Kerlink, Tata ink deal to deploy LoRaWAN IoT networks globally
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemail French IoT specialist Kerlink and Indian company Tata Communications Transformation Services (TCTS) announced a partnership to promote and deploy LoRaWAN IoT networks globally. Under the terms of the agreement, …
Connecting agriculture: LoRa, NB-IoT, LTE, and 5G – and the digital divide in smart farming (part 1)
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailThe biggest fragmentation in smart agriculture is with base-line connectivity, which establishes the platform for the analytics and automation tools that will change farming. “Connectivity is a neccessary evil,” says …
The biggest opportunity for IoT is to match supply and demand – an investor’s view, from Finistere
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailManufacturing has come full circle, from craft production in the first industrial age, through mass production in the global age, and a new compulsion towards hyper-customisation and the idea of …
Smart farming Q&A: “Farmers are in-the-know about their assets”, says ABI Research
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailTwo million farms and 36 million cattle will be connected to the internet by low-power wide-area (LPWA) networks, and other technologies, by 2024. This is the calculation from analyst house …
This hard land: From cotton gin, to combine harvester, to computer vision (by way of The Boss)
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailFarming is hard. It always has been. There is a song called This Hard Land by Bruce Springsteen, rock’s great chronicler of every-day struggle in modern America, which captures something …
John Deere talks computer vision and the ultimate in farm gadgetry
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPeople don’t get how sophisticated farmers are, says Lane, Arthur, director of digital solutions at John Deere, the US maker of industrial equipment and machinery. “They don’t see the technology …
Ditching the high fibre diet: how a network-of-networks will help smart farming (Reader Forum)
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailThe pressure food producers face to digitally transform is mounting. With a rapidly growing population, farms find themselves at a decisive moment in their ability to continue to produce enough …
Sensor applications in smart livestock farming
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailAccording to research done by consulting firm Deloitte, meat consumption in the USA is on the rise. Consumption will reach 545 million tons by 2050 up from 367 in 2015. …
Semtech provides LoRa devices for cattle tracking, cattle health solutions
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailSemtech’s LoRa technology is being used by Quantified Ag, whose devices are implemented in feedlots in the U.S. and Australia Semtech said that Quantified Ag, a company specializing in …
North America leads global agriculture sensors market: study
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemail The global agriculture sensors market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 12.5% during the 2018-2026 period North America continues to lead the global agriculture sensors market, …
