A closer look at precision livestock farming

Beef farmers in Brazil are today already using IoT, artificial intelligence and cloud storage in cattle rearing. Back in June 2017, Bosch introduced its Precision Livestock Farming system to the Brazilian market. It aims to make beef production more efficient – in a country that has more cattle than inhabitants. But what concrete benefits does the system offer? 

When the animal walks onto the weighing platform of the Precision Livestock Farming System, sensors measure its weight. This information is transmitted to the “Field Box”, a field processing unit that takes all the signals from the various sensors and converts them into accurate information for the Bosch system. The “Bosch Integrated Reader” identifies the animal by UHF radio frequency. All of this information is sent to the “Farm Box” via an external antenna. The local server and the “Farm Box” are located in the farm’s office. The box processes all the data and communicates with the cloud, where the system’s intelligence is located. Solar panels allow the system to be operated independently of the electricity grid.