Activities


Smart dairy farming: innovative solutions to improve herd productivity

Activities

Task 1 -> evaluation and monitoring of barn structures and animals to reduce heat stress that causes unusual behavior, a decline in fertility and a worsening of the quality and quantity of milk produced

 

Task 2 -> assessment and monitoring of animals behavior with and without grazing, as the lack of areas to be dedicated to grazing is one of the major concerns of consumers compared to intensive farming

Task 3 -> big data monitoring and processing to provide large-scale modeling of animal behavior, production and environmental conditions

Task 4 -> animal monitoring and installation of tools to better identify the fertile period of dairy cows in order to minimize the costs associated with the reproduction phase

Task 5 -> application of advanced statistics and machine learning to develop models for real-time support

Task 6 -> quantification and comparison of the economic and environmental impact of each strategy implemented through life cycle analysis (Life Cycle Assessment and Life Cycle Costing)

Contact marcella.guarino@unimi.it

The project is funded within the scope of Research Projects of relevant National Interest - Call for Proposals 2017