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“My goal has always been to merge software with farming, and now I can bring innovative computer vision technology back to my family farm.”

Dairying experience drives Ryne Braun to strategize for optimal On-Farm Solutions

Growing up on a Wisconsin dairy, Ryne Braun always planned to continue working on his family’s farm as his career. But as life has it, Ryne does not work on a dairy farm today. Still, the experience and knowledge he gleaned from his years of managing various aspects of a dairy have proved extremely valuable in his career with Ever.Ag.

Ryne is the director for Ever. Ag’s On-Farm Solutions division, a role he transitioned into after five years of working solely with Ever.Ag’s My Dairy Dashboard solution.

Today, Ryne divides his time strategizing and leading teams for Ever. Ag’s on-farm solutions including Maternity Warden and Feed King.

“My goal has always been to combine software with farming. We now create computer vision technology that eliminates wearables on the cows and provides data about feed bunks and when cows will calve. This technology is something I always wanted to take back to my family farm and use,”

From dairy farming to dairy solutions

At 14 years old, Ryne began milking cows after school and on weekends. Through high school, milking cows became a steady job for him to earn a wage and enjoy the hands-on side of working at a dairy. He eventually focused on raising calves and challenging himself to get the highest average daily gain in calf growth.

“I spent a lot of time weighing, measuring, and changing grain to get results. That interests me – having the ability to positively affect the animals’ lives and then instantly reap the rewards if you get it right,” Ryne said.

After high school, Ryne earned a herd management degree intending to work at his family’s dairy. Other opportunities led him to work for two other dairy software companies and a nutrition company before his role with Ever.Ag had him solely focused on My Dairy Dashboard (MDD). That transition was key in Ryne’s career as he went from working on solutions that create farm data to the MDD solution that aggregates and centralizes farm data.

Striving to connect farmers with valuable insights

Today, Ryne collaborates with his team to strategize and build on the vision of supporting farmers in innovative ways. The team’s core focus is to collect timely data without creating more work for dairy farmers, keeping data centralized and accessible, and ultimately providing opportunities for farmers to improve their herds.

Striving to support this vision, Ryne often syncs with his team on both strategy and execution. While meeting daily and quarterly goals is essential to the on-farm solutions team, the team’s primary focus is to keep valuable insights in front of the farmer clients and ultimately support a dairy farm’s success.

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