Traditionally, pig farming units have been very labor intensive, requiring many people to work long hours seven days a week on the farm.
Its labor requirements are currently proving to be a major challenge for pig farms as people around the world are making it difficult to find staff and people do not want to work in such harsh conditions.
But technology can step in and solve the problem. Take the effort out of most of the work required on your pig farm and replace it with a solution that you can control from your mobile phone.
clever use of technology
Founded by two Danish professionals, Cloudfarms has become a global leader in data management for breeding and production sows and finishers, with local customer support teams located in the US, Europe and Asia. Multi-site pig farms in over 40 countries run their businesses more efficiently with the help of Cloudfarms.
It is a fully cloud-based comprehensive swine management system developed to meet the requirements of modern multi-site pork production.Basically records, processes and utilizes data
From every stage of pig production in the unit by software developed by Cloudfarms.
This gives production managers and farm managers collective knowledge and control over farm and unit performance, and advises where to make changes to improve performance and efficiency.
The target market is large pig farms and medium-sized breeding farms with at least 1,000 to 2,000 sows. Currently the largest customer using this technology is he manages 170,000 sows and many other customers in each unit he manages between 20,000 and 50,000 sows. .
time saving, real time
Using real-time data via a mobile app that updates every 20 minutes, staff can remotely monitor the pigs via cell phone or monitor.
The platform enables staff to easily and quickly record daily registrations such as calving, parturition, weaning and feed consumption.
Devices sync as soon as they connect to Wi-Fi, transferring data seamlessly to the web and showing real-time production results in reports on your TV. This eliminates handwritten whiteboards and real-time data eliminates delays waiting for record entry.
Many users of the app report significant time savings when entering data. Another advantage is that the system is very user-friendly, allowing non-technical staff to master the app in a matter of days.
what the farmer said
Henrik Bovbjerg is co-owner of Bovbjerg Genetics and Bovbjerg Ecology. He has his 1,000 sows and is the largest organic his multiplier in Denmark.
Henrik said: First of all, it saves me a lot of time because I don’t have to spend time writing down data on paper and I always have my phone with me.
“As a pig production owner, I can see all the registrations entered in seconds, so I get a very good overview. Plus, I use Cloudfarms to track my sow inventory. So we always know how many sows were sold in a few weeks and how many were agreed.
“Last but not least, this is a great registration tool for medical use, so all proper registration is done and no notes are lost. It improves, but there is a lot of security, especially for the organic part.”
Technology attracts staff
As it costs a lot of money for farmers to procure and train workers for pig units, they need to ensure attractive working conditions to retain workers.
Cloudfarms technology allows farmers to move their pig farming units to 21 in no time.st Enter the century and create an attractive working environment for young professionals and skilled workers.
This reduces the misconceptions some people have about working on pig farms and instead offers long-term careers to those with a vision of making technology work.
The mobile app is designed for fast data entry on large farms, saving a lot of time and ensuring data is validated in real time.
Ease of application
Jens Krogsgaard Jorgensen runs Kibsdal Svineavl in Denmark, a DanBred breeding farm with a total of 2,000 sows.
Jens said: Her QR code powered feature in the app makes it easy to insert the right data into the right sows.
“Having the program is on live data is a huge advantage, so every employee always has the same set of data. The Cloudfarms support team is there to help whenever you need it,” he said. increase.
