Agri Solutions, the creator of FarmPortal, is launching a partnership with Optimal Dairy – a company founded by Łukasz Kuriata, a Precision Livestock Farming (PLF) specialist with 20 years of experience in dairy cattle farming and technology. The partnership combines a digital farm management platform with expert audits, data analysis and practical livestock advisory services. The shared goal is to bring Agriculture 4.0 from arable fields into cattle barns and farms producing milk and meat.
Combining two areas of expertise: technology and livestock knowledge
A modern farm does not need another isolated software application. It needs data it can trust and specialists who can turn that data into sound decisions. This is the foundation of the partnership between FarmPortal and Optimal Dairy.
Agri Solutions brings the FarmPortal platform to the partnership: animal records, field and forage crop management, machinery, employees and data integrations. Optimal Dairy brings practical livestock experience, knowledge of automatic milking systems (AMS), farm diagnostic methods and expertise in implementing precision livestock farming.
Together, we are developing an offering that includes farm digitalisation, PLF audits, identifying inefficiencies, setting priorities and supporting the implementation of changes. Software helps organise data, while advisory services give it meaning in real production conditions.
“Our partnership with Optimal Dairy will enable wider use of FarmPortal on dairy and beef farms. We are combining our experience in Agriculture 4.0 technologies with Łukasz Kuriata’s practical knowledge of livestock farming and herd management. We want to give farmers one complete system – from forage production, animal and employee data, through to support from an adviser and a veterinarian. This is how we understand precision farming in livestock production.”
Julian Ćmikiewicz, CEO of Agri Solutions
Optimal Dairy and Łukasz Kuriata: 20 years of experience in modern livestock farming
Łukasz Kuriata is a dairy farming practitioner and a Precision Livestock Farming specialist. He combines an understanding of everyday farm work with analysis of production performance, herd health and the use of milking robots and monitoring systems.
His work includes a proprietary 41-point AMS audit focused on assessing farm operations with an automatic milking system, the 7/30/90 change implementation model (diagnosis, implementation, stabilisation), and the “Ludzie, Zwierzęta i Algorytmy™” (“People, Animals and Algorithms”) concept, which shows that technology’s effectiveness depends on work organisation, animal welfare and the quality of data-driven decisions together.
Łukasz Kuriata also writes educational materials and a PLF Dictionary. His interest in livestock farming also has a scientific foundation – he co-authored a paper published in 2007 on the growth and development of Holstein heifers in different housing systems.
Optimal Dairy focuses on independent diagnostics rather than selling equipment at any cost. Its services use data analysis from milking robots, sensors, herd management systems and production records to identify which investments and actions are economically justified. This approach is an important complement to FarmPortal’s development.
Audits and advisory services: from data to concrete decisions
The launch of the partnership expands the offering for cattle farmers to include dairy farm audits and PLF advisory support. Analysis may cover milking robot operation, milking efficiency, work organisation, health observations, the use of sensor data and the identification of costly bottlenecks.
Optimal Dairy’s methodology focuses on a clear action plan: what to improve first, which parameters to monitor and when investing in new technology makes sense. FarmPortal provides a digital environment for maintaining records, documenting events and teamwork. Combining an audit with everyday data use is intended to make it easier to move from recommendations to implementation and subsequent evaluation of results.
More than 8,500 cattle already in FarmPortal. IRZ+ integration makes the system more useful
The FarmPortal Livestock module was released in the third quarter of 2026. Since then, farmers have registered more than 8,500 cattle in it (Agri Solutions’ own data, November 2026). Farmers use digital animal records, weight histories, observations, notes and photos – on a computer and in the mobile app.
Integration with IRZ+, ARiMR’s animal identification and registration system, plays an important role. Combined with everyday herd records, it makes FarmPortal a tool for regular use rather than simply a place to store documents. Legally required notifications continue to be submitted in accordance with the applicable ARiMR procedures and the scope of available operations.
One platform for crop and livestock production
FarmPortal’s main advantage is bringing together areas that still operate separately on many farms. A farmer growing maize, haylage or cereals to feed their own herd can manage fields, treatments, machinery, weather, animals and employees in one system.
- Feed production: fields, sowing, fertilisation, satellite monitoring and variable rate application (VRA) maps.
- Cattle farming: animal records, identification, weight and observation histories.
- Machinery and costs: fieldwork, telemetry, documentation and input control.
- People: tasks, working time, hourly and piece-rate pay calculations in FarmPortal Worker.
By defining tasks and rates, FarmPortal Worker can also be used to calculate pay for livestock work: milking, grazing, feeding, cleaning barns, changing bedding and handling the herd. This brings Agriculture 4.0 and precision farming methods into the organisation of livestock production in a practical way.
Better collaboration between farmers, advisers and veterinarians
The future of modern livestock farming is collaboration based on up-to-date, consistent data. FarmPortal’s digital animal records and documentation make it easier to prepare information for a livestock adviser, PLF consultant and veterinarian. In the longer term, they will allow observations from people working on the farm to be connected more effectively with specialists’ recommendations, while respecting access permissions and data protection.
By the end of 2026, we plan to expand the Livestock module with animal health features: recording diseases and symptoms, veterinary visits, treatment, medicines used and withdrawal periods. These features are planned and are not available today. They will not replace veterinary diagnosis or mandatory veterinary documentation.
A shared direction: Agriculture 4.0 that improves management of the whole farm
The partnership between Agri Solutions and Optimal Dairy brings together two worlds: farm management technology and experienced, independent livestock advisory services. For farmers, this means access to digital tools and support in assessing processes, interpreting data and planning improvements.
It is a step towards a farm where feed production, herd management, people’s work and costs are analysed together. From the field, through the barn, to business decisions – in one FarmPortal ecosystem.
Want to implement Agriculture 4.0 on your farm?
Explore the FarmPortal Livestock module and get to know Optimal Dairy. If you are looking for an audit, process diagnostics or PLF advisory services, contact Łukasz Kuriata.
FAQ: the FarmPortal and Optimal Dairy partnership
What does FarmPortal’s partnership with Optimal Dairy involve?
It combines Agri Solutions’ digital farm management platform with Optimal Dairy’s specialist Precision Livestock Farming audits and advisory services to support more efficient management of dairy and beef cattle farming.
Who is Łukasz Kuriata?
He is a PLF specialist and dairy farming practitioner with 20 years of experience in livestock farming and technology. He developed the 41-point AMS audit and the “Ludzie, Zwierzęta i Algorytmy™” (“People, Animals and Algorithms”) concept.
Does FarmPortal support both forage crops and cattle farming?
Yes. FarmPortal combines field, crop, treatment, machinery and employee management with the Livestock module for maintaining animal records and recording their weights and observations.
Can FarmPortal calculate pay for livestock work?
Yes. FarmPortal Worker lets you define tasks and rates and record working time, for example for milking, feeding, grazing and cleaning barns.
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