Potential of cyber-physical systems in German dairy farming

Höhendinger, Martin; Schlereth, Natascha; Treiber, Maximilian; Höld, Manfred; Stumpenhausen, Jörn; Bernhardt, Heinz

doi:10.13031/aim.201900221

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“…On family dairy farms in Germany, Poland, and other European countries, as well as around the world, the role of automation in the milk production process is increasing [10]. In light of the shortage of hired labor resulting from two reasons-low wages and a high burden-the automation of milking and/or feeding is becoming more and more popular in Poland.…”

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Comparison of Mechanized and Automated Technologies in the Scope of Cumulative Energy in Sustainable Milk Production

Mazur,

Barwicki,

Tseiko

2024

Sustainability

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The labor and energy inputs for milking and milk cooling, the preparation and distribution of feed, and manure removal were analyzed on eight farms in the Masovian, Podlaskie, Lower Silesian, and Kuyavian–Pomeranian voivodeships. In these facilities, milking was carried out using milking robots, which were also employed during feed preparation and discharge. The cleaning of manure channels and walking corridors were also automated. Based on labor, fuel, energy consumption, weight of machinery and equipment, and building area, the cumulative energy intensity of the farms was calculated, taking into account the average density of cow herds. The lowest energy input, 0.974 kWh∙LU−1∙day, and the lowest cumulative energy intensity, amounting to 19.601 MJ∙day−1∙LU−1 were observed in a farm with AF-AM5 technology, that is, an automated milking system (AMS) and an automated feeding system (AFS). The second lowest total energy intensity was measured in a farm utilizing the AF-AM7 technology and amounted to 22.505 MJ∙day−1∙LU−1. The highest cumulative energy intensity was measured in a farm practicing conventional milking in a fishbone milking parlor, with a traditional feeding wagon powered by an agricultural tractor. A high level of cumulative energy intensity, for the majority, was connected with a high energy and fuel consumption, especially during the preparation of feed and feed distribution.

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Comparison of Mechanized and Automated Technologies in the Scope of Cumulative Energy in Sustainable Milk Production

Mazur,

Barwicki,

Tseiko

2024

Sustainability

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“…Such a heavy workload caused Finnish dairy farmers to undergo substantial social distress [28], underlining automation's essential role in this context. Höhendinger et al [29], focusing on the evolution of West German family-run dairy farms, pointed out the increasing importance of routine task automation in dairy farming, which causes the total working time requirements to decrease, with the most considerable savings occurring in the milking and feeding processes. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations [30] has underlined the existence of technologies whose modularity of development enables the matching of the needs of farms of different sizes and income levels.…”

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Increased Cattle Feeding Precision from Automatic Feeding Systems: Considerations on Technology Spread and Farm Level Perceived Advantages in Italy

Romano,

Brambilla,

Cutini

et al. 2023

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Automation reduces the impact of farming on climate change and helps farmers adapt to its financial impact. Automatic feeding systems (AFSs) increase the ruminant’s feeding precision and ease operators’ workload. Such systems exist on a spectrum, requiring varied levels of operator support and installation complexity. A recent survey on farmers pointed out that those already running an AFS and those willing to buy one appreciate its ease of use, the resulting animal welfare, and the resulting overall benefits (increased production, farm profitability, and reduced feed waste). Whether technologically complex or not, studies have confirmed the benefits that farmers perceive to be underlying the remarkable reduction in the environmental impact of feeding operations (AFSs are electrically powered), the increase in animal welfare resulting from reduced conflicts around accessing the feed bunk, and the constant availability of fresh feed. However, their introduction should follow accurate and holistic structural and economic planning for existing and newly built facilities. The availability of public subsidies plays an essential role in pushing farmers to adopt the most modern digital technologies, whose benefits may even increase when farmers couple them with interconnected sensors to monitor animals’ physiological states.

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“…The most important building blocks are the automatic milking system (AMS), the automatic feeding system (AFS), and automatic cleaning and bedding systems. In addition, a variety of sensors can be found in the barn, e.g., for animal identification, animal location, heat detection, calving detection, or barn climate [19][20][21]. The situation is similar in pig and poultry farming.…”

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Challenges for Agriculture through Industry 4.0

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Industry 4.0 is currently considered the structural implementation of networked and cooperative digitalisation and the next step in technological and social development. The aim of this paper is to examine how these structures are also suitable for agriculture and whether there are already approaches to this. Therefore, the main aspects of Industry 4.0 will be analysed and compared with agricultural examples from arable farming and livestock farming. The study shows that the approaches of Industry 4.0 are also useful for agriculture. However, they must be adapted to agriculture, as it has a different basic structure. As in industry, it is also evident in agriculture that there is still a need for action in the organisational and technical networking of systems.

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Potential of cyber-physical systems in German dairy farming

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Comparison of Mechanized and Automated Technologies in the Scope of Cumulative Energy in Sustainable Milk Production

Comparison of Mechanized and Automated Technologies in the Scope of Cumulative Energy in Sustainable Milk Production

Increased Cattle Feeding Precision from Automatic Feeding Systems: Considerations on Technology Spread and Farm Level Perceived Advantages in Italy

Challenges for Agriculture through Industry 4.0

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