Russian University Develops Smart Calving Monitoring System for Dairy Cattle
Students are building the intelligent solution in collaboration with Sergey Blyuma.
The Russian State Agrarian University – Timiryazev Agricultural Academy is actively developing digital solutions for the agro-industrial sector. One current project involves a system to monitor calving and post-calving procedures for cattle.
The digital service is designed to quickly inform farmers about cows’ conditions and help them respond promptly in critical situations, the university’s press service told IT Russia.
Expert Insight Matters
Students are developing the intelligent solution in collaboration with Sergey Blyuma, owner and publisher of the Russian industry portal DairyNews.ru and head of GK Continental and Agromilk LLC. A recognized expert in dairy farming, Blyuma’s expertise is seen as critical to the future system’s success.
The project is being developed at the Project Institute for Digital Transformation of the Timiryazev Academy. The team is led by experienced university specialists: Marina Stepantsevich, head of the Digital Department and the digital products laboratory, and Elena Khudyakova, head of the digital twins laboratory. The team lead is Polina Yastrebova, a third-year student at the Institute of Economics and Management in the Agro-Industrial Complex, a graduate of the Digital Department, a prizewinner of the Digital Department Hackathon, a recipient of a grant from the Foundation for Assistance to Innovations, and a finalist of the Moscow Mayor’s Hackathon.
Strong Partnership
Together with students from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Polina has already developed the architecture for the intelligent calving monitoring solution. The team is now refining real-world farm use cases, defining the parameters and events to be tracked, and setting notification rules to ensure the service is easy to use on a daily basis.
Strong inter-university collaboration and Sergey Blyuma’s extensive experience are expected to underpin the project’s success. The new digital service could mark a breakthrough in the digital transformation of livestock farming.
Earlier, we reported that artificial intelligence could help Russian dairy cows produce more milk, with smart cameras monitoring animal health and productivity.
