7 June 2024

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By: Laurence Williams

dsm-firmenich, the leading innovator in nutrition, health and beauty, presented a new Digital Disruptor award for game-changing technologies within the beef and dairy sector at this year’s Global Ruminant Day event held on 4^th to 6^th of June in Vienna, Austria.

At the event, dsm-firmenich brought together over 200 global executives and experts from across the beef and dairy industry to address the most pressing issues ranging from health and reproductive challenges to feed cost optimization, sustainability and promising new precision livestock farming technologies.

Three companies have been nominated for the Digital Disruptor award:

• smaXtec, a revolutionary health system that facilitates preventative health, reproduction and feeding management for dairy cows
• Labby, an AI-enabled optical sensing for raw milk testing
• FarmTrace, a platform that connects on-farm systems, robots and farm management solutions to provide actionable insights.

smaXtec won this year’s Digital Disruptor award, receiving the most votes from the Global Ruminant Days delegates.

Corinne Bonadei, Head of Precision Services at dsm-firmenich Animal Nutrition & Health said “At dsm-firmenich, we have a long-standing focus on innovation and leading-industry change. The Digital Disruptor Award recognizes those organizations who are spearheading innovation and revolutionizing how the industry improves animal health, welfare and sustainability through advanced digital solutions to improve feed and livestock farming across the globe.”