Precision livestock production: tools and concepts

Computational Precision Livestock – Position Paper

The beef cattle industry in Brazil is developed in all units of the Federation and includes approximately 225 million hectares distributed in 2.20 million properties, according to Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatı́stica (IBGE). These properties shelter a total of 170 million animals, according to Conselho Nacional de Pecuária de Corte (CNPC) and the Fórum Nacional Permanente para a Pecu...

Livestock Production Systems

Software Documents: Concepts and Tools

In this paper, we review software development as a document-based process, with the capture of a full but ideal development history as the assumed purpose of the documents concerned. We identify generic requirements for perusal, editing and veriication of such documents, and illustrate how these requirements could be met in a software development environment based on current interaction technol...

Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications

Adoption of precision management to improve efficiency of grassland-based livestock production

A number of case studies are used to demonstrate the financial viability of precision farming methods for intensively managed pastures. Precision farming has sometimes been criticized as being technology-led where the management goals and desired outcomes are sometimes poorly defined. Case studies presented in this paper demonstrate a strong management approach where appropriate technologies ar...