SP 1.2

Titel:

Information and Data Collection in Livestock Systems

Scientific Co-ordinator:

Prof. Dr. T. Jungbluth

Institutions involved:

Institute of Agricultural Engineering, section: Livestock Systems Engineering, Universität Hohenheim

Staff:

Dr.agr. Daniel Herd Dr.sc.agr. Eva Gallmann B.sc.Benjamin Rößler M.sc.Arne Kuhlmann

Aim of the Sub-project:

Electronic components are widely used in agriculture. In animal husbandry especially, they are often used to monitor and control processes. Unfortunately, most company software solutions are autonomous working systems and do not communicate with each other. This leads to repeated input of the same data into different programs and limited automated controlling of processes. Due to these problems there is a need to develop open software interfaces so that different technologies are able to transmit data between each other and easily communicate. In addition to defining interface standards, it is also important to harmonize data formats, data storage as well as data base management. The primary aim of this sub-project is to build an IT system, called Farming Cell, which collects, transmits and consolidates all data generated in the animal husbandry system. Furthermore, these data are then transformed into information, primarily to ensure traceability of animals as well as the products produced from them. Furthermore, sustainable production processes, with respect to animal welfare and environmental protection can be documented. An additional target is to advance communication methods between persons and computers through the use of speech recognition. This process of converting a speech signal into a sequence of words will increase the productivity of agricultural processes by enhancing work safety inside barns and production control.

Publications:

2008

Herd, D., Kuhlmann, A., Gallmann, E., Rößler, B., Jungbluth, T. (2008): Networks in Livestock Systems. AgEng 2008

Herd, D., Gallmann, E., Rößler, B., Jungbluth, T. (2008): Vernetzung von Systemkomponenten in Schweinemastanlagen. In: Müller, R. A. E., Sundermeier, H.-H., Theuvsen, L., Schütze, S., Morgenstern, M. (2008): Unternehmens-IT: Führungsinstrument oder Verwaltungsbürde? Referate der 28. GIL Jahrestagung vom 10. - 11. März 2008, S. 67 – 70, Gesellschaft für Informatik, Bonn

Kuhlmann, A., Herd, D., Rößler, B., Gallmann, E. und T. Jungbluth (2008): Vernetzung von Systemkomponenten und Datenflüssen in der Schweinehaltung. In: eZAI (elektronische Zeitschrift für Agrarinformatik), Ausgabe 3/2008 www.eZAI.de

2007

Herd, D., E. Gallmann, B. Rößler und T. Jungbluth (2007): Rückverfolgbarkeit in der Schweineproduktion. Landtechnik, 6/2007, 62. Jahrgang, S. 410/ 411

Associated Partners:

agrocom GmbH & Co. Agrarsystem KG Forschung