Campoastur, smart silos with sensors that prevent shortages

The Campoastur agricultural cooperative provides rural areas with a quality of life and services in line with their needs in an attempt to keep the population in these areas. And, precisely with the aim of continuing to improve and bringing modernization to the countryside, they joined forces with our partner CTIC Technology Center within the framework of AsDIH.

WHAT PROBLEMS IS IT SEEKING TO SOLVE OR IMPROVE?

It is very difficult for livestock farmers to know how much feed they have available. As a result, the cooperative has difficulty forecasting its deliveries, so they turned to a smart silo program.

WHAT DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY IS USED TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEM?

The company and the technology center installed sensors that use radar to provide daily information on the entire feed content of the silo. The system also has alarms that emit a warning when the tank reaches a certain percentage of capacity so that Campoastur can send them the product they need.

The project is a proof of concept that uses a predictive algorithm to find patterns to avoid problems such as shortages, thereby facilitating production planning and also facilitating the cooperative’s purchasing planning with its suppliers.

In addition, the system analyzes historical consumption data, automatically detects daily patterns, generates predictions with horizons of between seven and thirty days, and has very high confidence rates of around 95%.

WHAT RESULTS DOES IT PROVIDE, AND WHAT IMPACT DOES IT HAVE?

The cooperative has become more efficient, improved the organization of its distribution system, and prevented customers from running out of feed. In this way, they have shifted from reactive management to a predictive strategy.