Onfarm Solutions have been partnering with dairy farmers for over 12 years helping them with labour efficiencies by reducing the risk of mastitis. The Teatwand Automatic Teat Spraying System was born from a partnership between New Zealand’s leading mastitis consultant Dr Adrian Joe and Gary Arnott, an Automation Engineer and company CEO. Extensive research was carried out on how to optimise teat spray coverage to ensure cows were protected from mastitis. Using Dr Joes expertise in the idea of the Teatwand design was to mimic the “action of a person’s hand”. The system had to be robust, reliable and most of all deliver teat spray to all four teats consistently no matter how many cows were milked on the platform. We carefully observed the best application practices and as a result of these learnings, we developed the first successful automated teat sprayer. The Teatwand system was designed to be ingeniously simple, smart and accurate. Dairy farmers consider our systems a vital part of their management practices. This revolutionary and innovative technology resulted in rapid growth with dairy farmers in New Zealand and North America, as the Teatwand is well suited to solving the growing challenges of labour costs, teat spray application and regulation. From our very first installs in 2008, we have been partnering with dairy farmers in New Zealand, Australia, United States, Canada, Holland, Argentina,Spain, Hungary, Denmark,Italy,South Africa,China,Thailand,Israel, Russia, Ireland, Scotland, England and Wales. Over 1000 Teatwand systems have been installed worldwide.