Livestock Technology

Livestock operations are becoming more efficient with new high-tech gadgets. This section includes new products and technology available for cattle, dairy, pork, and poultry operations.

Connecterra digitizing dairy to improve animal health and efficiency of cows

Cow health is a key factor in dairy herd profitability, and producers are going digital to gain immediate access to real-time data that drives efficiency and optimizes production.

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Can Tech Save Our Bacon As AFS Spreads?

The virus is sending the world’s top pork producer, China, spiraling.

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Solar Energy, Crops, and Cattle Work Together

Elevated solar arrays permit agriculture and energy production to work together.

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Women in Agriculture

SF Special: How one young, farmer’s daughter is carrying on her family’s legacy

By Women in Agriculture

A full-time animal nutritionist and beginning farmer, Lillie is carrying on her family’s legacy through hard work, fight, and determination on her family’s third-generation farm.

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Machinery Insider

Sizing up semis

By Machinery Insider

The semitrailer has become the transportation workhorse of choice in farming.

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Crops

Developing a strategy to reduce soil compaction

By Successful Farming TV Show

When soil suffers compaction, myriad challenges arise. On the surface, appearances can be deceiving on the extend of the damage.

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Start-Up Spotlight: BirdPreneur

This company brings together Nigerian farmers, land owners, bulk buyers, and farm sponsors to create better food production.

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Start-Up Spotlight: Krobel Corp

Krobel Corp is developing an innovative way to decrease the mortality rate in hogs.

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How Blockchain Will Impact Agriculture

Technology presents amazing opportunities for farmers. Blockchain, for example, is moving very rapidly and already impacting the meat industry.

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AgTech Startups: Making Calving Easier with Moocall

Emmet Savage, CEO with Moocall, shares a new product that can help make calving easier and safer.

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Technology Helps Cattle Health Management

Evolving technology helps cattle producers detect sickness sooner, reducing repeat treatments and mortality.

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DairyInsight Brings Together Multiple On-Farm Data Sources

New platform lets you capture and share data seamlessly throughout the entire dairy ecosystem.

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Farmer-Designed Planter Wheel Storage

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