‘Hey Siri, bring in the cattle and irrigate field four’

If you go down to the farm today, you’ll probably find it packed with sensors, drones and remote management systems managed by iPhones, iPads and other mobile devices.

A new agriculture

In fact, we’re only one or two Siri Shortcuts away from voice-controlled farms equipped with remotely controlled irrigation, livestock and crop management solutions and blockchain-based crop lifecycle analysis tools.

Most of this technology exists, though cost constrains deployment.

Leading the digital transformation of agriculture are apps, such as: Agrellus, an online marketplace for agriculture, xarvio Scouting App for better crop management, FieldNET Mobile to control water pivots remotely, Yara ImageIT which turns your iPhone into a crop nutrient testing system, AgSense, GrainTruckPlus. There are many more apps for agriculture available at the App Store – including Tudder, the “Tinder for farm animals”.

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Source: Computer World