This project, part of the EU Horizon 2020 project Smart Agri Hubs, is looking for a way to automatically detect ammonia concentrations and eventually link that data to automatically-driven wind screens. The ultimate goal is to improve indoor barn climate as well as minimize emissions.
Two recently launched ILVO projects aim to get additional measures on the official PAS list, which will give livestock farmers new options to meet the sector-level target.
Based on one method that analyzes a number of well-chosen, easily measurable telltale components in milk, livestock farmers can easily and quickly monitor the metabolic health of cows and even predict...