Abstract
Abstract New dairy farm management technologies produce vast amounts of data. Although more data support better decisions, managing data also comes with critical challenges. In an effort to create awareness and develop guidelines for data management in the dairy industry, the University of Wisconsin Dairy Brain project is nurturing a Coordinated Innovation Network (CIN). The USDA definition of a CIN is a large “community that addresses bottlenecks [...] by bringing together experts from different disciplines and domains to identify innovative and synergistic solutions.” The Dairy Brain CIN currently has 81 members from 9 different countries. It is a growing community open to anyone who is interested in being part of the process of data collection, data engineering techniques and data usage in dairy farms. One of the objectives of the CIN is to write some design documents regarding data issues. During the first official meeting in September 2019, several CIN subcommittees were created with the purpose to write and publish opinion articles about some critical topics: 1) data security and ownership; 2) best practices of data collection and communication; 3) farm adoption; and 4) creating value from data. The idea behind these opinion articles was to generate industry-wide awareness and to start a meaningful discussion. These opinion articles have been published in Hoard’s Dairyman magazine as a series in the following dates: February 10, March 25, April 10, April 25 and May 10, 2020. In addition, an online forum was created to encourage larger industry participation. These opinion articles are the foundation of more in-depth technical articles. This presentation will focus on summarizing the content of the published opinion articles and their subsequent deliberations. The presentation will promote further discussion and invite stakeholders to join the Dairy Brain CIN and/or participate and contribute in the wider discussion.
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