
Kerlink, Bioceanor deploy LoRaWAN network to improve yields on Florida clam farm
The farmers can use data provided by the LoRaWAN network to anticipate extreme events that require clam-preservation action IoT solutions provider Kerlink and Bioceanor, which is a predictive water quality …

Telstra and Ericsson supply private 5G for Australian agri-tech collective
Telstra has deployed a private 5G network for industrial tech organisation AgriFood Connect in Australia. It has worked with Ericsson on the deployment; it is the Swedish vendor’s first private-5G …

Telia joins with Swedish tech consortium to put 5G farming robot through its paces
Operator Telia is working with a consortium of Swedish research and tech companies to test the effectiveness of cellular 5G to connect and control robots in the farming industry. The …

Nokia to scale-up drone-mounted 5G-powered machine-vision farming solution
US farming company AeroFarms has recruited Nokia on a multi-year deal to supply private 5G, computer vision, machine learning, and autonomous drones. The pair are testing the technologies with current …

Telstra preps NB-IoT sensor network to give Australian farmers a jump on the weather
Australian network operator Telstra is to deploy weather stations on its NB-IoT network infrastructure in Queensland, in the northeast of the country, in order to create a hyper-local weather data …

John Deere digs into the challenges of smart farming
When John Deere first began supplying agricultural tools in 1804, it was pitchforks and shovels; today, it’s connectivity and data When John Deere first began its initiative to provide farmers …

IBM puts farm data and weather data into AI mixer to sharpen-up agriculture
IBM has released a set of analytics tools that combine weather data and farm data in its Watson machine-learning engine to give farmers insights about planning, plowing, planting, spraying and …

Five ways Sigfox alarms are helping farmers fight robbers, rustlers and vandals
Low-power wide-area (LPWA) networks like Sigfox are providing the platform for internet-of-thing (IoT) based alarm systems that are cheap and easy to install. They also provide coverage to rural areas, …

Washington, D.C., suburb to become a lab for internet of things projects
A suburb of Washington, D.C., is growing into a living laboratory for “internet of things” technology projects. Set in Montgomery County, Maryland, Thingstitute is set to be an agricultural testbed …

How machine learning can help bring fresh food to your plate
Fresh food: A growing use case for machine learning. Machine learning can help retailers address the challenges of offering fresh foods, which account for up to 40% of a grocers’ …