CowScout empowers you to make the best management decisions
When an animal deviates from their normal behavioral patterns, the CowScout system does the work for you. With an alert sent to your phone or a report waiting for you on your computer in the morning, you will be notified about changes in activity, eating and rumination sooner, so you can improve conception rates and more proactively manage health challenges.
Arm your dairy with technology that helps save you labor, makes your employees better at their tasks, and provides insights that simply helps you take better care of your cows.
The CowScout system is backed by GEA Farm Technologies, and a strong network of dealers, who you can rely on 24/7. We have decades of experience with identification tags and cow management, and have proudly installed over a half million CowScout tags in North America.
Limited-time savings on CowScout - Offer ends December 15, 2026.
See your local GEA dealer for details.
3 Options:
Option 1 CowScout Neck Tags - Save 15-20%
Option 2 CowScout Ear Tags - Save 15-20%
Option 3 Complete Systems - Save 15-20% on Hardware + Tags
This offer benefits new users who need to purchase a complete system with installation hardware AND either, ear tags or neck tags. It also benefits current users that just need to update some tags to get the latest features, or add more tags to their herd - think dry cows, heifers. Many other companies offer discounts on hardware - but GEA is offering the savings on the tags as well! Take advantage while you can!
CowScout can be used as a standalone monitoring system or be paired with animal identification components such as a parlor, sort gate, or milking robot at any time.
Why CowScout?
Best Tag Life on the Market
Most monitoring systems claim a battery life of 5 to 8 years. Tags that use the battery for parlor ID (three times a day on most farms) and animal monitoring in the barn will drain the battery faster and impact longevity. CowScout utilizes a passive ID system for parlor ID, which helps preserve battery life. It’s why CowScout has the best tag life on the market and a <1% failure rate on farms worldwide. Plus, with passive ID, even if the tag’s battery fails, the cow will still be identified in the parlor as usual.
Why CowScout?
Backed by Full 5-Year Warranty
Invest in a heat and health management tool that has changed the game on today's farms. With CowScout, you have a proven reliable tag that protects battery life. We are proud to say that CowScout is backed by a full 5-year warranty.*
Have peace of mind investing in technology that can make a difference. With CowScout, some farms have been able to reduce or eliminate the number of animals they enroll in a timed AI program. They also can improve reproductive performance with lower labor inputs. CowScout’s eating and rumination data can identify sick cows earlier — helping minimize treatment costs and drops in milk production.
* Based on manufacturing date. See your local GEA dealer for details.
Why CowScout?
North-American Based Support
CowScout has a North American-based staff of specialists that proudly carry the name “Herd Nerds.” They help farms transition to animal monitoring and can help optimize herd management protocols over time.
In other words, we have your back from installation to optimization. Our team will help you get the most out of your CowScout system.
Why CowScout?
Powered by Nedap Technology
For 50 years, GEA and Nedap have worked together to help producers improve daily decisions, support cow health and strengthen the long-term performance of the farm. Our connected technologies, data and expertise support dairy farms in cow monitoring, herd management and workflow efficiency.
The partnership brings together Nedap’s expertise in animal monitoring, identification and data-driven herd management with GEA’s broad portfolio of milking equipment and associated technologies.
Customer Stories - What are our users saying:
Coldstream Farms
See how Galen Smith from Coldstream Farms improved his herd management with the GEA CowScout™ system — “My biggest regret was I didn’t do it earlier.”
“Some of the main ROIs on the CowScout™ itself as we implemented this, I would say within a 60-day time period we went from 55% to 70% heat detection. And our conception rates went from 42% to 55%.”
Kayhart Brothers Dairy
See why Kayhart Brothers Dairy say the GEA CowScout™ system is one of the top investments they’ve made on their farm
“Initially, we bought the system for its reproduction benefits but quickly found that the health information was just as important — if not more,” Steve Kayhart, co-owner.
Wesen Farms
“It was pretty much a no-brainer — it saves us a bunch of time every day,” says Mitchell Wesen, Wesen Farms. With GEA’s CowScout™ activity system and sort gate technology, they have transformed how they manage reproduction, monitor cow health and save on daily labor.
“Heat detection rate for the last 21-day cycle has jumped up about 20%. It was relatively low in the 45% range and this last heat detection rate was up to 65%,” says Wesen.
Ask your GEA dealer about BIG savings on tags AND installation hardware.
