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LoRa Alliance ® and LoRaWAN ® are registered trademarks. Used with permission. ©2020 LoRa Alliance ® www.lora-alliance.org THE FARMING OF TOMORROW IS ALREADY HERE: HOW LoRaWAN ® TECHNOLOGY SUPPORTS SMART AGRICULTURE & PRECISE ANIMAL PRODUCTION measures need to be taken, making their daily work easier and more efficient. A comprehensive ecosystem for tracking and monitoring both cattle and farm with Caravan Tech Caravan Tech is an ecosystem of devices that were created based on the needs and challenges in the livestock sector. Featured products include the Ear Tag (Caravan Tag), the intra-ruminal bolus and the Caravan Chat. The first two devices transmit vital animal data used for the total management and control of livestock on a farm, thus significantly improving its overall performance. Caravan Chat is a unique chat system that allows parties to communicate through the LoRaWAN network, even in areas without cellular coverage. The Ear Tag (Caravan Tag) for cattle is similar to current ear tags. This tag is capable of reporting every 15 minutes for more than 5 years using the LoRaWAN communication protocol. The main data reported is position by triangulation and GPS, external temperature, detection of steps, jumps, falls, and unusual movements. The intra-ruminal bolus is a device that, once inserted, will remain in the animal rumen throughout its life. It is capable of transmitting data from inside the animal to nearby ear tags around it, regardless if it is associated with just one. The device transmits the internal body temperature, which helps to identify diseases, and efficient heat detection. It also measures the number of steps, movements, intake and provides geolocation in case of emergency. All data taken is sent through the LoRaWAN Network feed and the algorithms of the Caravan Tech Software providing a complete tool for agro-livestock management. Caravan Tech has developed other types of sensors, including water level sensors, door and window open closed status sensors for barns or any other building, vehicle tracker, fuel level and consumption in tanks, horse collar, gates sensors and emergency button, among others. In addition, the company has developed a unique traceability tool, that allows complete tracking of the livestock throughout its whole life. Through strategic partnerships, Caravan Tech is currently integrating existing third-party sensors to their open platform, such as weighing systems, meteorological stations, electrical fence status, opening of electrical fences, automatic electrical fence lifting, and opening or closing gates. They seek developers who have existing devices that want to be part of our ecosystem, facilitating management of farming operations, as well as improving producer's performance. Monitoring devices embedded within beehives with Zenseio Zenseio devices are used to monitor the well-being of beehives to reduce bee mortality rates and to help sustain the beekeeping industry. A beehive colony is a collective organism, which, like a person, has vital signs indicating good health or sickness. Zenseio devices are embedded inside beehives to continually monitor key health parameters and alert beekeepers when the values move outside the normal range. Alert messages are also triggered when an unexpected outside disturbance to a beehive is detected, such as ransacking by a bear or thieves. Thanks to LoRaWAN radio, Zenseio devices can be low cost to manufacture and operate, allowing economies of scale to equip large numbers of beehives located in remote rural areas. Inter-connected network of robotic beehives with Beewise Beewise, by AWS, provides a robotic beehive that allows beekeepers to remotely treat their bees. They developed a network of these robotic beehives distributed in the field, monitoring millions of bees within a single device and BEEKEEPING

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