3.5. Discussion: how PLF delivers added value to farmers

Halachmi, I.; Tello, A. Schlageter; Fernández, Alberto Peña; Hertem, T. van; Sibony, V.; Weyl-Feinstein, S.; Verbrugge, A.; Bonneau, M.; Neilson, R.

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“…According to previous work on PLF development, there are some generally acknowledged ways in which PLF could create added value for farmers and off-farm stakeholders along the pork production value chain (Halachmi et al, 2015;Kamphuis et al, 2015;Lopes et al, 2016). For instance, detailed or long-term data captured by PLF on many individual pigs could generate data on novel phenotypes for pig breeders.…”

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Precision livestock farming: a qualitative exploration of swine industry stakeholders

Akinyemi,

Vigors,

Turner

et al. 2023

Front. Anim. Sci.

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IntroductionPrecision livestock farming (PLF) technology development has proliferated recently, but on-farm adoption has lagged. Understanding PLF stakeholders’ views, practical applications, limitations, and concerns are necessary to understand the factors influencing the adoption of PLF technology.MethodsUsing semi-structured online interviews, 12 influential stakeholders’ PLF views and lived experiences were investigated. A phenomenological paradigm was used to generate qualitative data that was analyzed using template analysis.ResultsWe identified two unique groups of stakeholders, namely the PLF enthusiast and PLF cautious groups. The majority of the participants were well aware and had firsthand experience with the PLF technologies that are currently being used in the swine industry.DiscussionWe found that PLF technology was perceived to improve specificity in decision-making, better care for pigs, improve animal health and welfare, increase labor efficiency, and improve resource-use efficiency. Poor internet connectivity and the inability to use PLF data for decision-making due to needing to first complete daily on-farm tasks were considered key obstacles to its implementation. To integrate PLF technology into the existing barn environment, it is necessary to modify farm buildings and infrastructure and management protocols. Stakeholders’ main concerns with PLF technology included data privacy issues and the influence of PLF technology on human-animal relationships and farmers’ duty of care to the animals. In conclusion, stakeholders perceived camera systems for monitoring pig health and welfare and ensuring individual pig identification as a high priority in PLF development going forward.

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Precision livestock farming: a qualitative exploration of swine industry stakeholders

Akinyemi,

Vigors,

Turner

et al. 2023

Front. Anim. Sci.

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Reconfiguring the Senses

Bellet

2022

The Oxford Handbook of Animal Organization Studies

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While new sensor technologies can be positive for certain aspects of animal farming and support farmers in their daily practice, there are also downsides. Drawing on a purposing sample of documentary sources in France and the United Kingdom, the chapter examines the sociotechnical imaginaries built in France and the United Kingdom around new sensor technologies in cattle farming. These imaginaries, the chapter argues, underlie broader norms and powers, conventions and etiquettes vis-à-vis sensory practices and human-animal relations in cattle farming, and what rural modernity is and should be. By reconfiguring the senses and producing a new sensorium in cattle farming, cattle sensor technologies are reconfiguring human relations with cows and cattle farming organizations.

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3.5. Discussion: how PLF delivers added value to farmers

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Precision livestock farming: a qualitative exploration of swine industry stakeholders

Precision livestock farming: a qualitative exploration of swine industry stakeholders

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