Precision Livestock Farming e-course

Topic outline

• General
  

  General

  Precision Livestock Farming:
  course and practical guide

  
  

  Modern technologies offer a lots of new opportunities to:

  - improve animal welfare  and efficiency in animal production
  

  - reduce the environmental impact of animal production.

  
  

  Automation of repetitive tasks and close monitoring of the animals and their immediate environment allow farmers to take a better care of an increasing number of animals.

   

   

   

• Look at a video on Precison Livestock Farming
  

  Look at a video on Precison Livestock Farming

  EU-PLF Project
• We offer three different formats to learn more on Precision Livestock Farming
  

  We offer three different formats to learn more on Precision Livestock Farming

  

  You are a farmer or other professional in animal production:

  we offer you a EU-PLF blue print to implement Precision Livestock Farming technologies in the farm!

  
  
  

  

  You are a student in animal science:

  we offer you a course to understand the concepts and application of Precision Livestock Farming and the value added by those technologies!

  

  You are a supplier in Precision Livestock Farming technologies:

  we offer you a customised quick course with practical analysis which will help you to better understand the expectations and demands of your customers!

  
  

  
  

  
  
  
• Choose your pathway to learn more on Precision Livestock Farming
  

  Choose your pathway to learn more on Precision Livestock Farming

  Click on the icon corresponding to your needs

  
  

  Student in Animal Science

  
  

  Your Needs?

  • discover what is Precision Livestock Farming
  • understand how to transform farm data into decision making tools
  • perform own analysis of PLF tools in a farm

  
  

  Examples of profiles

  • Master degree, PhD in Animal Science
  • Teachers and Scientists in Animal Science 

  
  

  
  

  
  

  Suppliers

  
  

  
  

  Your Needs?

  • update knowledge in Animal Science
  • better appraise the value added by Precision Livestock Farming tools
  • have a practical approach for developing a concept to a commercial product

  
  

  Example of profiles

  • Equipment suppliers
  • Developers of PLF technologies
  • Scientists in the field of sensors and potential PLF tools 

  
  

  
  

  Farmer or other professional in animal production

  Your Needs?

  • explore the diversity of PLF tools in various species (pig, cow, broiler)
  • list problems and solutions for implementing PLF tools in a farm
  • be introduced to possible business models for PLF tool

  Example of profiles

  • Animal farmers
  • Caretakers
  • Coaches and trainers
  • Professionals upstream and downstream the supply chain