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Nedap

Nedap N.V.

Groenlo, Netherlands

Farm Equipment & Herd TechAutomation & Controls
Founded 1977ManufacturerSells to Dairy Farms
Profile last updated: May 4, 2026

About

Founded in 1977, Nedap is a dairy industry manufacturer based in Groenlo, Netherlands selling farm equipment & herd tech, automation & controls.

Nedap is a Dutch technology company that develops hardware and software for individual cow identification, monitoring and management on dairy farms. Its portfolio covers RFID cow identification (SmartTag), herd health and heat detection, cow locating, electronic feeding, sorting and routing, and milking monitoring with wireless milk meters (SmartFlow and MilkingControl). Solutions are integrated into a central farm control system and are used by farms of various sizes, from several hundred to over 10,000 cows. Nedap also works with milking equipment and genetics suppliers, whose systems integrate Nedap technology. The company was founded in 1977 and operates offices in several countries, with its headquarters in Groenlo, the Netherlands.

Location

Groenlo, Netherlands

Founded

1977

Legal name

Nedap N.V.

Focus areas

cow identificationRFIDherd managementheat detectionhealth monitoringmilking monitoringmilk metercow locatingsorting and routingelectronic feeding

Languages

ENNL

Products & capabilities

Supply categories

Farm Equipment & Herd TechAutomation & Controls

Supplier role

Manufacturer

Sells to

Dairy Farms

Customer scale

Mid-sizeIndustrial

Milk species

Cow

Equipment

Herd Management Systems

Products

Nedap CowControl

Herd management system

Individual cow monitoring of fertility, health and location using the SmartTag, with group alerts and herd performance reporting.

SmartTag

Electronic animal identification

Neck-worn RFID tag that continuously monitors cow fertility, health and location and identifies cows at milking, feeding and sorting points.

MilkingControl

Milk yield monitoring

Milking monitoring and management tools that register milk yield and flow per cow in the milking parlour.

SmartFlow

Milk meter

Wireless, free-flow milk meter that records milk yield and flow for each cow at every milking. ICAR certified.

Nedap FarmControl

Farm management platform

Centralised farm control system linking electronic feeding, heat detection, sorting and routing, locating and milk recording.

Cow Locating

Herd management software

Shows the real-time position of individual or multiple cows on a barn map.

SmartSort

Sorting and routing gate

Automated gate that separates and routes cows based on individual or group criteria.

Standards, references & customers

Reference installations

Pagels Ponderosa

United States

Alta Cow Watch herd management system with SmartSort gate

11,000 cows

Elin Janpers family dairy farms

Sweden

Nedap Cow Locating

350 cows

Ian Powell farm

New Zealand

Nedap CowControl

350 cows

Dairy Dreams (Don Niles)

United States

Dairy cow monitoring

3,000 cows

Darin Strauss farm

United States

Dairy cow monitoring

900 cows

Evan and Sheriden Williams farm

Australia

Dairy cow monitoring

300 cows

Named customers

Pagels PonderosaDairy Dreams

Credentials & affiliations

Certifications

ICAR certified (SmartFlow milk meter)

Issued by: ICAR

Awards

Innovation of the Year (Augmented Reality solution)

Not stated

EuroTier Innovation Award

EuroTier

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