How Murphy Family Farms Modernized Their Barn Operations with BarnTools

How Murphy Family Farms Modernized Their Barn Operations with BarnTalk

A behind-the-scenes look at reliability, safety, and consistency at scale

Running a vertically integrated pork operation at the scale of Murphy Family Farms demands systems that never miss a beat. With roughly 150,000 sows and nearly two million grow-finish spaces under management, their production model depends on real-time insight, fast response, and zero downtime.

But traditional barn monitors weren’t keeping up. Power lapses went unnoticed. Dialers produced false alarms. And location-to-location variability made it hard to maintain consistent performance across their system.

Murphy needed a platform that could deliver clean data, precise alarms, and centralized visibility without adding complexity for growers.

That's where BarnTools cam in.

What They Achieved with BarnTools

After implementing BarnTalk across key sites, Murphy Family Farms saw immediate improvements in:

• Alarm reliability
  Growers received accurate alerts without the noise and maintenance burden of legacy dialers.
• Environmental visibility
  Temperature, water flow, feed levels, and humidity became part of a unified data layer that empowered managers to detect issues early.
• Standardization across sites
  BarnTalk created a consistent operational foundation across barns, improving grower experience and leadership oversight.
• Faster response times
  With instant notifications going straight to the right people, small issues stayed small.
  

Hear the Full Story in Their Own Words

We captured the Murphy team on-site to share how BarnTalk supports their production model and why they’re rolling it out across more locations.

You’ll hear directly about the scale of their operation, the challenges they were facing, and how BarnTalk helps them maintain performance and productivity across thousands of barns.

Watch the full video HERE