RealmFive Barn View Product Suite for Livestock Production Available in March
RealmFive has announced the release of its Barn View product suite, a new product lineup for use in swine production facilities. Barn View product suite utilizes a wireless system of hardware that records data generated by feedlines, flowmeters, and environmental monitors and sends the data to the cloud through a cellular gateway network. The company said more sensors and data sources will be coming online quickly.
A single RealmFive gateway can service dozens of monitors in multiple barns at remote sites, according to a company release. The data is then available to the producer through the R5 Click online platform or to partner platforms. Inside R5 Click producers can access the data from any browser equipped device.
The RealmFive systems are completely wireless. Each monitor only takes a few minutes to install and wirelessly connects to the gateway (even in an enclosed environment), the company said. All devices are battery or solar-powered and are equipped with both health monitoring and on-board recording – giving producers the ability to view aspects of their barns without entering.
The company notes the product’s actionable data, industry-leading simplicity and its ease of installation. To learn more about the features and benefits of the Barn View product suite, visit www.realmfive.com/barnview. The Barn View product suite will be available in early March 2021.
Summit SmartFarms and Atomation Announce Partnership
Summit SmartFarms (SSF), a provider of human capital and technology integration solutions for protein production in the agriculture industry and Atomation, an Internet of Things (IoT), edge computing and advanced sensor technology company, announced a new multi-year partnership to serve the agricultural industry with smart technology solutions, according to a company release.
SSF is a division of the Bahler Management Group, a designer and builder of swine, beef, dairy and egg production facilities through the companies of Summit Engineering and Construction and Heartland Builders. The Atomation partnership equips SSF with smart technology for remote monitoring of equipment, environment, behavior and health data for prescriptive and predictive analytics, the company said in a release. This technology provides all levels of the organizational chart visibility to SmartMargin (margin otherwise invisible in traditional monitoring systems) and de-risks the producers’ existential threats of margin erosion and alternative proteins.
The partnership between the two companies improves data collection in the field across a variety of use cases. Atomation devices (Atoms) independently sense their environment, make decisions based upon what they see, and forward information wirelessly to the cloud without recurring connectivity costs. Edge computing technology imbedded in the Atom allows for analytics on site and low bandwidth data packets. Then, SSF Central Managed Finishing Solution takes the information and uses it to provide specific recommendations to the customer, the release said.
Kemin Industries Launches KemTRACE® Chromium-OR for Use in Organic Livestock Diets
Kemin Industries has recently launched KemTRACE® Chromium-OR – an organic-compliant chromium propionate feed ingredient for use in swine, cattle, broiler and horse diets.
KemTRACE Chromium-OR is a highly bioavailable, organic-compliant source of chromium propionate that helps improve glucose utilization and reduce the negative impacts of stress for increased cellular energy and function, according to a company release. This results in improved maintenance, reproduction, growth and immunity for swine, cattle, broilers and horses. The product has been reviewed by the Organic Materials Review Institute (OMRI) and is permitted for use as a mineral livestock feed ingredient in organic production and processing and is now considered OMRI Listed.
Kemin has invested more than 20 years and millions of dollars toward scientific research validating the benefits of chromium propionate while bringing this essential trace mineral to millions of animals around the globe, the release said. As the world’s largest producer of chromium propionate, Kemin has conducted more than 50 peer-reviewed chromium research trials to add further assurances regarding product safety, efficacy and traceability.
KemTRACE Chromium-OR is available in two concentrations: 0.04% for use in complete diets and 0.4% for use in a premix prior to inclusion in complete diets. For more information, visit www.kemin.com/chromium.
Acuity Exports First Post-ASF Pigs to Zhaoqing McKabo Animal Husbandry Co.
Through the coordinating efforts of Clayton Agri-market, Acuity Genetics participated in an export to Zhaoqing McKabo Animal Husbandry Co., Ltd. on Jan. 27. This is the first shipment of pigs from Acuity since U.S. exports to China reopened, post African swine fever, the company said in a release.
The first Acuity shipment included 451 gilts and 18 boars representing Acuity Yorkshire, Duroc and Landrace breeding stock. The pigs were loaded in Chicago and transported to Guangzhou International Airport located in Qingyuan City within Guangdong Province. The receiver, Zhaoqing McKabo Animal Husbandry Co., Ltd., plans to use Acuity’s shipment to produce breeding stock for local farmers.
For more information on Acuity, visit www.acuityswine.com.
