1. Agri-Food & Biosciences Institute Northern Ireland, UK
Research Experiences in Applying Precision Tools and Big Data to Inform and Empower Livestock Farmers
Northern
Ireland
Prof. Trevor Gilliland
Agri-Food & Biosciences Institute Northern Ireland, UK

2. AFBI’s Seven Research Centres
AFBI-Newforge
AFBI-Stormont
AFBI-Crossnacreevy
AFBI-Loughgall
AFBI-Hillsborough
AFBI-Omagh
AFBI-Bushmills
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3. AFBI’s Research Capabilities
Multi-disciplinary scientific organisation Expertise spanning across the entire agri-food supply chain
Research Capability
Profitability & Socio-Economics
Grassland & Plant Scientists
Environmental Protection Researchers
Veterinary & Animal Welfare Specialists
Genomics & Livestock Production Scientists
Fisheries & Aquatic Ecosystems Specialists
Entomologists Bacteriologists Pathologists, Virologists
Food Quality & Food Safety Researchers
Economists & Biometricians
Research Disciplines

4. Research & Development Linkages

5. AFBI Hillsborough Instrumented Farm Research

6. Animal Sciences Integrated Welfare Nutrition Systems Genetics
Multi-disciplined
Welfare
Veterinary Science
Nutrition
Food Science
Animal Sciences
Agri-Environment
Agri-Economics
Biometrics
Systems
Genetics

7. AFBI’s Role in Livestock Genetic Advancement
Precision Technologies High quality and robust phenotype records Capture of difficult to measure traits Better understanding of the G+E effects New marker discovery and validation Metadata systems – BovIS, PigIS OvIs

8. The BovIS Suite of Online Applications

9. Integrated Supply Chain Data
AFBI developed BovIS by harnessing the power of supply chain data to produce novel online tools
Informed breeding
Informed management
Informed marketing
Improved product
Enhanced sustainability
DNA traceability, parentage, origin

10. Presenting herd number
APHIS Data
Animal tag number
Abattoir code
Kill number
Kill date
Sex
Breed
Colour
Dam tag number
Dam breed
Sire tag number
Sire breed
Date of birth
Dam date of birth
Breed category
Presenting herd number
Slaughter Data
Animal tag number
Abattoir code
Kill number
Kill date
Class code
Conformation grade
Fat class
Hot weight
Cold weight
Condemned weight
Log ID
> 4 million carcass records
90% of all animals slaughtered captured
Online producer tools
Carcass benchmarking
Greenhouse gas calculator
Growth monitoring tool

11. Online Carcass Benchmarking
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12. Benchmarking Report - Summary

13. Benchmarking Report - Summary

14. Comparing Your Cattle to Other Producers’ Cattle

15. Pilot Testing Importance of Industry and Producer Involvement
How beneficial do you think BovIS on-line carcass benchmarking will be to your beef enterprise?
Working in partnership with industry

17. AFBI’s Research Delivered into Practice

18. AFBI’s Research Delivered into Practice
Scientific
Excellence & Innovation
Providing Industry solutions