Sustainable precision

farming: A challenge
Carlos Piñeiro
PigCHAMP Pro-Europa S.A.

FOOD FAST FORWARD – THE NETHERLANDS 2009

 Content

Background
Challenges
Content

PigCHAMP Pro Europa profile and proposal

 Classical farming jigsaw

Nutrition Genetics
Background

Health Management
 Current farming challenge

Economics
of Food safety
Background

production

Environment Welfare
 Economics

Production efficiency is improving every year in terms of:

Piglets / sow / year (>30 is not a surprise anymore)
ADG / FE (Pietrain terminal boars)
Mortality rate in fattening (<3 %, PCV2 vaccines, management)
Challenges
 Economics

Meat production is not compensated by means only of

census decrease
Prices are kept low for longer than expected
Challenges

Cost of production is more important than ever to stand

in the business
 Food Safety

Focused on Salmonella control

- Directive 2003/99/CE
- Reglamento (CE) nº 2160/2003 on salmonella control
Challenges

and other zoonotic agents transmitted by food

 Environment
Nitrates Directive
IPPC Directive (ammonia emissions) / GHG gasses

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Challenges

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 Welfare

1. Mandatory on 2013
2. Differents options and not everyone ready
3. Strong implications on health and management
Challenges
 New scenario for the sector where

High productive efficiency is required –costs control

Nutrition - feed additives (nutraceuticals) are key
High – end genetics are becoming usual (high-end
Challenges

requirements as well!)
Food safety ensurance is a must
Control of pollutant emmisions is of increasing
importance
Welfare regulations defines a new framework for
this all
PigCHAMP Pro Europa profile and proposal PigCHAMP is ready for those requirements

R+D projects / Food Safety

under contract

Environmental Data analysis

services and monitoring
 R+D projects / under contract

Animal Science
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• Nutrition
• Genetics

Management
• Welfare
• Equipment (feedes,
drinkers, slats,…)

Health

Carcass-meat quality

Food safety (salmonella)

Ammonia and GHG
gasses emmisions from
livestock
PigCHAMP Pro Europa profile and proposal Data analysis and monitoring

Technical and economical

Warnings
Benchmarking

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Semanas
PigCHAMP Pro Europa profile and proposal Food safety

HACCP and control programs

Feed

Farm

Slaughter house

Consumer
PigCHAMP Pro Europa profile and proposal Environmental Services

Members of spanish TWG on IPPC review

Environmental chambers por accurate ammonia and GHG
emmissions measurement
Swine and ruminants
 CV summary
More than 120 trials for demonstration or registration
Eight official research projects (3 years long finished)
Ongoing research projects
Project Q-Porkchains FP6-036245-2 : “Development of an innovative, integrated and
sustainable food production chain of high quality pork products matching consumer
demands”. VI European FrameWork Programme (2007 – 2011)
Conclusions

Project BAT-Support SSPE CT 200644292 : “Best Available Techniques for European

Intensive Livestock Farming - Support for the implementation of the IPPC-directive” VI
European FrameWork Programme (2007 – 2009)
Project ADE 05/08/SG/00012: “Desarrollo de metodologías de reducción de la
contaminación y mejora de la rentabilidad en ganadería intensiva porcina”. (2009 –
2011). (EUREKA)
Project ADE 05/08/SG/00013: “Aplicación de dispositivos centinelas para detección de
incidencias sanitarias y de bienestar animal que optimicen la productividad de las
explotaciones ganaderas”. (2009 – 2011).
Project CTA 08/222: “Estudio de evaluación y mejora de la sanidad y seguridad
alimentaria del ganado porcino ibérico” (2008 – 2010).

Recently approved (CDTI) : “Study of natural tocopherols as a new source of vitamin

E in animal nutrition” (2009 – 2011)
 ‘To be creative, we must seek for unlike
Conclusions

elements, allow our mind to relax and

combine them’
Duggan, 2009
Thank you

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