When it comes to temperature parameter adjustments, Distynct now takes it to a new level. The team is thrilled to introduce batch temperature changes on the Distynct dashboard. Efficiency is key—adjusting barns one by one simply doesn’t cut it. Users can choose as many or as few barns as they need, then update all their alarm settings with just a single click.
This new tool makes life easier for producers, but it reaches far beyond convenience. Our team found that producers make an average of twelve parameter changes per site each month.
Efficiency
Pig farmers know all too well that their sites are often in rural, secluded areas. With twelve alarm setting changes per month on average, producers typically drive to the site twelve times per month—regardless of distance. Each trip also requires adjusting temperature probes in every barn individually. Those drives cost real money and eat up significant time, repeated twelve times per month. This outdated mode of operation is incredibly inefficient.
Validation
To manage their time more efficiently, managers often rely on barn workers to handle parameter adjustments. This can happen twelve different times per month. Without the Distynct dashboard, managers have no way to confirm these changes are actually happening.
Stewardship
Adjusting parameters digitally doesn’t just improve efficiency and validation—it also improves stewardship. Producers can manage animal wellbeing more effectively when they have better control over barn conditions. For example, when piglets arrive on farm, the barn must maintain higher temperatures so young pigs can thrive. The ability to adjust alarm thresholds frequently and efficiently means producers can more easily maintain the ideal barn environment.
