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Iot in agriculture
23 Aug 2021

Improve Your Region’s Agricultural Practices With Leader Group’s IoT Technology

Productive and quality agricultural practices require a major shift in agricultural resources and agricultural practices. The growing demands of the Internet of Things (IoT) technology and connected devices have adversely revolutionized agriculture. However, the intervention of IoT eradicates the challenges of extreme weather conditions, environmental impact, climatic changes, etc., and helps to meet the demands for more food without any compromise in quality.

 

What is Smart Agriculture?

The adoption of IoT solutions is constantly evolving. Smart agriculture refers to the use of IoT solutions and connected devices in the field of agriculture to enhance agriculture. On the other hand, Leader Group’s IoT technology embedded sensors and gateways will help decision-makers take healthy decisions and monitor every aspect of their farm soundly- from farming to livestock.

 

How is IoT Technology Shaping Agriculture?

Artificial technology can transform agriculture in various ways. Let us see how IoT can enhance agriculture.

 

The Bulk Amount Of Data:

The IoT-enabled sensors can gather a vast amount of data, for example, the details regarding the soil quality, weather conditions, crop details, cattle’s health, etc. The data also can be used to track the progress in the field, equipment efficiency, staff performance, etc. The collected data can be stored in the cloud, where it can be used for future reference also.

 

Better Control:

IoT devices enable better control over internal processes and help to reduce production risks. Since foreseeing the availability and production of crops can be done, it allows you to plan for better product distribution.

 

Waste Reduction:

Embedded sensors allow us to see the anomalies that lie in the crop growth and livestock, enabling you to mitigate the risks involved.

 

Increased Business Efficiency:

Automating allows you to manage multiple events across the production. However, This helps to increase business efficiency than usual.

 

Enhanced Quality Of Products:

Using smart devices enables you to have better control over the production process and helps to achieve high-quality products and maintain higher standards.

 

Leader Group’s IoT Technology In The Field Of Agriculture:

Agriculture And Food Processing:

IoT sensors can ensure the freshness and quality of food being served from farm to table. Furthermore, farmers can make use of the sensors to predict the harvest time, pesticide data, etc. Once the crops are harvested, the IoT sensors can monitor whether the crops are stored at the proper temperature. These sensors also check the maintenance requirements and production volumes.

Benefits Of IoT Devices In Agriculture And Food Processing:

  1. Improves the efficiency of production machinery
  2. Help processors track the crops and livestock maturity to enhance production planning
  3. Improve food safety and also freshness by providing accurate data from farm-to-table
  4. Reduces the time it takes for farmers and producers to get their products to market

 

Smart Irrigation Solutions:

By providing farmers with real-time soil moisture monitoring, the Internet of Things (IoT) can help farmers avoid the irreversible repercussions of bad irrigation management. After that, the irrigation management system can monitor water levels at different depths and adjust irrigation valves automatically. IoT devices also can transform the irrigation management system in various ways. Moreover, the intervention of smart devices in agriculture helps farmers to measure soil moisture and monitor climate changes continuously. This provides farmers with real-time soil monitoring, irrigation optimization, etc.

Benefits Of IoT Devices In Irrigation Solutions:

  1. Water levels can be monitored easily
  2. Soil moisture sensors and sensor station platform transmit granular soil moisture data to a cloud-based farm management application
  3. Farmers may receive actionable information via a customized dashboard.

 

Precision Farming:

Farmers across the globe benefit from precision farming methods. They gain better control over the fields. Therefore, it helps to reduce environmental harm, save costs on a large scale, and produce better yielding. In fact, this method lets farmers effectively manage a spread-out farm and ensure that farm operations run to their full potential.

Benefits Of Precision Farming:

  1. Increased farm yields with reduced production costs
  2. Optimized use of fertilizers
  3. Efficiently track the crops and livestock to enable better planning
  4. Ensures freshness and food safety
  5. Easy to set up and low maintenance costs

 

Conclusion:

In conclusion, IoT-enabled agriculture has aided in the implementation of cutting-edge technical solutions to age-old knowledge. This has helped in bridging the gap between production, quality, and yield quantity. Above all, data gathered by acquiring and importing data from various sensors for real-time usage or storage in a database ensures quick action and minimal crop damage.

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