Sustainable Livestock Farming

This demonstrator has as facility the farm Carrera D’en Bas, a cattle breeder and fattener farm. During the first 6-9 months calves are breastfed and they graze until they are separated from their mother to be fattened while the mother prepares itself to give birth to a new calf. In sustainable livestock farming such as Carrera den Bas, grazing is the easiest way to reduce costs. The daily livestock operation is based on the management of the animals that are grazing, since the herds with large extensions of pastures, in which there are shrubs and trees, it is difficult to find the cows and calves. It is necessary to know the location of the cows, those that close to the calving date, those that in-heat, the position of their calf, the health of cows and calves. However once the grazing season is finished, and for those animals being fattened, agriculture must provide 100% of the feed to livestock. The staple crops are prairie grass, oats, ryegrass, corn. At the moment the farmer does not have enough time to attend the agricultural and livestock tasks, and can not afford to hire more personnel. Crops need to know when to water, defend against possible pests, presence of weeds, macro and micronutrient levels, the best time to harvest, etc. Now they are unknown to farmers who are not equipped with sensors and information systems and decision support.