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From agriculture to AI-griculture: How tech is changing farming

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George McMaster's farming career started with milking eight cows in a byre, relying on his eyes to spot any health issues in his cattle.

He still watches his now-300-strong herd, but via a feed from an AI camera in the milking parlour at the farm near Islandmagee in County Antrim.

The device uses an algorithm which assigns each cow its own ID, records a short video of the animal every day, analyses it and flags any changes - often before they are visible to the human eye.

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