livestock Articles
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Digitanimal at the European Grassland Federation 2017
The DiSBA (Department of Biology, Agriculture and Food Sciences) of the Italian National Research Council organized the ISPAAM (Institute for Animal Production in the Mediterranean Environment) on 8 and 10 May 2017 in Alghero (Sardinia, Italy) , The 19th Symposium of the EGF (European Grassland Federation) and Digitanimal was present with a great success of assistance and interest in our system ...
By Digitanimal
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rfid ear tag
SEIKO RFID provides an extensive range of electronic ear tags for livestock identifications, including the cattle, sheep, goats, deer and swine. EID ear tag are approved by ICAR, compliant with ISO 11784 and ISO 11785, operating at the 134.2 kHz. For designing superior retention, security, usability, outstanding durability and readability, the RFID transponder was made in re-usable and single-use ...
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Ensuring bio security in cattle production - Case Study
Central America’s largest meat producer looks to ensure their livestock’s bio security in Mexico and Nicaragua. With 1,058,000 livestock over multiple locations in Central America, a solution was urgently needed that could meet their demanding and distributed waste management needs. A thermal treatment solution is needed As the largest meat producer in Central America with ...
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Pig Performance Testing: An Overview of the Osborne Fire System
In pig and other livestock breeding, feed conversion is one of the most essential criteria for genetic selection. The more efficiently an animal is able to convert feed into body mass, the faster it can get to market. Identifying superior feed conversion characteristics is important as this trait is passed on from parent to offspring. In the past, identifying animals with exceptional ...
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RFID Tags Technology Can Improve the Speed and Safety of Data Communication
RFID tags refer to radio frequency identification tags. After the radio frequency identification system is matched with the reader and tag, data communication can be realized by radio waves. The relevant information is stored in the tag in electronic digital format. Like barcode, RFID tag is also a data carrier. The data contained in the RFID tag can be assembled into a minicomputer chip through ...
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Protecting Aquaculture Ponds Against Winter Fish Kills
Winter is on the way and its low temperatures often threaten fish populations within aquaculture farms. As temperatures decrease, the potential for reduced dissolved oxygen production and ice formation over ponds increases which can lead to winter fish kills. Aquafarmers must be aware of the contributing factors to properly assess their farm’s water conditions and livestock for a successful ...
By Aquasend
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Iot smart agriculture
What is smart farming? Smart farming is the application of Internet of Things technology to traditional agriculture, using sensors and software to control agricultural production through mobile or computer platforms, making traditional agriculture more “smart”. In addition to precise perception, control, and decision-making management, in a broad sense, smart farming also includes ...
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Cow monitors help dairy boost production, health at Hardscrabble, United States
Background Jerry Volenec and his wife, Jennifer, farm 1,000 owned and rented acres and milk 350 Holstein cows in a limited liability company with his parents, Charles and Marilyn Volenec, near Montfort in Grant County, Wis. Jerry is the fifth generation of his family to farm at Hardscrabble Farms. In 2000, the Volenecs were milking 130 cows in a double- eight milking parlor. By 2010, they had ...
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Cattle Rustling
Cattle rustling is THE ideal use case for the aerial and mobility advantages drones provide. Stock theft tends to happen in more remote areas where access and monitoring is more difficult for terrestrial based operations, whether by foot or vehicle and line of sight could be obscured by obstacles. It is a worldwide problem but in particular in Latin America in countries such as Brazil and ...
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Producer’s Profile: Henry Creek Farm
Owners: Doug, Kim & Olin Claassen Potwin, Kansas, USA Farm’s Features: 1,400 sows farm, 4 week batch farrowing 8,000 finishings places, 220 farrowing places and 15 open-housing gestation pens Diversified production including 600 to 700 feeder cattle, 3000 acres in croplands and 800 acres in pasture. They have their own feed mill. They utilize their own corn and soybeans to ...
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