Livestock Monitoring — Agriculture, Food Security & Rural Land Systems — Satellize

3.8Subsection · 5 applications

Livestock Monitoring

Maasai herder standing among a herd of cattle on open savanna grassland in Kenya — An ear tag on a cow represents the first link in satellite systems that help ranchers monitor livestock across vast open rangelands.

Satellite Tracking of Livestock Across Rangelands

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GPS/IoT Tag
Solar ear tag logs position, temperature, movement
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Satellite Uplink
Low-Earth-orbit satellites relay tag data
3
Analytics Platform
AI flags disease risk, stray alerts, grazing patterns
4
Farmer Mobile Alert
SMS or app notifies herder of sick animal

Ear-tagged animals transmit location and vitals via satellite, enabling herders to receive real-time health and straying alerts on mobile devices.

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Subsection 3.8 — Agriculture, Food Security & Rural Land Systems

Livestock Monitoring

5 applications.

Applications

3.8.1 Pasture Monitoring — Continuous satellite-derived measurement of pasture biomass, greenness and degradation across national rangelands to inform stocking decisions and prevent overgrazing.
3.8.2 Livestock Tracking — Continuously locating individual animals or herds across vast and remote rangeland using satellite-linked IoT tags and low-power wide-area networks.
3.8.3 Grazing Optimization — Using multi-spectral satellite imagery and vegetation indices to prescribe rotational grazing schedules that prevent overgrazing and maximise pasture productivity.
3.8.4 Animal Health Intelligence — Using satellite-derived environmental and land-surface data to predict, detect and contain livestock disease outbreaks before they cross borders or collapse national herds.
3.8.5 Water Availability Monitoring — Tracking surface water extent, soil moisture and watering-point status across rangelands to prevent livestock losses from water stress before they become irreversible.