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Convenience at your fingertips: Discover the new S4 functionality
S4 has just gained a new feature. From now on, the process of transferring animals from one farm to another will be completely automated by the system.
Star +1 Program: a path to growth and productivity
Headquartered in Estrela D’Oeste/SP, Estrela Alimentos, a brand of the FRIGOESTRELA group that used to work only with cattle, expanded the business in 2019, when it started farming pigs in Rio Grande do Sul. As a result, new demands and challenges emerged – among them, the need for a management method that could organize and […]
After all, why is benchmarking important to your business?
Today’s pig farming can no longer be based solely on experience or intuition. There are a number of resources ensuring better choices for a farm´s future, for example the Award for The Best Swine Producer Agriness.
Are your internet and the S4 web slow? A cleaning in the browser can solve this problem.
Another full day at the farm, many activities planned. Before starting your journey, you decide to analyze some information in Agriness S4 web to understand how production rates are today. When turning on the computer and accessing the internet, you notice that something is not working as it should. At browser windows start to crash, […]
The 4 key points of homogeneity in production
Monitoring all steps of all production processes can seem very complicated, even for the most experienced managers. The Agriness P+1 method shows that in pig farming there is a critical flow of processes that determine whether the farmer will be able to deliver enough animals at the end of each period. The monitoring and homogeneity of these processes, or key points of production, have a direct – and positive – impact harnessing the maximum productive potential and ideal delivery.
What prevents your farm from using all its production potential?
Any farm can harness the maximum production potential that its facilities and structure allow, but many farms fail to do so. In order to reach this potential, you have to look at the whole production system, relating farm records to the production process. But where to start?
How many piglets can your farm produce?
The production capacity of a farm is calculated taking into account aspects regarding animal performance and economy. The improvements that are intended to make the most of this capacity should focus on one of the most important stages of the business: delivering animals.
Leadership Experience: how we develop our team through leadership
The Leadership Experience focuses in the development of leaders through self-knowledge, engagement and thought diversity as a source of innovation.
Leadership Experience Agriness: our choice for developing people and innovation
The Agriness Way, a process created to encourage our people, began with the Leadership Experience, an initiative of Agriness University focused on promoting self-knowledge, engagement and diversity of thought for leadership development. A special partnership is supporting Agriness in this journey.
Keitiline Viacava, Ph.D., DM.Lab, professor, researcher and consultant in management cognition, who worked for 2 years as a cognitive neuroscientist affiliated to the Department of Neurology at Georgetown University (Washington, D.C.), institution with which Keitiline declares to have the privilege and honor to keep a connection until today. Her job is to help leaders transform ideas into action based on an understanding of how the mind works, by promoting experimentation, risk taking and diversity of thought as a source of innovation.
What do you develop in your team: motivation or engagement?
A common mistake made by managers and team is to mistake motivation for engagement. Because motivation is intrinsic, it is individual.
Accelerators: how can they help agribusiness take off?
Accelerators are indirectly present around us more than we think. In Brazil, newer and less prominent, accelerators are also resulting in success cases.
How many piglets do sows produce throughout their lives?
In order to make piglets production an increasingly profitable business, increasing productivity should be a continuous target of farms.