Amazing new technology lets dairy producers get closer to cows from farther away and it is open-source.
Scotland’s Rural College Dairy Research Centre, has unveiled farm-twin, the world’s first open-source Digital Twin platform designed specifically to transform dairy farming. By replicating the physical environment in a digital space, it enables farmers to monitor operations in real time, make data-driven decisions and optimize resource use.
Source: Feedstuffs, October 24, 2025. Link.
Farm-twin addresses this challenge head-on by aggregating data from a wide range of technologies into a single, unified platform, pulling data in near-real time from various sources, including animal health records, milk production, feed intake and environmental conditions.” – Mazdak Salavati, PhD
Note: Farm-twin is completely open-source. This means anyone can freely download, use, modify and distribute the code.