Livestock Farming Technology

 Livestock Farming Technology





    Looking for my next subject of my blog I found myself scrolling through the newest agriculture advances. Then this section about Livestock published by the website plug and play caught my eye. it talks about the new advances that are happening in the livestock industry.

    In the life stock industry it could be considered the most vital in the world of agriculture, it provides many natural and renewable resources everyday and is a huge chunk of what the world eats. it has also been one of the most overlooked industries but in the last 8 - 10 years it has had many new advancement's come its way. This livestock technology can improve the productivity and overall management of livestock with the concept of a "connected cow". Dairy herds are 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 insights for the entire herd. This allows for whoever is looking at the data to be able to know exactly what's going on and be able to change or fix something in an instant.

    In my opinion I think that this could be a great idea to better manage livestock for any farmer who has troubles or needs a better insight on what is going on with his heard, But I can also see that some farmers will think that it is stupid and don't like technology, I know many farmers who like to stick to there old ways and not change anything.

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  1. Kayce MessnerOctober 6, 2021 at 1:35 PM

    Conner,
    I really enjoyed reading your blog post above. I have a few comments as a young generational farmer. Raising livestock is not easy by any means but we can not take away from the technology that we currently have. I personally am not up to date on what the dairy cattle industry is going through but if the beef and producing side of the cattle industry would get the same if not more attention then I think we would be better off. Those cows are being recorded because they're being milked two if not three times a day. They also have a calf every 6 months, along with this they are never raising their own calf. I am a rancher, I think that's hard on not only the staff taking care of these cattle but the mothers themselves. Technology is great in some aspects but others we need to focus more on their genetic line or how much they're eat vs walking each day. That information would help us with our feeding amounts, so no group would be over or under fed. With all of that being said I enjoyed reading your post and I'm ready to read next weeks. Great job!

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