podcast Show

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