How Smart Agriculture Injects New Power into Rural Revitalization

Three rows of standardized cowhouses are clean and tidy, with cows either burying their heads in the grass, lying down and resting, or leisurely walking. There are few staff members, and intelligent equipment can be seen everywhere… On August 5th, the reporter came to the 120 acre Beierkang Smart Dairy Farm project in Yanggu County with a total investment of 30 million yuan, bringing a new scene of modern agriculture and animal husbandry into sight.

In recent years, Liaocheng City has seized the favorable opportunity of the continuous maturity of technologies such as big data, artificial intelligence, and the Internet of Things, integrating digital technology into various aspects such as agricultural production and farmland protection, continuously consolidating the endogenous driving force of agricultural development, and accelerating the pace of building a strong agricultural city.

Unlike traditional farming methods in the past, Beierkang Smart Dairy Farm has achieved robot milking, automated feeding, robot feeding of lactating calves, and intelligent digital management. Robots have replaced ranch staff to provide 24-hour care, and the entire process of feeding, health care, breeding, and milk production is under information management and intelligent operation, effectively improving the efficiency and level of ranch operation.

This project will build animal husbandry farms into a new type of agricultural management complex with ecological circulation and integration of agriculture and animal husbandry, achieving an integrated operation mode of planting and breeding, cultural experience, ecological breeding, research and education, and forming an industrial structure that fully integrates the primary, secondary, and tertiary industries.

Industrial development cannot do without technical support. With the continuous improvement of rural infrastructure in our city, the vast rural areas are connected to the “cloud”, digital technology is accelerating the integration with rural areas, and agricultural production methods are undergoing changes.

The seeder is equipped with the ‘Beidou’ intelligent system, which is labor-saving, labor-saving, and fast. The plant spacing and row spacing are also very precise, and the seedlings planted are both neat and strong. Each seeder also has a subsidy of 5000 yuan. “Speaking of the new experience of using unmanned seeders for corn and soybean composite planting this year, Su Shengli, a villager in Youfang Village, Liuji Town, Donga County, praised it.

Donga County has built a low-cost and efficient “Smart Land Protection High Altitude Observation Comprehensive Management Platform” using high-altitude resources from iron towers, achieving efficient utilization in fields such as farmland protection, straw burning ban, and forest fire prevention. 38 “Sky Eye Guard” cameras and 12 high-altitude observation cameras have been installed throughout the county, achieving full coverage of the county.