‘Facebook for cows’: How a software engineer rustled up an app to tackle cattle thieves

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‘Facebook for cows’: How a software engineer rustled up an app to tackle cattle thieves
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The new technology being trialled at a small property north of Melbourne gives each cow a profile picture electronically linked to its owner.

It was during a family holiday to a friend’s farm that Phillip Zada’s facial recognition platform for livestock was born.Farmers Cesar and Jane Melham look on as Phillip Zada tests Stoktake on their hobby farm in Glenburn, Victoria.After learning farmers rely on ear tags that can fall off, Zada set to work on new technology that gives each cow a profile picture electronically linked to its owner.

Known as Stoktake, the platform is being trialled at a small property at Glenburn, north of Melbourne, by Zada family relatives.“Having the app and walking up to the cattle and pointing the phone at their face and taking a photo seems to be working pretty well,” she said.

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