Livestock producers could take a cue from their crop brethren and adopt some precision technology to be more efficient.

That advice comes from ag economist and swine industry specialist Dennis DiPietre, who spoke at the Boehringer Ingelheim swine health seminar in North Carolina on Friday. “It’s a really interesting road map what has been going on with precision agriculture techniques,” Dennis says. “Farmer who have adopted this technology can see variations in their field easily and adjust the production process while it is still in progress.”

“In livestock production, we don’t have the technology today to really get a good look at the variation happening within growing livestock,” he continues. However, he believes the key to profitability for the livestock industry is measuring and controlling variance, “to be able to reduce the variability of the outcome of the animal.”

BIVI swine health seminar photo album

Listen to or download an interview with Dennis here: