Application Prospects of RFID Technology in Pig Farming

At present, due to the impact of swine fever, many breeding industries have been unprecedentedly affected, and the soaring price of live pigs has also become the focus of many pig farming industries. At present, my country's pig industry is gradually developing from the traditional farmers' scattered and professional pig farming methods to intensive and factory-based pig farming methods. How to manage efficiently and scientifically must have modern breeding technology and management information systems as a strong technical guarantee to reduce costs and increase output. With RFID technology as a management means and computer LAN technology and database technology as support, a business information platform framework for large pig farms is constructed. Application prospects of RFID technology in pig farming.

The development trend of pig farming enterprises themselves is that the scale is getting larger and larger, the degree of intensiveness is getting higher and higher, and the difficulty of management is getting greater and greater. The use of computer technology can make the management of pig farming enterprises more scientific and accurate, and can effectively improve the benefits of pig farming enterprises. Use RFID electronic ear tags for pig farming, establish an electronic identification system, and conduct real-time, dynamic, and traceable information management. Once an epidemic occurs, the pollution chain can be determined in time, effective control and scientific decision-making can be carried out, and unnecessary losses can be minimized. RFID technology is used in pig farming not only for epidemic tracing, but also to automate the breeding process, which has good economic benefits.

1. Realize semi-automatic or fully automated data collection and recording

Each pig is hung with an electronic ear tag (passive RFID tag). The breeder holds a reader and writer to record information such as feeding, medication, group transfer and quarantine into the electronic ear tag or read the data in the electronic ear tag. This is a semi-automatic method; some measurements require a fully automated method, such as sow estrus identification, which requires automatic recording of the number, date and time of sow visits to boars.

2. Establish a complete pig individual identification File to achieve full tracking and tracing of pig breeding and immunization. Each pig's electronic ear tag has a unique electronic code that can Store information, record key data in the growth process of individual pigs, and establish a complete individual file. When deciding whether the pigs can be sold, you only need to read the data in the electronic ear tag to prevent the pigs from being sold during the withdrawal period, eliminate source pollution, and achieve full tracking and tracing.

3. Realize the automation of pig performance measurement and fine breeding based on individual body condition. When the pig with electronic ear tag enters the automatic feeding station, the reader automatically reads the electronic ear tag code, and the weighing sensor obtains the fasting weight, feed intake and feeding duration of the pig. The obtained individual body condition data is transmitted to the background computer for processing. The processed data is used as the parameter of the evaluation prediction model to optimize the daily diet feeding plan and realize the fine breeding of pigs. With the continuous advancement of various high-tech technologies, the use of RFID technology in pig breeding is a very good trend, and intelligent and technological breeding has become a hot spot. The maturity of RFID technology will greatly promote the further development of automated feeding in the pig industry.