Researchers in the south of Scotland have unveiled virtual farm technology they hope could help transform the dairy industry.<\/p>\n
Farm-twin is free to download code which allows the creation of a model of an entire farm system – from individual animals to infrastructure – using real-time data sensors.<\/p>\n
Developed at Scotland’s Rural College’s (SRUC) Dairy Research Centre at the Barony campus near Dumfries, it allows farmers an “at-a-glance view” of their entire operation.<\/p>\n
That, in turn, could enable them to detect health issues or productivity drops before they escalate.<\/p>\n
The project has been made possible through funding from the wider Digital Dairy Chain scheme.<\/p>\n
It was set up to explore the use of Digital Twin technology – which creates a virtual, dynamic model of a physical object, system, or process, updated in real-time with data from sensors.<\/p>\n
SRUC said the system could even automate some decision-making for farmers.<\/p>\n
Data scientist at the innovation centre Dr Mazdak Salavati said: “The real power of farm data lies in combining different sources to uncover insights that a single system alone can’t provide and with farm-twin, we’re enabling exactly that.<\/p>\n
“Farm-twin addresses this challenge head-on by aggregating data from a wide range of technologies into a single, unified platform.<\/p>\n
“Pulling data in near real-time from various sources including animal health records, milk production, feed intake, and environmental conditions.”<\/p>\n
Farm-twin is completely open source, meaning anyone can freely download, use, modify and distribute the code.<\/p>\n
SRUC agri-tech scientist Dr Matt Broadbent said: “It ensures transparency, fosters innovation, and lowers the barriers for adoption across the industry.”<\/p>\n
Chief executive Wayne Powell said the system could help create a “more productive, resilient, and sustainable future” for dairy farming.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the farming industry could also be getting support from the skies thanks to satellite firm AAC Clyde Space in Glasgow.<\/p>\n
It is creating a tool to help support wildlife on agricultural land.<\/p>\n
Using their own constellation of satellites that frequently capture detailed images, the system will show farmers exactly what plants and animals are living on their land.<\/p>\n
It is hoped that can help farmers make better decisions about sustainable farming and access government support schemes like the Sustainable Farming Incentive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Researchers in the south of Scotland have unveiled virtual farm technology they hope could help transform the dairy…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":139678,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[79,18,19,17],"class_list":{"0":"post-139677","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-eire","10":"tag-ie","11":"tag-ireland"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/115421443764492332","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139677","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=139677"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139677\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/139678"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=139677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=139677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}