Gyeonggi AI pig-weighing pilot lifts income per head 18%

2025 provincial pilot on six farms in Anseong, Pocheon and Yeoju: AI non-contact weighing cut shipping age 182.3 to 176.7 days, lifted 1+ grade share 35.3 to 37.7% and income per head 18%.

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AI system

System

Fattening-pig shipping selection system (AI non-contact weighing) and sow farrowing management system (ICT monitoring)

Model

Not assessed

Release

Not assessed

Application developer

Not named in the sources

Role

Not assessed

Configuration

Not assessed

Inputs and outputs

Not assessed

Autonomy

Not assessed

Workflow

A provincial extension pilot funded in 2025. Six commercial pig farms adopting non-contact AI weighing. A grading system that pays a premium for grade 1+ pigs.

Human oversight

Not assessed

Relation to AI

The AI's contribution is the weight estimate and shipping-date advice. The production gains are the agency's uncontrolled before-and-after comparisons. The deployer is a public body that reports its own pilot. The developer is not named. Two independent newspapers carried the release with a named official.

AI contribution

The AI's contribution is the weight estimate and shipping-date advice. The production gains are the agency's uncontrolled before-and-after comparisons. The deployer is a public body that reports its own pilot. The developer is not named. Two independent newspapers carried the release with a named official.

Benefits

Outcome identifiers

Not assessed

Benefit

income per head rose from 100,000 to 118,000 won (18%)

Category

Increased Product Revenue

Status

Not assessed

Beneficiary groups

Organizations. People.

Beneficiaries

Not assessed

Reach

Not assessed

Distribution and access

Not assessed

Duration

Not assessed

Expected?

Yes

Costs and harms

Not assessed

Measurement

Studies

Not assessed

Study design

Not assessed

Measurement

Not assessed

Setting and sample

Not assessed

Measures

income per head rose from 100,000 to 118,000 won (18%)

Comparison

the same six farms before the AI shipping selection system was introduced (2025 pilot)

Results

Reference: 출하일령 182.3일; 1+등급 출하율 35.3%; 두당 소득 10만 원. Result: 출하일령 176.7일 (5.6일 단축); 1+등급 출하율 37.7% (2.4%p 증가); 두당 소득 11만 8000원 (18% 증가).

Additional value from AI

Not assessed

Limitations

Not assessed

Denominators

Not assessed

Materials for replication

Not assessed

Money

Kind of value

income per pig shipped with the AI shipping selection system, up from 10만 원 (100,000 won) per head, an 18% increase

Amount

11만 8000원

Currency and prices

Not assessed

Period and unit

Not assessed

Realization

Not assessed

Recipients and payers

the six pilot pig farms in Anseong, Pocheon and Yeoju

Gross or net

Not assessed

Included costs

Not assessed

Comparison

Not assessed

Method

Not assessed

Return and payback

Not assessed

People and places

Participants

Developer: Not named in the sources. Operator: Gyeonggi-do Agricultural Research and Extension Services with six pig farms in Anseong, Pocheon and Yeoju (weighing) and Pocheon farms (sow system).

Jurisdictions

Benefit: Anseong, Pocheon and Yeoju, South Korea. Operator: South Korea.

Ownership and control

Not assessed

Dependencies

Not assessed

Cross-border connections

Not assessed

Geopolitical implications

Not assessed

Follow-up

Conditions for replication

Farm staff acting on the shipping-date advice. Real-time alerts reaching farmers from the sow system.

Replication attempts

1 follow-up entries. Outcome unresolved: 1.

Later findings

The agency announced a plan to run the weighing system in Yeoncheon in 2026, but no report of that rollout or its results was found.

Availability

Not assessed

Institutional decision

Not assessed

Grounds

Not assessed

Action and result

Not assessed

Success criterion

Not assessed

Evidence

Source numbers

AIBD-0202-source-0001–0003

Citations

Numbered references below.

Language

Not assessed

Source relationships

Independent

Original evidence

Not assessed

Access and versions

Not assessed

Supported findings

Not assessed

Evidence strength

Not assessed

Missing evidence

Not assessed

Grades

Assessed benefits

Organizations. People.

Depth

Organizations: 2. People: Not assessed.

Reasons

Organizations: On six farms, shipping age fell from 182.3 to 176.7 days and the grade 1+ share rose from 35.3% to 37.7%. Income per head rose from 100,000 to 118,000 won, up 18%. On Pocheon farms, sow accidents fell from 3.1% to 2.7% and piglets per sow per year rose from 18.3 to 19.2. These are the agency's own before-and-after figures. People: Reduced need for farmers to stay in the barn is mentioned but not measured.

Observed or intended

Not assessed

Rubric

Not assessed

Assessor and date

Not assessed

Alternative assessments

Not assessed

Fill

Independently reported

Entry details

Kind

Not assessed

Field

Livestock production. Swine finishing and farrowing.

Purpose

Measure fattening pigs' weight without contact using AI and advise the optimal shipping date. Monitor sows in real time around farrowing.

Dates

Date basis unassessed: 2026 (precision unassessed). Updated: 21 October 2026.

Stage

Not assessed

Version

SHA-256: 12d95b8f75b4…

References

Other identifiers

Not assessed

Category mappings

Not assessed

Brief

Not assessed

Revisions

5 revisions. Latest: 21 October 2026.

Sources

  1. News report Independent author

    이승호. AI와 ICT로 돼지 키운다…경기도농기원 "출하 소득↑ 분만 사고↓". 더팩트 (The Fact), 6 March 2026.

  2. News report Independent author

    신연경. 도농기원, AI 기술로 경기지역 농가서 스마트축산 실현. 중부일보 (Joongboo Ilbo), 8 March 2026.

  3. Registry label Independent author

    OECD.AI AI Incidents and Hazards Monitor. AI Systems Reduce Livestock Accidents and Boost Farmer Income in Gyeonggi Province. Record 2026-03-05-1ac3.