Watch: new innovations in agritech

Agritech Focus: HerdEye.

Eyebreed a new technology that aids in the artificial insemination of cattle without rectal palpation received an innovation award at the recent Sommet dElevage show in France.

The technology which has a camera attached to an AI gun is claimed by the developers to be the first of its kind in the world and they say it could revolutionise artificial insemination technique in cattle.

The hardware and AI gun is connected to an app on your phone which also functions as a breeding app alerting the farmer to when cows come into heat via data monitors.

Camera facility

The app also has a camera facility which allows the user to view inside the cervix and guide the gun through the cervix using the gun.

By reducing the requirement for rectal palpation and reducing the contact with the cervix, the company says that this method of AI should result in higher conception rates.

Herdeye, a west of Ireland based startup company have developed a new app to help farmers at calving time. The developers say that they received feedback from farmers saying that the problem with a calving camera is the fact that you have to keep an eye on it all the time.

This application does a lot of the checking in work for the farmer recording movement and motion. The technology uses a motion sensor camera and artificial intelligence to determine when a cow has started the calving process.

The app then tracks activity on your phone so you can look back on a timeline to determine when the calving process started and when is the right time to intervene if calving is not progressing as normal.

If there are multiple cows in a calving pen the camera is able to distinguish between different cows.

The company received an innovation award as part of the Enterprise Ireland arena at the recent ploughing championships in Carlow and launched the product at the Ploughing Championships.