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Dairy farmers get pocket spectrometer

by Marc S. Reisch
July 10, 2017 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 95, Issue 28

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Credit: Consumer Physics
Consumer Physics’ spectrometer analyzes feed dryness.
A photo of a pocket-size near-infrared spectrometer used to analyze cow forage.
Credit: Consumer Physics
Consumer Physics’ spectrometer analyzes feed dryness.

Cargill is launching a forage analysis service for U.S. dairy farmers using a pocket-size near-infrared spectrometer from Israel’s Consumer Physics. The SCiO analyzer connects to Cargill’s cloud-based forage analysis service via a phone app. Results help farmers manage animal diets for consistency and nutritional quality.

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