Italy gains international interest with ClassyFarm

The Italian ministry of health has developed a new integrated IT system, known as “ClassyFarm”, for risk analysis of livestock farms. Farmers, vets and the state veterinary service can access the system – and it is attracting international attention. Initial reactions from Italian farmers were perhaps somewhat sceptical. ClassyFarm was described as a mixture of two of Orwell’s famous books, 1984 (with Big Brother watching over) and Animal Farm. A few years later, however, the system is