Take Action with Smarter Feed Run Monitoring from Your Mobile, Tablet or Desktop
Feed Bin Monitoring system implements intelligence for better and faster action. The product development team recently released FeedIQ, the smart way to deliver and present information you need to take action in the current Agralink Dashboard. It shows the live feed bin levels across a single to multiple farms.
Feed bin monitoring technology continues to get better each day. However, there’s one area that frustrates growers. Figuring out what went wrong. When you get a notification or an alarm, you want to know what you need to fix…now. Most times, regardless of day or night, you’ll need to take a walk down to the poultry or swine house to figure out exactly what needs tending to. This is a time and resource waster in an industry where every minute counts.
Agralarm continues to improve its Feed Bin Monitoring system by implementing intelligence for better and faster action. The product development team recently released FeedIQ, the smart way to deliver and present information you need to take action in the current Agralink Dashboard. It shows the live feed bin levels across a single to multiple farms.
The Problem with the Alarm
Let’s first discuss the issue growers face with current technologies. If you receive an alarm, you may not know what it is for. Did the auger run too long or too short of a time? Is it simply out of feed? The only way to make the right decision is to go to the poultry or swine house and check for yourself. You may need to complete a manual assessment to determine if there is a problem, and if there is a problem, where it is and what you need to do to fix it. This can be a daunting task especially at two o’clock in the morning.
Clarity is Built-In
FeedIQ in the Agralink Dashboard removes the ambiguity with easy to understand, straightforward descriptions. Let’s take a look at the screen capture associated with this article.
The very first line gives you intelligence at a glance. It will state:
- What the average fill is for all of your bins across all of your farms
- What is the estimated usage for the day
- And, how many feed bins need feed
Next, take a look at each house and know exactly:
- Current Bin Level
- Estimated Feed Weight
- Expected Space Available
- Daily Consumption
- Days till Empty
- Last Sensor Readying
It’s everything you need to know to make great decisions quickly. FeedIQ will present that time to you in a quick and easy way that we all understand time: in minutes and seconds. FeedIQ removes the added work of converting seconds into minutes or hours. Growers just want what they need to know. That’s what FeedIQ delivers.
Real-Life Situations
The FeedIQ dashboard helps make the job of managing feed easier and more efficient. It matters most when something goes wrong. If an overrun condition triggered an alert, the screen confirms that at a glance. If a bin stopped feeding earlier than expected, the underrun description makes it obvious without any interpretation or guesswork.
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