In this page we want to give you some links to interesting precision dairy farming resources. If you would like see something added to this page, please provide details in an email to info@precisiondairyfarming.com.
Scientific resources
More and more scientific publications are becoming available regarding the field of Precision Dairy Farming. So it goes too far to provide links to all scientific papers on the topic. However, a number of interesting review or overview papers are out there and you can find links to those papers underneath. By clicking on the journal you will be linked to that paper. We do not claim to be complete here, if you have something interesting, please let us k now. Moreover, recently we quit placing articles from so-called “predatory” journals in this list.
- Vallenari et al., 2025. Graduate student literature review: The use of integrated sensor data for the detection of hyperketonemia in pasture-based dairy systems during the transition period. Journal of Dairy Science 1087: 568-578.
- Trapanese et al., 2025. Precision livestock farming applied to the dairy sector: 50 years of history with a text mining and topic analysis approach. Smart Agricultural Technology 10: 100827.
- Lamanna et al., 2025. Wearable collar technologies for dairy cows: A systematized review of the current applications and future innovations in precision livestock farming. Animals 15: 458.
- de Oliveira et al., 2024. Digital and precision technologies in dairy cattle farming: A bilbiometric analysis. Animals 14: 1832.
- Tangorra et al., 2024. Internet of Things (IoT): Sensors application in dairy cattle farming. Animals 14: 3071.
- Trapanese et al., 2024. Short review of current limits and challenges of application of machine learning algorithms in the dairy sector. Acta Imeko 13: 1725.
- Besler et al., 2024. Scoping review of precision technologies for cattle monitoring. Smart Agricultural Technology 9: 100596.
- Michelena et al., 2024. A review and future trends of precision livestock over dairy and beef cow cattle with artificial intelligence. Logic Journal of the IGPL
- Rossi et al., 2024. A systematic review on the application of precision livestock farming technologies to detect lying, rest and sleep behavior in dairy calves. Frontiers in Veterinary Science 11: 1477731.
- Kleen and Guatteo, 2023. Precision livestock farming: What does it contain and what are the perspectives. Animals 13: 779.
- Jiang et al., 2023. Precision livestock farming research: A global scientometric review. Animals 13: 2096.
- Weary and von Keyserlingk, 2023. Review: Using animal welfare to frame discusison on dairy farm technology. Animal 17: 100836.
- Liu et al., 2023. A review on information technologies applicable to precision dairy farming: Focus on behavior, health monitoring, and the precise feeding of dairy cows. Agriculture – Basel 13: 1858
- Kaur et al., 2023. Invited review: Integration of technologies and systems for precision animal agriculture – a case study on precision dairy farming. Journal of Animal Science 101: skad206.
- Shine and Murphy, 2022. over 20 years of machine learning applications on dairy farms: A comprehensive mapping study. Sensors 22: 52.
- Han et al., 2022. Invited review: Sensor technologies for real-time monitoring of the rumen environment. Journal of Dairy Science 105: 6379-6404
- Alanezi et al. 2022. Livestock management with unmanned aerial vehicles: A review. IEEE Access 10: 45001-45028.
- Oliveira et al. 2021. A review of deep learning algorithms for computer vision systems in livestock. Livestock Science 253: 104700
- Van der Voort et al., 2021. Invited review: Toward a common language in data-driven mastitis detection research. Journal of Dairy Science 104: 10449-10461.
- Shalloo et al. 201. A review of precision technologies in pasture-based dairying systems. Irish Journal of Agricultural and Food Research 59: 279-291.
- Post et al. 2020. Using sensor data to detect lameness and mastitis treatment events in dairy cows: A comparison of classification models. Sensors 20: 3863
- Lokhorst et al., 2019. Invited review: Big data in precision dairy farming. Animal 13: 1519-1528
- Eckelkamp 2019. Invited review: Current state of wearable precision dairy technologies in disease detection. Applied animal science 35: 209-220
- Ouyang et al 2019. A scoping review of ‘big data’, ‘informatics’, and ‘bioinformatics’ in the animal health and veterinary medical literature. Animal health research reviews 20:1-18.
- Brandt et al 2010. Invited review: Technical solutions for analysis of milk constituents and abnormal milk. Journal of Dairy Science 93: 427-436.
- Hogeveen et al 2010. Sensors and clinical mastitis – The quest for the perfect alert. Sensors 10: 7991-8009
- Rutten et al 2013. Invited review: Sensors to support health management on dairy farms. Journal of Dairy Science 96: 1928-1952
- Caja et al 2016. Engineering to support wellbeing of dairy animals. Journal of Dairy Research 83: 136-147
- Norton and Berckmans, 2017. Developing precision livestock farming tools for precision dairy farming. Animal Frontiers 7: 18-23.
- Dominiak and Kristensen, 2017. Prioritizing alarms from sensor-based detection models in livestock production – A review on model performance and alarm reducing methods. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture 133: 46-67
- King and DeVries, 2018. Graduate student literature review: Detecting health disorders using data from automatic milking systems and associated technologies. Journal of Dairy Science 101: 8605-8614
- Shalloo et al., 2018. Review: Grass-based dairy systems, data and precision technologies. Animal 12: S262-S271
- Gonzalez et al 2018. Review: Precision nutrition of ruminants: approaches, challenges and potential gains. Animal 12: S246-S261
- Halachmi et al 2019. Smart animal agriculture: Application of real-time sensors to improve animal well-being and production. Annual Review of Animal Biosciences 7: 403-425.
Companies active in PDF
Currently countless larger and smaller companies are active in the field of Precision Dairy Farming. More firms than we will be able to mention here. However, in 2024, IFCN Dairy Research network, together with Progressive Dairy, organized the second Dairy Global Tech Mapping Event. They created a great infographic on companies active in Precision dairy farming.
Organizational resources
A growing number of (farmer) organizations in the world have overview of technology to be used on dairy farms.
Project resources
Worldwide there are a number of large projects aimed at Precision Dairy Farming. You will find some of these underneath.
D4Dairy: An EU project aimed to provide digital support to dairy management via a data-driven, networked information system, exploiting the potential of advanced technologies (mid-infra-red spectra, genome information, …) and advanced data analysis to further improve animal health, nutrition, animal welfare and product quality.
GenTore: An EU project aimed at the development of innovative genome-enabled selection and management tools to empower farmers to optimize cattle resilience and efficiency (R&E) in different and changing environments.