Introducing the 2026 Nexus Innovation Award winners

About this episode

This episode introduces the 2026 Nexus Innovation Award winners and discusses innovative dairy technologies.

This episode introduces you to the 2026 Nexus Innovation Award winners, recently recognized at the Professional Dairy Producers Business Conference. We're talking about three technologies that caught the judges' attention: a bolus administered at dry-off that cuts milk production 50% to 60% in 24 hours, an eartag that monitors calf activity from birth and alerts you when behavior deviates from normal, and a semiautomated milking technology that handles everything from pre-dip to post-dip. Congratulations to the 2026 Nexus Innovation Award winners! Related articles: AHV for StopLac Merck Animal Health for SenseHub Dairy Youngstock GEA Farm Technologies for DairyProX StopLac by AHV (1:45 to 14:22) 2:55 How does the product work? 5:30 How was this product developed? 7:00 When do you administer this product? 8:00 How are early adopters using this product? 9:30 What are the long-term effects of this product? 11:05 Any side effects from this product? 12:00 What feedback have you heard from early adopters? SenseHub Dairy Youngstock by Merck Animal Health (14:25 to 30:00) 15:00 When do you administer this product and how does it work? 15:45 Is the algorithm customizable? 17:00 What…

Topics covered

• Nexus Innovation Award
• dairy technology
• calf monitoring
• milking technology
• dairy production

Keywords

• Nexus Innovation Award
• dairy technology
• calf monitoring
• milking technology
• StopLac
• SenseHub
• DairyProX

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Professional Dairy Producers, AHV, Merck Animal Health, GEA Farm Technologies

Products: bolus, eartag, semiautomated milking technology, StopLac, SenseHub Dairy Youngstock, DairyProX

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