BROWSING: smart farming

The Federal Communications Commission is in the process of forming a new task force to advise the commission on how to ensure farmers and ranchers across the U.S. have the connectivity they need to use and benefit from precision agriculture, the American Farm Bureau...

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, Kerlink and TCTS will offer installed and managed networks that include a range of smart-city...

The 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 Pete DeNagy, president and co-founder, Internet of Things America. “No business is advantaged by...

Manufacturing 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 a ‘lot-size of one’. This concept of ultra-bespoke production is becoming viable, almost, as digital...

Two 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 ABI Research, in a new report that considers the opportunity for internet-of-things (IoT) technologies in field...

Farming 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 of the labour and luck of working the land. “Mister, can you tell me...

People 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 they are using,” he says. In January, John Deere showed its new S-770 combine (pictured),...

The 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 food to meet rising demand. As with all sectors, technology is going to be...

According 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. There will be a continuous demand for ways to help the livestock farming industry...

Semtech’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 internet of things-based cattle tracking and cattle health solutions, has implemented Semtech’s LoRa devices and wireless...

  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, according to a recent study by U.S. research firm Credence Research. “Strong government support to increase agriculture production,...

A newly installed Wi-Fi network at agricultural research center in California may enable researchers to view field data in real time while serving as a proof-of-concept for rural communities needing low-cost Internet access. PARLIER, California — Outside the small San Joaquin Valley town of Parlier,...

Computer scientists from UCSB team up with citrus researchers to make a smart farm system that reports temperatures and may eventually automate the use of wind machines that keep frost off citrus crops. Computer science researchers from the University of California Santa Barbara are using...

Two agtech startups from demo day need 5G more than others. SALINAS, California -- Salinas — the "salad bowl of the world" — grows agricultural tech entrepreneurs. At the National Steinbeck Center in Salinas this week, nine nervous startup executives pitched their agriculture-related startups to...

Cow monitor helping dairy farmers keep cows healthy. SANTA CLARA, Calif.--Cow got a cold? There's a monitor for that, created to give dairy farmers early warning that their cows may be sick and need treatment. The dairy analytics monitor goes around the neck of the dairy...

The IoT-based solution allows all parties in the supply chain to track milk shipments in real time Exporting fresh produce over 7,000 kilometers from Australia to China is not an easy task. However, new technologies such as the internet of things (IoT) is currently helping...

The new cloud-based smart farm solution was built on Microsoft Azure and Azure IoT technologies Schneider Electric, which specializes in energy management and automation solutions, has worked with New Zealand provider of water management and irrigation solutions WaterForce to develop a cloud-based industrial internet of...

With the forecasted growth in the global population, agriculture faces a very big challenge to rapidly increase food production. To achieve this goal, precision agriculture supported by internet of things (IoT) tools is being implemented in farming projects around the globe to improve the...

The internet of things (IoT) is helping farmers in developed and emerging countries improve the productivity of agriculture Precision agriculture can help farmers deal with a number of challenges such as water shortages, the limited availability of suitable lands for crop plantings, the difficulties farmers...

The new IoT-based precision farming solution was launched by local telco dtac in partnership with government agencies Thai telecommunications firm dtac has launched a precision farming solution through a partnership with Thailand’s Department of Agricultural Extension (DOAE) and the National Electronics and Computer Technology Center...

The Future of precision agriculture Joe Michaels, Senior Director of Global Product Management for Precision Solutions at CNH Industrial discusses the impact of IoT technologies in the agriculture vertical market at the Enterprise IoT Summit in Austin, Texas. https://youtu.be/Db2ak_x0coo Michaels leads a global team of Product Managers to...

Making the Internet of Farm Things Work - How to get actionable information and business value from over two trillion agriculture IoT and related data points in large-scale, industrial farming. Douglas Hackney, Enterprise Group, Ltd., President https://youtu.be/eOZECFIWA3o Douglas Hackney is the president of Enterprise Group Ltd. and...

Internet of Things (IoT) offers a number of tools to improve agriculture practices. Greg Gonzalez, Director of Vineyards Operations at Scheid Vineyards, discusses connected agriculture. https://youtu.be/vHtWs63aVrA    

In New Zealand, where agriculture plays a central role in the country’s economy, mobile operator Vodafone is helping local farmers to improve performance and reduce costs through precision agriculture tools. Vodafone’s Precision Farming solution is designed to allow farmers to use only the amount of...