At a glance
- Client
- A large commercial farmName withheld for confidentiality
- Focus area
- AgriTech
- Service
- IoT Digital Engineering
- Scope
- Sensor deployment, agronomy dashboards and irrigation control
The challenge
Water and fertiliser were applied evenly across every field, though soil and moisture varied widely. Some zones were overwatered while others stayed dry.
Rising input costs and water scarcity made blanket application increasingly hard to justify.
Our approach
Map field variability
Soil sampling and historical yield data were used to divide fields into management zones.
Install sensors
Soil moisture probes and weather stations report conditions for each zone.
Recommend actions
The platform calculates water and fertiliser needs per zone using sensor and forecast data.
Control irrigation
Irrigation valves can be scheduled automatically by zone.
The solution
Each zone now receives the water and nutrients it needs, when it needs them. Farm managers check field conditions and upcoming irrigation from a phone.
Decisions are based on measurements rather than routine.
Results
- Fields divided into data-driven management zones
- Live soil moisture and weather data
- Zone-by-zone irrigation and fertiliser plans
- Mobile dashboard for farm managers
Technology used
- Soil moisture sensors
- LoRaWAN
- Weather APIs
- Irrigation controllers
- Mobile dashboard
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