Pig Farm AI Monitoring
Pig farm AI monitoring uses standard cameras and computer vision to watch every finishing pen continuously — counting pigs, estimating weight and flagging the subtle signs (a cough at night, a pig missing from the count, tail-biting starting in one corner) that quietly drag feed conversion. DeepLoop runs on cameras you source yourself, and turns each detection into an updated count, weight curve, mortality record and recalculated FCR.
A finishing batch lives or dies on feed conversion and days to market — and the things that drag both rarely show up on a walk-through. A pig coughing at night, two animals missing from the pen count, tail-biting starting in one corner, ADG quietly slipping on a single pen: by the time the weekly weigh-up confirms it, the cost is locked in. AI monitoring gives your team eyes on every pen, every hour, and reconciles what it sees straight back into FCR, days to market and mortality records.
What it watches
Headcount per pen, individual weight and growth curve, feeding and drinking behaviour, movement and gait, distribution across the slats, respiration and coughing. The quiet deviations — a pig off feed, a pen piling in a corner, a cough chain starting overnight — surface here before they reach your weekly numbers.
What it does with a detection
A detection doesn't stop at an alert. A pig flagged sick reconciles the pen headcount, updates mortality records, recalculates feed conversion and days to market on that batch, and pushes the feed and climate targets back in line with the animals actually in the pen — watch, understand, decide, act, learn.
What it costs
No proprietary hardware and no hardware markup. You get an exact spec list of standard cameras and network parts, source them yourself from any supplier at cost, and pay install plus a small monthly fee per house — within reach of a contract finisher, not just a showcase farm.
AI pig monitoring vs manual pen walks
| Manual pen walks | DeepLoop pig monitoring |
|---|---|
| Walks each finishing pen once or twice a day | Watches every pen continuously, day and night |
| Pigs found missing at the next count | A pig off the count flagged the hour it drops back |
| Coughing noticed once it's widespread | Cough chains flagged overnight, before they spread |
| FCR and days-to-market reconciled at weigh day | FCR and days-to-market live, updated every detection |
Do I need special cameras for pig monitoring?
No. DeepLoop runs on standard consumer cameras. You get a specification list and buy from any supplier — no proprietary connectors, no vendor lock-in, no markup.
Does it work for finishing pigs and breeders?
The focus is finishing pigs — chasing FCR, days to market and mortality on each batch. The same cameras and the same closed loop extend to weaners and growers on the same site.
Can it catch coughing and tail-biting early?
Yes. Respiration, gait, movement and distribution changes typically show days before a walk-through would pick them up — early enough to pull the vet or adjust environment before the batch falls behind.
Does it replace my farm staff?
No. It removes the watching burden so your stockmen spend their hours on the pigs that need hands on them. Alerts come with the reason they fired, so staff act on better information, not on guesswork.