Alibaba applies cloud and big data in animal husbandry, forestry, fisheries - The Nation

Most livestock and field crops rely heavily on the weather for their comfort, and providing water and energy. But China's more than 1.3 billion residents, a growing number of whom are becoming mid-income earners, are building up such an appetite that farmers are having to change the way they grow and sell food. In order to transform an ancient business that was largely run using intuition, the modern answer is technology. Artificial intelligence has come to the farmyard, helping to ensure the country's increasing numbers of pigs remain active and crop yields grow ever larger. This is the case for Wang Degen and his company Tequ Group, a major hog farm in Southwest China's Sichuan province.