Achieving high conception rates and ensuring a successful breeding season both depend on serving the right cow at the right time.

With smaXtec’s unique bolus technology, dairy farmers can eliminate the guesswork from breeding, gaining greater control and precision like never before.

smaXtec monitors vital parameters such as internal body temperature, water intake, drinking cycles, rumination, and activity directly from within the cow's reticulum.

This technology also revolutionises reproduction and fertility management, making missed heats and time-consuming visual oestrus observation a thing of the past.

Tipperary dairy farmer William Condon appreciates the ease that smaXtec brings to his daily routine.

“For me, the breeding season no longer feels like a demanding period of work. I simply wake up in the morning, make a cup of coffee, and check my phone to see which cows I need to serve, and that’s it,” he said.

John Hatton, who milks 95 cows in Co. Meath, has also experienced a transformation in the breeding process with smaXtec.

For him, heat detection is a major benefit, as he inseminates the cows when he receives notifications for morning and evening artificial insemination.

Similarly, Anne Marie Ryan from Co. Tipperary values the system’s ability to detect silent heats and provide a comprehensive heat history for each cow.

This feature allows her to identify non-cycling cows before the breeding season, ensuring timely intervention when necessary.

Beyond detecting cows in heat, smaXtec also determines the optimal insemination timing, provides a heat index, and enables early detection of fertility issues and abortions.

The results of using smaXtec speak for themselves. Dairy farmers can confidently use top genetics, maximise conception rates, and improve calving intervals.

Eamonn Mooney, who milks 150 cows in Co. Kilkenny, has seen significant improvements.

“Compared to last year, with smaXtec, we’ve reduced the calving interval to 99 weeks, with approximately 85% of cows calving within the first four to five weeks,” he explained.

The impact? Enhanced breeding success, reduced labour and costs, and a healthier, more efficient herd.

For Sean Teehan, smaXtec has made the breeding season much simpler and less stressful.

The dairy farmer, who milks 77 cows on his pastures in Co. Offaly, shared: “In terms of breeding, smaXtec has really changed our lives because it’s less labour-intensive now.

Another major advantage of smaXtec for him is the ability to monitor cows with fertility issues.

“There were two cows in particular that hadn’t cycled, and we were already halfway through the breeding season.

"We were able to get the vet out to examine them and put them on a cycling program, and we can safely say they came into heat and are now artificially inseminated,” he concluded.

Ready to elevate this year’s breeding season with smaXtec?