IT security increases in importance. That applies to the milk production in particular. The contribution describes possible sources of danger at two case examples and suggests organizational solutions.

The high costs for developing learning objects for electronic media demand the production of reusable learning content. To reach this goal, standards which are supported and accepted by software manufacturers are needed. Some initiatives (AICC, ARIADNE, IMS, IEEE-LTSC) develop specifications to unite them in one standard. ...

Mixed linear models can be used to improve the informational value of milk yield forecasts. For this purpose two different functional approaches for modelling lactation curves are as well compared as three linear mixed models with varying random effects of individual animals and lactation numbers. It can be shown that ...

Aus dem Konzept des Precision Dairy Farming leiten sich hohe Anforderungen an die Gestaltung der Informationsverarbeitung ab. Grundlage einer Umsetzung kann nur eine integrierende und konsistente Datenbasis sein. Neben prozessorientierten, betriebsinternen Aufgaben müssen ebenso erweiterte, überbetriebliche Belange ...