When a single computer controls all swine production
Germany’s first fully-computerized hog feeding unit expects higher returns from more precise management through automatic integration of weighing, sorting, feeding and ventilation systems
by NORMAN DUNN
Complete computer control and monitoring of all processes in the hog feeding barn has been introduced on one of Germany’s leading agricultural research stations, Haus Düsse. All individual computers controlling ventilation, feeding, automatic weighing and sorting and recording are linked to an overall management computer, which crunches the resultant numbers from a 900-place feeding barn.