Cattle feeders often rely on periodic visual bunk checks, making feed delivery inconsistent and limiting visibility into intake behaviour and animal-performance risks.
Solar-powered cameras continuously observe feed bunks and send images and recommendations to a software dashboard so operators can adjust feed delivery using objective, time-stamped data.
Solution Effectiveness
The system provides 24/7 observation and the company states that its solar unit can operate for about four days without sunlight. No independently verified feed-conversion or mortality improvement was located.
Investment Funding
Last Funding Stage
Seed
Total Funding Amount
$1.6M
Last Funding Date
3/24/2021
Startup Stage
Early Stage
Lead Investors
Plug and Play Tech Center, Checkmate Capital Group, LP of College Station, MLJ Fund 1
People
Founders
Andrew McKenzie
Angela Strand
Ricardo Mendonça
CEO
Andrew McKenzie
About
Precision Livestock is a developer of sensor-based technology and software designed to optimize animal production operations
Products
Product
Bunk Management: camera and analytics system for monitoring feed-bunk conditions and supporting feeding decisions.
Star Product
Bunk Management – the only clearly commercialised product on the reviewed site and the core entry point into feedlot operations.
Demo Product or Complete Product?
Commercial product. Bunk Management is marketed for feedyards; Cattle Performance and Health Management modules were shown as coming soon on the reviewed site.
Future Plan
Investment Funding
Closed a US$1 million preferred-equity financing in September 2022 to develop and commercialise its livestock-management technology. No later future round was publicly announced.
M&A and Collabs
Collab
Innova Memphis / Innova Ag Innovation Fund – led a US$1 million preferred-equity financing in 2022.
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