The
agriculture industry is booming with the support of the trending technology
-IoT (Internet of Things). Initially, I was surprised after reading the
benefits that IoT can bring to the farming sector. Truly, the Internet of
Things revolutionized the industry with all its fruit-bearing effects.
According
to statistic, the world population is about to reach 9.6 billion. And, it's a
call for the rich farming to produce crops to feed such a large population.
There's going to a time when producing crops to satisfy human needs will be out
human control. In such a case, IoT equipped machines will make a big
difference.
As the
technology is new to this industry, a limited number of people are using the
technology. However, finding the rich potential of IoT, a large number of
farmers and even individuals are trying to understand the technology.
So, I am all
here with top benefits of IoT in
Farming or Agriculture sector.
Livestock Monitoring: If you have cattle in large number, the IoT
sensor can help by informing their locations, well-being, and health. In case,
if any one of the cattle gets out of the herd, the IoT enabled sensor will help
rancher to trace the location of the cattle. The smart sensor chip attached
with the cattle sends signals which will help locate the animal's whereabouts.
Precision Farming
As the name
suggests, precision farming is all about offering controlled and accurate
farming practice, whether it is to raising livestock or growing crops. Variable
rate technology, sensors, control systems, robotics, autonomous vehicles,
automated hardware, and to name just a few falls under the precision farming
category.
Agricultural Drones
Agricultural
drones are the most used equipment for agriculture. It helps farmers in various
agricultural practices including planting, crop spraying, crop monitoring,
irrigation, crop health assessment, soil and field analysis.
Well, the
use of IoT Development
is not just limited to certain things; rather it has vivid potentials in the
field of farming and agriculture.
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