LIVESTOCK FARMING TECHNOLOGY IN ANIMAL AGRICULTURE
Most of us are familiar with the term “farm-2-table”. We set out Sat mornings for brunch at trendy cafés & restaurants, but while we gulp down junks, we forget the efforts use to bring our favorite dishes from farms to kitchens.
Most of us are familiar with the term “farm-2-table”. We set out Sat mornings for brunch at trendy cafés & restaurants, but while we gulp down junks, we forget the efforts use to bring our favorite dishes from farms to kitchens.
Farmers today are facing challenges from infrastructure to connectivity, growing demands for animal proteins to food spoilage, and disease with concerns rising around animal health.
Technology is disrupting all industries in our modern age, and AgTech is no exception.
We sought out on a mission to get back to our roots and gather perspective from those leading the industry and working to address these issues.
We sought out on a mission to get back to our roots and gather perspective from those leading the industry and working to address these issues.
The traditional livestock industry is a sector that is widely overlooked and under-serviced, although it is arguably the most vital.
Livestock provides much-needed renewable, natural resources that we rely on every day.
Livestock provides much-needed renewable, natural resources that we rely on every day.
So why is the process to adopt technology so slow within this industry? Well, the short answer is MONEY!!.
The economics of the livestock industry shifts from season to season, meaning it’s not always profitable. With fewer investments, comes fewer adoptions of technology.
The economics of the livestock industry shifts from season to season, meaning it’s not always profitable. With fewer investments, comes fewer adoptions of technology.
Livestock Technology and the ‘Connected Cow’
Everything in the digital age is connected, including farming and agriculture.
Livestock technology can enhance or improve the productivity capacity, welfare, or management of animals and livestock.
Everything in the digital age is connected, including farming and agriculture.
Livestock technology can enhance or improve the productivity capacity, welfare, or management of animals and livestock.
The concept of the ‘connected cow’ is a result of more dairy herds being fitted with sensors to monitor health and increase productivity.
Putting individual wearable sensors on cattle can keep track of daily activity and health-related issues while providing data-driven insights for the entire herd.
Advantages of Livestock Technology
1. Sensor and data technologies have huge benefits for the current livestock industry.
2. It can improve the productivity and welfare of livestock by detecting sick animals and intelligently recognizing room for improvement.
1. Sensor and data technologies have huge benefits for the current livestock industry.
2. It can improve the productivity and welfare of livestock by detecting sick animals and intelligently recognizing room for improvement.
3. Computer vision allows us to have all sorts of unbiased data that will get summarized into meaningful, actionable insights.
4. Data-driven decision-making leads to better, more efficient, and timely decisions that will advance the productivity of livestock herds.
4. Data-driven decision-making leads to better, more efficient, and timely decisions that will advance the productivity of livestock herds.
Disadvantages Of Livestock Technology
1. The cyclical nature of economics in the livestock industry makes it difficult for producers to justify the initial steep upfront costs of implementing these technologies.
1. The cyclical nature of economics in the livestock industry makes it difficult for producers to justify the initial steep upfront costs of implementing these technologies.
2. A major need in the livestock industry is for more integration of these technologies so that there can be one platform that brings together all of this data.
3. Another challenge of the livestock industry is that in a manager’s office, there are multiple computers and each dedicated to a different technology or records keeping program.
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