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Latest development for your Broiler Farm
With Automated Visual Recognition technology, we can create ground truth in real time with auto annotation, enabling us to see and read what each individual bird and the flock is telling us with these new advancements.
Here OPTIfarm we can assess poultry and their behaviour closer than we have ever been able to do to date by creating ground truth in real time, the flock is assessed minute by minute enabling us to see and read what they are telling us.
These new advancements give you snap shot of whats to come from our unique optimisation service. The great thing about these new developments is that they use ‘off the shelf’ cameras to carry out bespoke poultry behaviour assessments.
This latest development in machine learning and artificial intelligence can track, count and identify what the chickens are doing giving us new insights and data that will lead to more new learning and more ways to ensure optimal productivity.
Clients at OPTIfarm we will soon be able to receive this new service along with other new innovations we are working on as part of our already successful 24/7 global farm optimisation.
Be apart of our journey and see what we can do for you and your business, experience all the benefits OPTIfarm brings for your farm.
Covid-19 Support
With the country going into lockdown now it is more vital than ever that we pull together for our British and Worldwide poultry farms.
Our essential industry is coming under pressure from the effects of Covid-19 and the domino effect could be huge. Despite this we continue to operate normally. We are very thankful that agriculture still keeps producing and while everybody else can shut off their business and go home we farmers have to stay healthy, keep our stock healthy and keep producing.
For us and the millions of others working in the poultry and livestock industry we have no choice but to continue as close to normal as possible, but what if just one of your staff tested positive for the coronavirus? It means under the current government guidelines that anyone in close contact with them will also have to be isolated for a minimum of two weeks. This will include their colleagues. Would this have knock on effect for you receiving help externally? What is your plan for this? Might sound harsh but go through the possible scenarios, plan and prepare.
OPTIfarm is proving to be a vital support system right now across the world, we are working remotely to provide 24/7 support to poultry farms, we are the extra pair of hands when needed, we use skilled knowledgeable staff and our own decision tree software ensuring productivity and welfare standards are still met. In an emergency situation the possibility to remotely access the sheds and the controllers is a lifeline.
While using our service is valuable throughout the year, it is especially vital as a contingency plan for an emergency.
- UK start-up OPTIfarm provides 24/7 support and service for poultry houses
- Start-up advances digitization in chicken farms
- Investment in OPTIfarm strengthens Evonik’s precision livestock activities
Evonik has invested in the startup OPTIfarm Ltd. through its venture capital unit and now holds a minority stake in the company, which is headquartered in Chesterfield (United Kingdom). OPTIfarm is already generating revenue through delivering round the clock monitoring of poultry houses, ensuring better animal welfare, improving livestock performance and enabling fail-safe operations. OPTIfarm’s team uses whatever imagery, automation and sensors that are already available, including temperature, water and feed. This allows checks to take place from afar. Any issues can be discovered and corrected quickly, saving the farmer time and money.
The transaction took place in the context of a spinout of OPTIfarm from the Applied Group. The parties have agreed not to disclose the amount of the investment.
“We are impressed with the global commercial success that OPTIfarm has already achieved,” says Bernhard Mohr, head of Venture Capital at Evonik. “Evonik possesses the ideal experience and expertise to support OPTIfarm through further growth.”
The OPTIfarm services and business model was developed by poultry producer and entrepreneur David Speller as part of his existing business. Speller said, “I am delighted that the investment from Evonik enables OPTIfarm to now operate as a focused standalone company. With heritage as a poultry producer and a unique pay as you go business model, OPTIfarm is now positioned to serve a larger number of poultry farmers.”
“OPTIfarm is an excellent strategic fit for Evonik’s developing precision livestock business,” says Emmanuel Auer, head of the company’s Animal Nutrition business line. “Supporting customers in improving performance and sustainability strengthens our Animal Nutrition growth engine.”
As part of its venture capital activities Evonik plans to invest a total of €100 million in promising start-ups with innovative technologies and in leading specialized venture capital funds. The focus here is on Evonik’s Health & Care, Smart Materials, Animal Nutrition, and Specialty Additives growth engines as well as on digitalization. Evonik currently has investments in more than twenty start-ups and venture capital funds.