Video Streaming for Poultry and Swine Operations
Digital solution developers in Russia's Republic of Tatarstan have created OblakoD (CloudD), an automated platform designed for poultry and pork producers.
Poultry and pork have long been Russia's most affordable and, therefore, most widely consumed types of meat. Demand for both remains consistently strong, while competition among producers is equally intense. To improve operational efficiency, livestock companies are increasingly adopting robotics and automating production processes.
Recognition Accuracy Reaches 99.8%
Aibust, a Tatarstan-based company and resident of the republic's IT Park, has introduced OblakoD (CloudD), a homegrown digital platform that combines information technology with poultry and livestock production. The platform is designed to automate poultry farms and swine operations whose facilities are often spread across large geographic areas.
Today, these production complexes may consist of hundreds of isolated buildings, making manual oversight virtually impossible. As a result, operators often respond to problems only after they occur. Preventing disruptions and maintaining continuous operational visibility requires automated monitoring and process management tools.
The platform connects to a farm's existing sensors, weighing systems, and video cameras. OblakoD is designed to integrate with virtually any industrial controller, eliminating the need for producers to replace existing equipment or purchase additional hardware. Machine learning techniques are used to address non-standard operational tasks, allowing all equipment to operate within a unified digital network.
Using IP cameras, the platform's computer vision system evaluates production in real time with a reported recognition accuracy of 99.8%, without interrupting production lines. The collected data is analyzed using artificial intelligence and converted into actionable management recommendations. The platform's neural network can also answer questions about day-to-day operations, provide guidance on production standards, and help staff troubleshoot manufacturing issues. In addition, OblakoD monitors environmental conditions inside production facilities, tracks livestock feeding programs, and manages vaccination schedules.
Toward Smarter Poultry and Swine Farms
The result is a single real-time dashboard that gives managers visibility into production across every facility. That unified view makes operations significantly more transparent. By identifying deviations from established operating parameters, the platform helps reduce livestock and poultry losses.
With key operational data consolidated from multiple sources and daily reports analyzed using customized templates, management teams can rank facility performance and, more importantly, improve production planning.
In practice, the new platform represents another step toward fully integrated "smart farms," where most production processes are automated, operational decisions are supported by artificial intelligence, and enterprise resource planning systems provide a unified view of the entire business. Smart farming technologies can reduce livestock production costs by 10% to 20% while significantly improving operational productivity.
"Further adoption of innovation and technological advances will be supported by the growing commercial availability of robotics, ranging from AI-powered systems capable of separating meat from bone in two to three seconds to robotic caretakers that identify sick birds in a flock by monitoring temperature and movement," said Albina Koryagina, partner at NEO Center.
Meat and Technology Exports
The platform has already demonstrated its commercial value. It is currently deployed at production facilities in several Russian regions, including operations supplying the Cherkizovo and Miratorg brands, as well as at facilities in Kazakhstan and Türkiye.
Even so, OblakoD will compete with other Russian digital agriculture platforms. For example, a high-tech poultry facility with capacity for 100,000 birds has recently entered operation in Vyatskiye Polyany, Kirov Region, where all key production processes are integrated into a unified digital workflow.
Further digitalization is expected to increase meat production and strengthen exports. Russia has already established itself as one of the world's leading meat exporters. In 2025, pork exports increased by 22.7% to 270,500 metric tons, while poultry exports rose 9% year over year to 466,000 metric tons. China, Saudi Arabia, and Kazakhstan were the largest export markets. With populations continuing to grow across Central and Southeast Asia, Africa, and Latin America, Russia has substantial opportunities to expand its meat exports further.
Over the longer term, however, smart livestock production systems such as these could themselves become export products as they evolve into standardized platforms adopted by partner countries. That creates a new export opportunity for Russia's IT industry alongside agricultural products.
