PigFlow — from data to action : the next step in digital pork production

Modern pork production generates more information than ever before. Herd records, health protocols, reproduction data, and daily activities contribute to a growing pool of information meant to help producers make better decisions.

However, collecting information is only half the equation. The real opportunity lies in turning that information into action—ensuring the right data reaches the right person at the right time and helping farm teams execute protocols consistently.

This is where next-generation digital tools are redefining barn technology. Rather than simply recording past events, modern platforms actively guide teams on what needs to happen next. PigFlow is advancing this approach with two core features: Herd Health and Charlotte AI.

1. Herd Health: Bringing Protocols Into the Daily Workflow

Consistency drives success in modern swine operations. Vaccinations, treatments, and health checks must occur at the right time, on the right animals, and according to established farm protocols. The primary challenge in the barn is rarely knowing what to do; it is ensuring the entire team knows when and how to execute every task correctly.

PigFlow’s Herd Health feature addresses this challenge by integrating health management directly into the mobile application daily workflow. This offers barn staff a clear overview of daily requirements while enabling managers to standardize processes centrally.

• Built Around Your Farm’s Protocols: Configured via the PigFlow web dashboard, health processes can be organized by animal production stage—non-bred sows, gestating sows, lactating sows, and litters. Managers define task names, treatment schedules, medication details, dosages, compliance requirements, and specific instructions. Protocols remain fully customizable and can be updated, copied, or added as veterinary plans evolve.
• Turning Protocols into Daily Tasks: Inside the PigFlow mobile app, employees get an immediate indicator showing how many animals require attention. Filtering options (e.g., by parity or room) allow workers to target specific groups efficiently. Employees can review instructions before execution, selecting animals individually or by room for batch processing.
• Recording at the Point of Care: Once work is performed, staff log dosages and administration routes directly into the treatment screen. Uncompleted tasks remain marked as overdue, providing transparent visibility to managers and preventing crucial care from slipping through the cracks.

Beyond a simple checklist, Herd Health provides context: what to do, which animals need care, which protocol to follow, and whether tasks were finished on schedule. It transitions health management from passive record-keeping to active operational guidance.

2. Charlotte AI: A New Kind of Assistant for the Barn

Finding specific answers quickly within manuals, standard operating procedures (SOPs), and software reports can slow down daily operations. Charlotte AI, PigFlow’s dedicated artificial intelligence assistant, simplifies this by letting farm teams ask questions directly.

• Built Specifically for Pork Production: Unlike generic chatbots, Charlotte combines deep knowledge of the PigFlow platform with swine production expertise. It assists both barn staff needing quick software instructions and managers double-checking procedural details.
• Putting Farm SOPs to Work: Operations can upload their own approved SOPs and operational files into Charlotte. Because every farm maintains unique breeding, treatment, and management practices, Charlotte tailor-fits answers to the specific farm's documented guidelines.
• Supporting Employees Across Experience Levels: New team members can resolve procedural questions instantly without interrupting supervisors, while experienced staff can quickly confirm protocols. Available in English, French, and Spanish, Charlotte makes knowledge accessible across multilingual teams.
• Simplifying Information Retrieval: Instead of navigating manuals or complex software sub-menus, employees simply ask, receive an immediate answer, and return to work.

Charlotte is designed strictly as a support tool to assist human decision-making, deriving its responses directly from verified farm documentation and PigFlow resources. It helps bridge the gap between experienced employees and new hires by turning static documentation into an interactive, shared asset.

Empowering the People Behind Production

Technology alone will not shape the future of pork production; it will be built by people using better tools to make smarter decisions. By pairing Herd Health (turning protocols into daily action) with Charlotte AI (making operational knowledge instantly accessible), PigFlow helps producers manage processes proactively and improve consistency, and support better decision-making across the farm.

Putting Data to Work

PigFlow goes beyond Herd Health and Charlotte AI. It brings together the information, workflows, tools, and insights producers need to manage modern swine operations more efficiently, from reproduction and herd management to daily barn tasks, health protocols, reporting, and decision-making.

By connecting data with the people and processes that drive production, PigFlow helps turnw information into action, improve consistency, and give farm teams greater visibility into what is happening across the operation.