7 Jun 2025

3D animal scanning app up for award at Fieldays

From Saturday Morning, 7:50 am on 7 June 2025
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Scanabull team Dan Bull (left) and Daniel Stuart-Jones. Missing Paul Schlumbom and Paul Sealock. 3D scan of a cow (right). Photo: Scanabull

Scanabull founder Dan Bull using the app.

Scanabull founder Dan Bull using the app. Photo: Supplied / Scanabull

Fieldays is back for another year, kicking off next week at Hamilton's Mystery Creek.

It's the Southern Hemisphere's largest agricultural event and is well known for launching cutting edge technology in the farming sector.

Scanabull is one of the finalists for this year's Innovation Awards - they've developed an app that allows farmers to take a 3D scan on an animal, to determine its weight - something that will help save time and money, while also reducing the number of trucks on roads at the same time.

Scanabull's founder Dan Bull speaks to Susie and Mihi.

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