Precision Livestock
Release Date: Each September
Professional Accreditation: IEMA (as part of MSc)
Lead Organisation: IBERS, Aberystwyth University
Learn how technology can improve resource management in livestock production
Precision livestock farming provides continuous automated real-time data to help monitor and manage livestock production at an individual level. This module introduces the latest precision technologies and looks at how these can be used to improve monitoring and benchmarking within intensive and extensive livestock systems. We will also explore the potential for these technologies to improve biosecurity, traceability and reduce losses from the wider supply system.
List of Units
| Introduction | A brief overview of precision technologies past and present |
|---|---|
| The challenges that precision livestock technologies can solve | Strengths and limitations of precision technologies for producers |
| Research on current technologies | Novel uses for current technologies, a look at current research into the benefits of certain technologies |
| Future technologies | Concepts and ideas |
| Identifying relevant technologies | Look at the research, validation, design and development of new technologies |
| Transferring technologies between sectors | Transferring technologies between sectors |
| Utilising outputs | How different actors within a supply system can utilise outputs from precision technologies |
| Uptake and continuity of new technologies | From early adopters, to jumping the gap, to mainstream |
| Case Studies | Using case studies to identify how precision technology can be used |
Tutors
| Tutors Name |
|---|
| Dr Neil MacKintosh |
Testimonials
I work with Welsh red meat farmers as part of my job, developing and implementing project work on farms. This can be trialling new technologies for example, so gaining a broader knowledge on the technologies that are out there for precision agriculture use will really benefit me with developing project ideas for the future.