Autonomous Flying Cowboys Manage Livestock More Efficiently
Published by www.israel21c.org on March 11, 2025.
Noam Azran is a real live cowboy. He spent a decade on horseback patrolling the vast cattle ranches of California and Argentina.
And now he heads an Israeli tech startup that uses drones — instead of traditional cowboys — to monitor the welfare of millions of cows.
BeeFree Agro has just delivered its first fleet of “autonomous flying cowboys” to a paying customer.
They’re the eyes in the sky that will transform the way the world’s beef cattle are farmed, says Azran.
“I find it hard to believe in 10 years from now there will be commercial livestock growers who won’t be using the system,” he says.
It’s a conservative industry, he acknowledges, but the benefits of using drones are compelling.
“We’re addressing a very simple problem,” he says, speaking at his office in Yokneam, northwest Israel.
“It’s hard to raise livestock and it’s much harder to get accurate data on what’s going on.”
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BeeFree Agro Co-founder and COO Dvir Cohen is a Technion alumnus.
