PRECISION LIVESTOCK
April 1st, 2003
BY KEITH NUTHALLA FIRST European conference is being staged - in June - to discuss the latest form of food production that seeks to wed traditional techniques with new technology and analysis. Precision livestock production involves the computer processing of information about single or small groups of animals, so that inputs and welfare are matched to achieve perfect meat production return. Data is collected upstream and downstream and is "interlinked," said a conference note, "to optimise production processes with respect to productivity, animal welfare and ...
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