DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES IN ANIMAL HUSBANDRY

The paper evaluates the current stage of the development of innovative technologies in the agricultural sector, respectively in animal husbandry and the prospects for the digital transformation of the agricultural sector. Digital technology and various other automated systems are defined. The peculiarities and the trend in the growth of digital innovations in cattle breeding are studied, as well as the factors that impact the technologies in this sub-sector. Digital technologies, which are the basis of modern management systems and the optimization of technological processes in cattle breeding, allow to collect of timely, qualitative information necessary for making correct management decisions, optimizing resources, and significantly reducing the production cost price. A retrospective analysis shows that problem farms can be brought to digitization only if serious financial investments are made. Farmers are in keen need of practical, innovative, and efficient network technologies. Livestock farming is a conservative industry that is not integrated, but digitalization is actively being applied.