AI milking tech named best in show at Ploughing Championships pre-event

Technology developed by Kerry-based Dairymaster, which uses AI to optimise milking, was named winner of an Enterprise Ireland innovation award. Ahead of the National Ploughing Championships today (17 September), the 2019 Enterprise Ireland Innovation Arena Awards were announced. The pre-event is designed to highlight some of the latest agritech and agri-engineering projects underway in the country. The overall winner was the Mission Control system developed by Kerry-based Dairymaster, which has introduced artificial intelligence (AI) to rotary milking and includes an advanced cow recognition system called'CowNow'. The OptiCruise technology incorporated into the design adjusts the speed of milking so that milking time is optimised.