Erhebung zur Nutzung von Daten in der Milchviehzucht - aktueller Stand und Weiterentwicklungsbedarf.

Within the Comet K-Project ADDA - Advancement of Dairying in Austria - the basis for an integrated data management tool shall be established. A first step is the assessment of farmer needs. For this purpose, an internet survey was developed to gather feedback from farmers about the use of currently available herd management tools as well as the present status of documentation and recording of relevant data. End of 2014 a questionnaire was designed comprising 23 questions. It was distributed end of February 2015 and could be completed until April 10, 2015. In total 9,961 dairy farmers were contacted. The response rate was 19.1% in farmers. Currently, a large proportion of external information to be used for herd management is received in paper or in pdf-format and is thus not further processible. Hence, farmers request the integration of different data in platforms for data exchange or internet platforms. Farmers get a wealth of information from different documentations. A large number of farmers expect substantial support for herd management (76.5%) and early detection of farm problems (71.5%) by means of this information. When asked for necessary developments, farmers have the highest interest (78.1%) in better integration of data of already existing systems (e.g. milking, feeding, performance testing) and external herd management information (e.g. veterinary treatment, results of laboratory analysis) in order to avoid multiple recording. The combination of data from different data sources could support farmers in day-to-day work. However, data security aspects need be payed particular attention. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]