Role Of Agtech In The Future Of Farming

Modern agricultural operations work utterly different than those a few decades ago, mainly because of advancements in technology. Today's agriculture routinely employs sophisticated technologies such as robots, sensors, aerial images, GPS technology, and many more, enabling agrarians to be more profitable, efficient, safer, and environmentally friendly. Here's what's next for agriculture technology in the years to come and how emerging technology can strike the bottom lines of farmers and landowners.

• Real-Time Crop Monitoring through Remote Satelite Imagery

Since remote satellite imagery has turned more sophisticated, real-time crop imagery is allowed. Crop imaging permits a farmer to inspect crops in real-time. Additionally, weekly photo analysis can save significant time and money on a farm. This technology can also be mixed with the crop, soil, and water sensors to allow farmers to receive notifications and appropriate satellite images when the thresholds for danger are reached.

Today's agriculture routinely employs sophisticated technologies such as robots, sensors, aerial images, GPS technology, and many more, enabling agrarians to be more profitable, efficient, safer, and environmentally friendly

• Precise Watering and Fertilization with Sensor Technology

Soil and water sensors could be the devices with the almost instant effect. This sensor technology is durable, secure, and relatively inexpensive. Farmers find dispensing them across their land cost-effective, and the sensors also provide several other benefits, like measuring levels of moisture and nitrogen. The farmers can employ this information to determine schedule watering and fertilizing. This can further lead to more efficient resources, thereby reducing costs.

• Pay-per-Use Farming Services

Recently, subscription and pay-per-use farming services have become more popular, known as FaaS in the Software as a Service (SaaS) model. FaaS is a helpful model for farmers and landowners to handle the volatility of ever-changing demand and product prices. By transforming fixed upfront costs into variable ongoing costs, FaaS supports farmers and landowners to make data-driven decision-making smarter.

Adopting agtech with the potential to raise yields is essential in agricultural business today.