Farmlytics
AI-driven farming apps enhance efficiency by enabling real-time monitoring and automation of farmland. These apps assist farmers in crop monitoring, precision agriculture, market analysis, and weather forecasting. The article reviews 10 apps, including YieldsApp for agronomic analysis and AGvisorPRO for consulting, highlighting their roles in optimizing agricultural practices and improving profitability.
One area of new technology which may start to make an impact on agriculture is augmented reality (AR). AR allows you to overlay sensor data, previous crop imagery or some other information over visual reality. For example a set of glasses or goggles that could superimpose another image or computer generated image on top of […]
The Agricultural Drones or UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) market is expected to grow to approximately USD 4.3 Billion by 2022, with growth at an annual rate of 27% between 2016 and 2022. However, the use of UAVs in livestock farming has generally lagged behind that of crop farming. Despite this, a number of livestock farmers have […]
The current challenges to agriculture have raised the need to find new solutions to support farmers and other market players in improving production efficiency, fostering sustainability and empowering the rural population. According to research carried out by the World Bank, around 75% of the Worlds poor are involved in agriculture, which has a fundamental role in the […]
It is estimated that over 10 million lambs in Australia die each year within 48 hours of birth. These are worth over $700 million to the industry, not to mention an animal welfare concern; however on average lamb survival rates have not changed in 20 years. The Lamb Survival Initiative estimates that an extra lamb […]