The invention provides a method of managing a group of dairy animals, whereineach animal can be recognized individually by means of an animal identificationsystem, wherein the animals are milked and give an individually realized milkyield and wherein the animals are fed with an individual ration, wherein dataregarding the group of dairy animals are collected, which data comprise at leastthe individually realized milk yields and the consumed rations, wherein subsequentindividual milk yields are estimated by means of a model on the basis of said data,wherein, for one or more animals, at least one of the individual ration and themilking of individual dairy animals is adjusted in a regulatory step under applicationof a precondition. The invention also provides a device and a computer programproduct, arranged to perform such a method.
