Update on Smart-Farm Technology

Agriculture ventures across the spectrum are adopting smart technologies to be more productive—all of which require decent broadband. 

• Weeding Robots can slowly roll through a field of vegetables and mechanically kill weeds while avoiding crop plants. This has the added benefit of reducing the amount of water needed for the crops since weeds use much of the water applied to a field. 
• Growing Saffron in Greenhouses: The process is fully automated using smart AI software and creates the  perfect temperatures, humidity, and irrigation that enables four crops per year, compared to the natural one per year.
• Wine Robots: Cornell AgriTech and PhytoPatholoBots (PPB) have developed robots that hopefully will help to eliminate the mildew problem among wine grapes. In the vineyards, the robots can be used to selectively spray plants at the first sign of mildew, which drastically reduces the amount of pesticide needed and also prevents the spread of the disease.