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SwineTech combines ag, innovation to streamline pig care

By: Annie Smith Barkalow|August 14, 2023
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    • SmartGuard, a wearable device for sows that sends an alert when it rolls over a piglet. CREDIT SWINETECH

    SmartGuard, a wearable device for sows that sends an alert when it rolls over a piglet. CREDIT SWINETECH

    What do the medical field and pig farming have in common? More than you might think, according to SwineTech co-founders Matthew Rooda and Abraham Espinoza.

    SwineTech is a global agtech software company that uses artificial intelligence to aid pork producers in managing their day-to-day operations. The software also uses sensor technologies to prevent piglet deaths due to crushing by their sows, a big…

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