Ewe losses on NZ farms may be reduced, says Massey University researcher

Recent Massey University led research tracking 34 New Zealand flocks found 25-35 % of ewes are lost or culled each year—a hit Massey vet Dr Anne Ridler says can be trimmed with smarter decision-making tools. The multi-institution team (Massey, Lincoln University (NZ), The University of Hong Kong) is now zeroing in on the drivers of that wastage.

For Aotearoa’s hashtag#AI community, that’s a call to action: edge sensors, yard-camera vision models and hashtag#predictive health hashtag#analytics could flag at-risk ewes long before they drop off the books. Saving even a few percent of breeding stock means better welfare, higher lamb numbers and millions back into rural coffers.

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