When it comes to precision agriculture, broadband is moving beyond being nice to have; instead, it is fast becoming a “must have,” according to a new report from NTCA—The Rural Broadband Association. The 28-page report, titled “From Fiber to Field:…
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Rural Cloud Initiative Will Provide Edge Computing for Rural Wireless, Precision Agriculture
Edge computing isn’t just for metro areas, as the Rural Cloud Initiative from Trilogy Networks and Chat Mobility illustrates. Chat Mobility is a wireless carrier serving rural Iowa and Trilogy networks is a network-as-a-service provider that has a specialty in…
USDA Report Puts Economic Value on Broadband and Precision Agriculture
Deployment of both broadband e-Connectivity and Next Generation Precision Agriculture Technology on farms and ranches throughout the U.S. could result in at least $47 billion in national economic benefits every year, according to a new report about broadband and precision…
C Spire Precision Agriculture Pilot Saved Water, Increased Yield
A C Spire precision agriculture pilot undertaken in Mississippi for the 2018 growing season has yielded promising results, according to the company. An automated irrigation system used C Spire LTE to collect information about soil moisture from sensors located in…
Hawk Networks: Microtransactions Will be the Secret Sauce for Althea Precision Ag Networks
Hawk Networks hopes the Althea microtransactions platform it has built will be the secret sauce for the networks the company is establishing in rural areas to support precision agriculture. We talked to Althea CEO Deborah Simpier recently about the company’s…
Report: Private Wireless Cost for Precision Ag Estimated at $50K Per Farm
A new report from CoBank’s Knowledge Exchange Division estimates the upfront cost of deploying a private wireless network to support precision agriculture at $50,000 per farm if deployed through one of the nation’s farm supply cooperatives. The annual recurring cost…
FCC Precision Ag Task Force Recommendations Would Expand Broadband Buildout Requirements
At the same time that the government is making unprecedented funding available for broadband, it also is considering setting more ambitious broadband goals. A new set of ambitious goals came this week from the FCC Precision Agriculture Task Force which,…
USDA Agriculture Innovation Agenda Could Spur Broadband Usage, Deployment
A new U.S. Department of Agriculture initiative announced today, dubbed Agriculture Innovation Agenda, aims to “align resources, programs and research to position American agriculture to better meet future global demands,” according to the USDA. Although the department doesn’t specifically reference…
FCC to Create Precision Ag Connectivity Task Force
The impact that the IoT and other advanced technologies is having on agriculture is illustrated by the creation by the FCC of the Task Force for Reviewing Connectivity and Technology Needs of Precision Agriculture in the United States. The FCC…
U.S. Cellular Taps IoT for Smart Agriculture Services
U.S. Cellular next month plans to launch several smart agriculture services in partnership with Internet of Things America, a company that specializes in agricultural IoT, said U.S. Cellular Director of Emerging Product and Services Management Scott Scheuber in an interview…
C Spire Helping to Test IoT in Agriculture on Mississippi Delta Farms
C Spire, JF Phillips Farm and PrecisionKing are experimenting on the use of the IoT in agriculture to increase crop yields in the Mississippi Delta. The companies are testing smart equipment and new automated irrigation techniques to gauge the impact…
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