New SynField sensors have arrived at the ILVO AgriDataValue pilots! ILVO will be installing two new sensor devices to monitor emissions from animal barns. In practice, one sensor will be installed in the ILVO research pig barn, the other will be placed in the ILVO dairy research barn, both located near Ghent in Flanders, Belgium. By installing these sensors, new data streams will be created to capture the emissions of dairy and pig barns, thus creating new possibilities for monitoring emissions. Amongst the available parameters is information on the carbon dioxide and ammonia concentration, the air temperature and humidity, and the fine particulate matter in the air. The gathered data will be linked to other information about the barns, the animals, and their diets in order to develop new intelligent models that can predict emission based on the available farm data, and which can help pinpoint which factors affect emission levels, and hence how they can be reduced. At the same time, monitoring emissions over time will become possible, and an extensive set of data will be gathered in the next few years.

At this moment, ILVO is looking to find the most ideal location for the sensors within each barn, and how to practically install them. Once the installation has been performed, data gathering will start immediately.

As such, AgriDataValue pilots 19 and 22 hope to start gathering data from these SynField soon, and we’re excited to find out what future information and interesting news this new development will bring. Watch out for our next news posts!