Precision Livestock presents the latest scientific results from worldwide research, field studies and practical application. The book contains peer-reviewed papers that were presented at the 1st European Conference on Precision Livestock Farming. The papers focus on physiologica…
Papers published as part of the proceedings of the 4th European Conference on Precision Agriculture.
An understanding of sustainability in animal production is becoming increasingly necessary since the global demand for food is expected to dramatically increase in the coming decades. In this context, raising animals for the production of food will become increasingly challengi…
Precision Agriculture is becoming ever more relevant as the agricultural industry struggles to come to terms with the environment, economics, traceability, vehicle guidance and crop management. Whilst some benefits have proved elusive, others contribute positively to today's agr…
ICT in agriculture, the field of EFITA?s interest, precision agriculture and precision livestock farming are becoming ever more relevant as the agricultural industry struggles to come to terms with various developments. These include issues of cooperation, Internet, standardisat…
This thesis presents a study of recent socio-technical changes in conventional agriculture that it argues represent the emergence of an informatic ideal in farming. Known as precision agriculture (PA), the integration of digital management, media, and surveillance technologies i…
Precision agriculture (PA) is changing the way people manage crops and soils. As an information-driven system, PA possesses fine-scale diagnostic capabilities that facilitate the application of production inputs so as to match varying crop, soil and other field attributes. Conce…