Dr. Augusto Madureira is an Assistant Professor at Michigan State University. He specializes in dairy cattle reproduction and precision livestock technologies. His research focuses on enhancing reproductive efficiency and animal health by integrating cutting-edge technologies into dairy farming practices.

Questions our guest will address: 
- From your perspective, what’s the biggest gap today between having monitoring technology and actually getting value from it?”
- Your research has focused heavily on activity and rumination data—what are the most reliable signals producers should trust today?
- What separates farms that are elite at using activity monitoring for reproduction vs. average users
-- What are you most excited about in the future of animal monitoring?

Julio Giordano is the director of the Dairy Cattle Biology and Management Laboratory at Cornell University, the director of the Cornell Agricultural Systems Testbed (CAST) and Demonstration Site for the Farm of the Future, and a co-director of the Cornell Institute for Digital Agriculture (CIDA). 

His research focuses on the development, implementation, and evaluation of technology for dairy production systems. The overarching goal of his research program is to integrate concepts of animal biology, farm management, engineering, and data-analytics for enhancing the reproductive performance, health, and profitability of dairy cattle.

Curious about wearables? Listen as Dr. Bethany Dado-Senn, Vita Plus Calf and Heifer Specialist, talks about what has her most excited in this area. She discusses how calf wearables merge science and management in calf health.