Siemens has been selected by Lancashire based Hoofcount Ltd., the revolutionary manufacturer of market-leading footbaths for cows, to provide critical data-gathering capabilities that will have a significant impact on animal health and welfare, helping farmers to become more operationally efficient. Siemens' data capture and control technologies are helping farmers make informed decisions to better tackle lameness, a major problem in dairy herds. Hoofcount is utilising Siemens' expertise in combining the real and digital worlds using LOGO, an intelligent logic module for small automation projects in industrial settings. LOGO manages the control of the key mechanisms of Hoofcount's footbaths, such as chemical and water pumps, and animal feed controls. LOGO controllers allow Hoofcount to track the cows that go through its footbaths and provide valuable data on the herd, which can then be displayed on an HMI screen for visualisation.