Improving animal welfare and employee safety—that’s the top two goals driving the creation of the industry’s first robotic cattle mover.

The conversation with the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development on the Red Meat Industry and the foot and mouth diseases (FMD) situation which took place yesterday was very constructive”, says Koos van der Ryst, chairman of the Red Meat Industry Forum (RMIF).

The annual Alltech Global Feed Survey, released on Jan. 27, estimates that international feed tonnage decreased by 1.07% to 1.126 billion tonnes of feed produced in 2019, due largely to African swine fever (ASF) and the decline of pig feed in the Asia-Pacific region.

A cow lazily swishes its tail at a persistent buzzing, but the drone maintains its station hovering above the herd.