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Swine and poultry growers provide a significant source of protein for people around the world, and the demand for their products is only increasing.

Whether you’re a grower, service tech, or a production supervisor, we all like saving time in our operation. After all, time equals money, and a little bit more of both can go a long way in our industry.

Wireless feed bin sensors have been developed to help growers measure the amount of feed in their bins, helping to optimize feed delivery schedules, reduce out of feed events, and improve their animals’ performance.

For poultry grower Todd Clark in Embro, Ontario, the challenges of using a wired alarm system were a harsh reality for over two decades. Switching to BarnTalk was a breath of fresh air.

With wireless feed monitoring technology promising to revolutionize the way growers measure feed intake, it’s important to consider how wireless feed sensors compare to other methods of measuring feed.

With the 3G network officially brought to a close, traditional alarm systems and dialers have gone out of service and are leaving growers, producers, and integrators in the dark.

Along with having 24/7 visibility into their barn environment, seeing barn temps in real-time is also helping producers identify potential inefficiencies with their heating systems.

BarnTalk is a controller-agnostic alarm, meaning it can be integrated with any controller and serve as a reliable standalone alarm.

Smithfield grower Mike Diggs has placed a BarnTalk temperature sensor in the duct work for each air conditioning unit in the Boar Stud. If the temperature falls below their set threshold, it will notify him immediately.