2025 Volume 21 Issue 1 Pages 3-9
This paper reports on the trends in livestock digital transformation （DX） technologies in Japan. Livestock DX technologies encompass a wide range of applications, including environmental control in smart barns, automation of tasks such as milking and feeding using robots, and farm management support systems that predict estrus and calving times and manage herds using sensors. Furthermore, the adoption of DX technologies to support remote veterinary care for livestock and the development and implementation of DX technologies to support livestock-collateralized asset-based lending （ABL） by financial institutions have commenced. Additionally, livestock DX technologies contribute to addressing specific challenges in the livestock sector, such as animal welfare and environmental impact reduction. In the future, the development of data-driven livestock DX technologies utilizing software such as data science and artificial intelligence （AI） is anticipated.
