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THE FARMING OF TOMORROW IS ALREADY HERE: HOW LoRaWAN
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TECHNOLOGY
SUPPORTS SMART AGRICULTURE & PRECISE ANIMAL PRODUCTION
analyzing the outgoing data. Beewise needed to provide a
centralized system that monitors and controls a significant
amount of distributed sensors, in the field and in real-time,
with little to no lag, while being accurate and secure.
Beewise deployed a wide inter-connected network of
distributed devices and sensors using AWS IoT Core and
AWS IoT Device Management. Additionally, using other
AWS services, they achieved an astounding aggregate of
large amounts of data to a centralized repository, where
they analyzed the data, and sent back commands to
distributed systems in real-time.
As a result, more bees have survived, thrived, and
pollinated. Beewise was able to achieve a dramatic
increase in plant pollination and honey production, while
significantly reducing manual labor. Thanks to AWS IoT,
Beewise lowered the average bee mortality rate from ~40%
(in today's beehives) to less than 10% in Beewise's robotic
AI-controlled beehives.
CONCLUSION
Today, every agricultural sector depends on farm data
collection. By combining high flexibility with a variety of
implementation modes in rural areas, the high performance
and long duration of the sensors, and a wide range of
proven devices and solutions available on the market,
LoRaWAN is the de facto state-of-the-art technology for
collecting data in the animal production industry.
Like major technology changes in the past—artificial
insemination, genetics, nutrition, genomics—the monitoring
of animal production is a game changer in the path to a
sustainable and profitable food industry. Traceability from
farm to fork is one of the biggest challenges for meat and
dairy producers and LoRaWAN monitoring solutions are
essential contributors to assisting the farmer on a daily
basis.
By participating in the costs of monitoring solutions and
openly sharing data with the full trust and confidence
between all the stakeholders of the industry, farmers should
overcome the biggest challenges of the next century: to
feed the planet safely, sustainably, and profitably with
respect to the welfare of both farmers and animals.
