ELCA contributor and Lutheran Church member Ray Grabanski serves as president of Progressive Ag, one of the Midwest's leaders in commodity marketing and brokerage, and as an attorney at the company's law firm. As a lifelong member of the agricultural world, Ray Grabanski maintains a professional interest in new developments in farming with implications for his industry.
In farms across America, new smart farming technologies are reshaping agriculture as we know it. Smart farming relies on automated processes, intensely precise control of crops, and, most importantly, collecting vast quantities of data out in the fields.
With so much information available, agricultural analytics can now aid farmers in their decision making on a day to day basis. They can finely tune the air temperature, dissolved oxygen concentration, and humidity around their crops. For example, moisture sensors can report on soil conditions around the clock, automatically feeding data into a cloud-based computer. This data is then automatically shared with the smart irrigation system, which can deliver the perfect amount of water.
In farms across America, new smart farming technologies are reshaping agriculture as we know it. Smart farming relies on automated processes, intensely precise control of crops, and, most importantly, collecting vast quantities of data out in the fields.
With so much information available, agricultural analytics can now aid farmers in their decision making on a day to day basis. They can finely tune the air temperature, dissolved oxygen concentration, and humidity around their crops. For example, moisture sensors can report on soil conditions around the clock, automatically feeding data into a cloud-based computer. This data is then automatically shared with the smart irrigation system, which can deliver the perfect amount of water.
