Opti-Beef – Commercialisation Launch Readiness

Opti-Beef — 商业化启动准备就绪

• 批准号: 10096696
• 金额: $ 28.8万
• 依托单位: HALL MARK MEAT HYGIENE LIMITED
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Collaborative R&D
• 财政年份: 2024
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2024 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10096696
• 关键词: Opti; Beef; Commercialisation; Launch; Readiness

The OPTI-BEEF project, initiated in May 2019, was awarded substantial funding of £1.2m from UK Research and Innovation, through the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund. This support was part of a broader initiative to bolster 'Productive and Sustainable Crop and Ruminant Agricultural Systems'.Over its four-year duration, OPTI-BEEF aimed to create an enhanced decision support system that integrates on-farm whole-life performance monitoring with detailed carcass measurements from precision agriculture technology. This integration was designed for deployment both on-farm and in-abattoirs. The project successfully developed new on-farm technologies for individual animal monitoring, innovative parameter extraction algorithms for both live animal and carcass images, precise grading prediction models, and user-friendly on-farm and abattoir data platforms.However, to transition to a commercially viable product, further refinements are essential. The project now focuses on real-time image processing to cater to abattoirs' needs and ensuring reliable linkage of cattle IDs to images captured within the fast/complex abattoir environment. Additionally, to achieve commercial licensing, there is a need to enhance the accuracy of grading models on a 15-point scale and devise a reliable method for assessing fat coverage/depth.Key objectives include:* Crafting a fully automated software integration solution for reliable image and UKID linkage.* Developing an algorithm for accurate carcass fat coverage/depth prediction.* Refining the image processing algorithm to account for real-time abattoir conditions.* Creating a commercial-grade algorithm for predicting carcass conformation and fat classifications and carcass weight.* Develop predictions of new carcass traits and explore their use within grading/pricing models.By the project's conclusion, the goal is to have a robust abattoir imaging product ready for licensing by Defra. This product will be among the few licensed VIA options for UK abattoirs. It will synergise with the recently developed on-farm technology, offering the beef industry an invaluable integrated management tool. This tool aims to facilitate informed decision-making, leading to more animals meeting abattoir requirements, better input management by producers, reduced environmental impact, and increased returns on reared animals. The beef industry's ongoing need for an integrated decision-making platform is addressed by this advanced and innovative solution.

OPTI-BEEF 项目于 2019 年 5 月启动，通过工业战略挑战基金从英国研究与创新获得了 120 万英镑的大量资金，这项支持是支持“生产性和可持续作物和反刍动物农业”的更广泛计划的一部分。在其四年的持续时间里，OPTI-BEEF 旨在创建一个增强的决策支持系统，将农场的整个生命周期性能监控与精准农业技术的详细胴体测量相集成。该项目成功开发了用于个体动物监测的新农场技术、活体动物和屠体图像的创新参数提取算法、精确的分级预测模型以及用户友好的农场和屠宰场。然而，为了过渡到商业上可行的产品，该项目现在的重点是实时图像处理，以满足屠宰场的需求，并确保牛 ID 与捕获的图像的可靠连接。此外，为了获得商业许可，需要提高 15 分制分级模型的准确性，并设计一种可靠的方法来评估脂肪覆盖/深度。主要目标包括：自动化软件集成解决方案，实现可靠的图像和 UKID 链接。* 开发准确的胴体脂肪覆盖/深度预测算法。* 改进图像处理算法以考虑实时屠宰场条件。* 创建用于预测胴体构象、脂肪分类和胴体重量的商业级算法。*开发新胴体特征的预测并探索它们在分级/定价模型中的使用。根据该项目的结论，目标是拥有一个强大的屠宰场成像产品，准备好获得许可该产品将成为英国屠宰场少数获得 VIA 许可的产品之一，它将与最近开发的农场技术相结合，为牛肉行业提供宝贵的综合管理工具。该工具旨在促进明智的决策，使更多的动物满足屠宰场的要求，生产者更好地管理投入，减少环境影响，并增加饲养动物的回报。牛肉行业对综合决策平台的持续需求得到满足。这种先进且创新的解决方案。