Skretting’s ambition is to contribute to meeting the world’s rising food needs in a sustainable manner. Developing innovative nutritional solutions for our customers is one of the means to achieve this – and that’s not where it ends.
We also believe that providing our customers with digital tools and services to enhance their productivity and simplify their operations is equally important. That is why we developed Skretting 360+, a complete package of innovative tools and comprehensive services to optimise feeding, farming and health management.
The seeds of Skretting 360+ were in fact sown more than 30 years ago. “In Norway, we have been providing our customers with advice on topics such as farm and feeding management, stocking densities and fish health monitoring for more than 30 years,’ says Kristoffer Tveit, Digital Innovation Director at Skretting. “Growth and feeding models for salmon were developed by our Digital Team many years ago. All of this paved the way for what Skretting 360+ is today.”
Skretting 360+ allows users to benchmark the performance of each production cycle, and manage feed and harvest predictions through the collection and analysis of real-time data via our AquaSim app. The concept was first rolled out in Ecuadorian shrimp farms in 2018, and it was met with great success – in part due to the collaborative efforts of Eruvaka, developers of cloud-based aquaculture pond management solutions, including real-time monitoring and smart feeders.
It wasn’t too challenging to prove to our customers in Ecuador that the digitalisation of their shrimp farms could really make a huge difference in parameters such as gram per day and growth cycle.
Smart feeders represented a big breakthrough in the digitalisation efforts of shrimp farmers. Prior to their introduction, shrimp were manually fed several times per day and distributing feed across large ponds was a time-consuming task. Visually monitoring shrimp feeding behaviour was also challenging due to murky water in the ponds. Digitally connecting automatic feeders with the pond enabled the collection of valuable information on shrimp activity, which could then be transmitted to the feeders.
“It wasn’t too challenging to prove to our customers in Ecuador that the digitalisation of their shrimp farms could really make a huge difference in parameters such as gram per day and growth cycle. Customers managed to increase one production cycle per year,” adds Kristoffer.
Skretting’s ambition is to expand the concept’s reach and increase efficiency and productivity for our customers around the globe. Since the successful launch of Skretting 360+ in Ecuador, it has also been rolled out in other locations, including trout farms in Southern Europe, and vannamei shrimp farms in India.
Skretting’s ambition is to contribute to meeting the world’s rising food needs in a sustainable manner. Developing innovative nutritional solutions for our customers is one of the means to achieve this – and that’s not where it ends.
The farming of barramundi has escalated substantially over the course of the last decade. Skretting anticipates that the production of barramundi will continue on this strong growth trend, and is committed to supporting its customers through precision services and premium feed solutions.
