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CAETEC, the data “farm”

The AGRO Experimental Field (CAETEC), part of Queretaro Campus, is the largest laboratory in the Tec system and a space with interconnections in the industry.

​​Photos: Amirhossein Hosseini / TecScience

Here, among the barley crops at CAETEC, Juan Valiente –National Director of the Agrifood Biosystems Engineering Program– and his team are determining ways to reduce the water footprint of beer production.

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CAETEC's main mission are to serve as a research center that allows the implementation of projects with the industry, connections with foreign universities, and educational innovation plans.
One of CAETEC's three agricultural areas is fruit farming, where it works with grapevines. The other two are protected agriculture (greenhouses) and extensive agriculture (grains and forages). All three use precision agriculture, that is, they employ technologies to improve their efficiency, productivity, and sustainability.
“We seek to generate data and analyze that information to understand better how to change agriculture positively,” says Arturo González de Cosío, director of CAETEC.
CAETEC's barn has 160 cows that sunbathe, rest, and eat when they want, allowing them to live stress-free. This has resulted in increased production.
It required several months to incorporate all the cows into the robotic milking system. Now, they decide when they want to be milked, and everything is automated.
The DeLaval milking system is one reason Nestlé chose CAETEC—which has three of these five robots in Mexico—to develop a global project to reduce methane emissions from cow manure.
The robots in charge of milking the cows record the times each animal is milked, the amount of milk, the percentage of fat, etc. This data is very valuable for making decisions regarding feeding.
Within the research lines of the project, feeding, genetics, gastrointestinal processes and even feeding schedules of the cows will be evaluated to define better practices and thus have a better treatment of manure and reduce the emission of greenhouse gasses.
José Antonio Ramirez, an agricultural specialist, operates the drip irrigation of the greenhouses where peppers and tomatoes of different varieties are grown and controlled in all aspects.
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CAETEC, a data “farm”
The AGRO Experimental Field (CAETEC), part of the Queretaro Campus, is the largest laboratory in the Tec de Monterrey system. It is a large space with interconnections in the industry.

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📷 Amirhossein Hosseini

Among the barley crops at CAETEC, located at km 188 of the Mexico-Queretaro highway, Juan Valiente –National Director of the Agrifood Biosystems Engineering Program– and his team are determining ways to reduce the water footprint of beer production.
CAETEC's main mission are to serve as a research center that allows the implementation of projects with the industry, connections with foreign universities, and educational innovation plans.
One of CAETEC's three agricultural areas is fruit farming, where it works with grapevines. The other two are protected agriculture (greenhouses) and extensive agriculture (grains and forages). All three use precision agriculture, that is, they employ technologies to improve their efficiency, productivity, and sustainability.
“We seek to generate data and analyze that information to understand better how to change agriculture positively,” says Arturo González de Cosío, director of CAETEC.
CAETEC's barn has 160 cows that sunbathe, rest, and eat when they want, allowing them to live stress-free. This has resulted in increased production.
El Core Lab también ofrecerá programas de capacitación en manufactura aditiva y en sus diversas técnicas y materiales; además, buscará destacar a nivel nacional e internacional, mediante la creación de prototipos y la aceleración de empresas de base tecnológica, llevando la investigación científica al mercado.
It required several months to incorporate all the cows into the robotic milking system. Now, they decide when they want to be milked, and everything is automated.
The DeLaval milking system is one reason Nestlé chose CAETEC—which has three of these five robots in Mexico—to develop a global project to reduce methane emissions from cow manure.
The robots in charge of milking the cows record the times each animal is milked, the amount of milk, the percentage of fat, etc. This data is very valuable for making decisions regarding feeding.
Within the research lines of the project, feeding, genetics, gastrointestinal processes and even feeding schedules of the cows will be evaluated to define better practices and thus have a better treatment of manure and reduce the emission of greenhouse gasses.
José Antonio Ramirez, an agricultural specialist, operates the drip irrigation of the greenhouses where peppers and tomatoes of different varieties are grown and controlled in all aspects.
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