The L1–L5 Levels of Farm Autonomy
The levels of farm autonomy are a five-level scale for livestock farming, modelled on the self-driving levels that reshaped cars. L1–L2 is the automation you can already buy — timers, sensors, climate controllers. L3 is a system that reads the animals themselves and acts on what it sees. L4–L5 is the farm that runs, heals and improves itself. The framework was defined by DeepLoop for pig, broiler and layer production.
Every level answers one question: how much of the daily loop — watch, understand, decide, act, learn — runs without a person in it. The farmer sets the target (FCR on the pig finisher, livability in the broiler house, lay rate in the layer shed); each level up, the farm finds more of the way itself. The scale below is the full framework.
Matakai biyar na sarrafa gonar kanta
Kamar matakan sarrafa kai da suka canza tuƙi — amma don gida. Kowane mataki mataki ne zuwa manufa ɗaya: manomi ne ke sa burin — FCR a kan aladu masu kammala girma, rayuwa a gidan broiler, lay rate a gidan layer — sai gonar ta nemi hanya. L1–2 sune sarrafa kai da za ka iya saya a ko'ina — agogo, na'urori, akwatunan yanayi. L3 shi ne inda DeepLoop take — tsarin da ke karanta dabbobin kansu, kwanaki kafin idon ɗan adam — kusan babu wanda ke yin haka. L4–5 shi ne inda muke tafiya: gonar da ke gudana, warkarwa, da inganta kanta.
Gidan da za ka iya gani
Kyamarori da na'urori masu kaɗa ƙarar faɗakarwa idan lamba ta wuce iyaka. Muna haɗawa da kamfanonin da ka riga ka yi amfani da su — don haka ka riƙe kayan aikin da ka riga ka amince da su, mu kuma mu gina a kansa.
Gidan da ke amsawa
Kula da muhalli ta atomatik — samun iska, yanayi, ciyarwa, ruwa da auna magani. Na kowa kuma an yaɗa shi sosai; muna haɗawa da abokan hulɗar yanayi da kayan aiki da aka kafa maimakon sake gina shi.
Gidan da ke gano rashin lafiya
Sauyin nauyi, tarin numfashi, tafiyar gurguntaka da damuwar hali suna bayyana kwana kafin bincike na hannu ya kama su — annobar danyewar wutsiya da aka kama a farkon wutsiyoyin da aka danna, feather-pecking da aka kama kafin ya yaɗu a gidan layer, matsalar numfashi da aka kama kafin ta bi garken broiler. Wannan kashi ƙananan mace-mace ne a kowane rukuni da ƙarancin abin da ake watsi da shi a lokacin biyan kuɗi — bambanci tsakanin zagaye mai kyau da mara kyau. Wannan shi ne ɓangaren da babu wanda ya iya warware shi.
Gidan da ke yin aikin gida
Aikin jiki na yau da kullum — bincike, tara mace-mace, tsaftacewa, kashe ƙwayoyin cuta — ana yin su ba tare da buƙatar ƙarin hannu ba. Samun kyawawan ma'aikatan gona ya riga ya yi wuya; a L4, ka daina fafatawa a kansu.
Gidan da ke gudanar da kansa
Gidan yana ci gaba da koyo da kansa kuma yana inganta dabbobi da lambobi tare. Kowane rukuni yana koya masa wani abu. Manomi ne ke sa burin — FCR, tsada a kowace kg, mafi ƙarancin jin daɗi — sai gonar ta nemi hanya.
Who defined the levels of farm autonomy?
DeepLoop defined this L1–L5 framework for livestock production, modelled on the SAE levels of driving automation, to give producers a common language for how autonomous a barn actually is.
What level are most farms today?
Most commercial pig and poultry farms operate at L1–L2: timers, sensors and climate controllers that hold setpoints but don't read the animals. L3 systems — which understand the animals themselves — are where DeepLoop operates.
What is needed to move from L2 to L3?
Cameras and software that read the animals — count, weight, behaviour, distribution — plus the loop that turns detections into records and adjustments. No proprietary hardware: standard cameras carry the whole sensing layer.
Is L5 realistic?
L5 — the farm that runs, heals and improves itself — is a direction, not a shipping product. Each level below it delivers value on its own; the point of the scale is knowing where you are and what the next step buys you.