NEW YORK CITY, NY - Yesterday, ANUK reported on how the growing partnership between Silicon Valley technologies and Salinas' agriculture giants could dramatically increase the potential of the nation's farms. Today, we'll be giving you a look at Verizon's “Wireless Farming” technology, just one potential application of big data analysis. This technology harnesses Verizon's vast wireless network to beam data from specialized devices which can be implanted into tractors, farming equipment, or weather stations to centralized computer terminals. What does this mean for farmers? Verizon says it can provide real time, farm specific analysis, sent straight to your iPad or mobile device when you need it.
“Across the region, Verizon's wireless technologies are changing the landscape of agriculture which is helping farmers maximize yields, conserve natural resources, and increase operation efficiencies,” said Kim Spale, a Solutions Architect with Verizon.
This technology has already been used to create a wireless guidance system for farm equipment, which according to Verizon Manager Steven Bonitz “saves farmers time and labor costs...and is so accurate it actually increases the farmer's usable acreage.”
New Boundary Technologies collaborated with Verizon to use Verizon's wireless weather stations to create a centralized system capable of giving farmers weather analysis specifically tailored to their individual farms.
“Wireless Farmers” will be able to use these services to know the scientifically best time to plant, irrigate, and harvest their crops in order to maximize yields, and their profits.
Is this just the beginning?
To learn more about the potential of big data, check out our previous article on the subject here.
