Internet of Things and Cloud Computing for better Agriculture
The Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO) predicts the global population to reach 8 billion people by 2025 and 9.6 billion...
Different types of sensors used in Precision Agriculture
Rapid growth in population, climate change, reduction in rainfall, and demand for more food to feed billions of people worldwide are placing a lot...
Remote sensing in agriculture – Benefits, and applications
Agricultural production follows a strong seasonal pattern related to the natural lifecycle of crops and weather. Farmers track the physical landscape, such as soil...
How precision agriculture is transforming modern farming
Precision agriculture is the management and use of technology and data from one or more of the following sources: soils, crops, nutrients, pests, moisture,...
Milk quality in automatic milking systems (AMS) – Challenges
The production of high-quality milk and keeping the herd in good health are the main objectives in primary milk production. An automatic milking system...
History of automatic milking systems (AMS) – Timeline
We have been milking cows for thousands of years. Farmers used their hands and a bucket during the earliest days of milking while kneeling...
Automatic milking systems (AMS) – What they CAN and CANNOT do!
The automatic milking system (AMS) represents a revolutionary innovation in dairy farming that replaces the physical labor needed to harvest milk and influences the...
Adoption of automatic milking systems (AMS) – Key challenges
Over the last 100 years, the dairy industry has incorporated technology to maximize yield and profit, and automatic milking systems (AMS) are one of...
Top 6 ways robotics is changing the food industry in 2020
Every link in the food supply chain is affected by robotics. Robots introduce new ways in which food is processed and packaged to improve...
Precision agriculture is the future of farming – Doing more with less!
Agriculture touches everyone's life, unlike many other industries. Farming is central to well-being since food and water are our necessities. The global economy relies...