The Astronout milking robot is a robot that cows like to go to themselves. Because they get food and water, but also because they are automatically milked at the moment that a cow likes it. The automatic milking robot recognizes the cow. Based on the collected data, the milking robot determines whether the cow should be milked and given food and drink, or whether the cow should be gently pushed away from the milking robot (to the disappointment of the more opportunistic cows).
Lely's system collects enormous amounts of data. Lely's management system, T4C (Time 4 Cows), translates this into understandable and practical language. This provides insight into, for example, milk production, cows' visiting behaviour to the milking robot, feed intake of the cows and especially the health of the cows, anytime and anywhere. Farmers can consult this information on their mobile phone as well as in the cloud system.
Fish and shrimp farms
In the case of fish and shrimp farms, the following problems play a role: theft, water quality and weather conditions. The problem of theft can be tackled by means of cameras and motion sensors. Sensors that measure the quality of water (including oxygen and temperature) are connected to a cloud solution that informs the manager in good time about the measures to be taken. The external information about the expected weather conditions is combined with the weather stations on the farm itself, so that timely intervention can be made to ensure the required microclimate.
Prospect
There are inspiring examples of farmers who are already using the Internet of Things. But more research will also have to follow to investigate whether, where and how IoT is of added value in agriculture. As Guido Mangnus (marketing director of the Dewulf Group) says in an article in Boerderij : “The technology is there. The big question is what to do with it.”
As can be seen from the above mentioned examples, the benefits of IoT application in agriculture are mainly focused on efficiency. Farmers can optimize the use of resources and also reduce production costs. They can achieve this by, among other things, better monitoring of crops and avoiding harvest losses due to disease or bad weather. In addition, they can optimize the use of water and better plan farm activities. All mentioned activities offer opportunities for both existing and future suppliers of agricultural management products.
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Sustainability effects are well aligned with market needs and production efficiency guarantees that we will be able to provide sufficient food for the world population in 2050. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), there are still many people in the world who are hungry. As many as 815 million people are said to be chronically malnourished. FAO predicts that the world population will probably reach 9.8 billion people by 2050.
To feed the world, food production needs to increase by 70 percent by 2050. According to FAO, farmers need to be equipped with innovative tools and techniques to achieve this goal. It is clear that IoT and all related digital technologies will play a key role in this.
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