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Automatic milking eliminates the farmer from the actual milking process, allowing for more time for supervision of the farm and the herd. Farmers can also improve herd management by using the data gathered by the computer. By analyzing the effect of various animal feeds on milk yield, farmers may adjust accordingly to obtain optimal milk yields ...
FarmBot is an open source precision agriculture CNC farming project consisting of a Cartesian coordinate robot farming machine, software and documentation including a farming data repository. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The project aims to "Create an open and accessible technology aiding everyone to grow food and to grow food for everyone."
Farmer Field School database: an on-line database with a decentralised data entry system in which outputs such as publications, radio messages, manuals, short articles etc. can be uploaded, but also persons, projects and organisations; Farming Solutions: success stories compiled by Oxfam, Greenpeace, and others
Precision agriculture (PA) is a management strategy that gathers, processes and analyzes temporal, spatial and individual plant and animal data and combines it with other information to support management decisions according to estimated variability for improved resource use efficiency, productivity, quality, profitability and sustainability of ...
A NATO modeling and simulation task group has documented the data farming process in the Final Report of MSG-088. [2] Here, data farming uses collaborative processes in combining rapid scenario prototyping, simulation modeling, design of experiments, high performance computing, and analysis and visualization in an iterative loop-of-loops.
Agriculture encompasses crop and livestock production, aquaculture, and forestry for food and non-food products. [1] Agriculture was a key factor in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that enabled people to live in the cities.
LIMS offers real-time updates to farmers regarding soil conditions, crops, weather, water availability, and pest monitoring using remote sensing and geospatial technologies. Additionally, the system is designed to reduce the reliance on intermediaries through an effective marketing framework. [7] [5]
Scouting is usually sold as a commercial service to farmers as part of Integrated pest management. New tools are available to increase the effectiveness of crop scouting, including specialized field instruments and handheld computers with GPS, enabling geotagging of crop problems. There exists a new generation of crop scouting systems that ...