Animal AgTech agency, TARGAN, Inc., will make the European debut of WingScan™ at EuroTier 2024. The US-based producer’s automated chick feather intercourse identification system leverages artificial intelligence (AI)-powered superior imaging experience to ascertain and sort feminine and male day-old chicks based totally on their feathers.
Ramin Karimpour, Founder and CEO at TARGAN, talked about: “With worldwide meat consumption anticipated to double by 2050, the commerce should shortly evolve to feed our rising inhabitants. In Europe, poultry is among the many most usually produced and consumed animal-based protein sources, nonetheless the sector faces an array of challenges to fulfill demand, along with workforce complexities, tightening welfare necessities and higher shopper expectations — all areas which may be addressed with our strategies.”
The WingScan™ system gives a throughput of as a lot as 100,000 chicks per hour, counting on the configuration, with as a lot as 98% accuracy. Automated chick sexing improves effectivity and effectivity, leading to downstream benefits on the farm and plant. By implementing gender-specific rearing strategies, producers can improve flock uniformity, which boosts plant operations.
By overcoming the need for large teams of skilled handbook chick sexers, WingScan™ permits hatcheries to deal with labour challenges. Hatcheries which may be able to improve productiveness, have the next potential to comprehend fixed, high-precision outcomes and improved ROI all through your full value chain.
TARGAN’s Enterprise Lead for Europe, Vincent Fevrier, added: “We now have been eagerly working in path of this launch on account of we’re capable of see the great various for the European poultry sector to refine its operations by integrating automated and AI-powered strategies like ours. Manufacturing challenges in Europe are echoed all by way of the broader worldwide commerce, and we wish our choices to play a pivotal place in addressing these factors. Our employees is labored as much as attend EuroTier, forge new relationships and reconnect with present companions in November.”
TARGAN will showcase its progressive WingScan™ system for elevated hatchery, farm, and plant effectivity, in Hall 17, Stand B08, the place the employees will doubtless be available to debate their strategies, experience and mission to help a extra wholesome, further sustainable meals present by engineering precise, environment friendly and safe utilized sciences.