Smart cattle reproduction management and digital farm to market transparency metrics

A method of cattle reproduction management for a pregnant heifer or cow comprising:

• receiving information transmitted by a tag disposed on the pregnant heifer or cow, wherein the information comprises one or more of an identifier of the pregnant heifer or cow, a location of the pregnant heifer or cow, and a temperature of the pregnant heifer or cow;
• calculating a predicted calving date for the pregnant heifer or cow based on at least one or more of historical data, if any, of prior gestation periods or an estimated gestation period;
• tracking the location of the pregnant heifer or cow relative to other bovines in a herd;
• determining if the pregnant heifer or cow is isolating herself from the herd based at least in part on the location of the pregnant heifer or cow relative to the other bovines in the herd;
• determining if the temperature of the pregnant heifer or cow drops a predetermined amount within a predetermined number of days of the predicted calving date;
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• providing an alert that the pregnant heifer or cow is calving if the pregnant heifer or cow is isolating from the herd and the pregnant heifer or cow's temperature has dropped the predetermined amount within a predetermined number of days of the predicted calving date.