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Remote monitoring provides alternative to field visits

  • April 21, 2020
  • 8:00 am

Demand for remote field monitoring has increased following the Coronavirus outbreak, reports Metos, a UK-based brand of wireless, solar powered monitoring systems.

Gottfried Pessl, President and Founder of Pessl Instruments, parent company of Metos, explains: “Every trip to the field costs time and money, but during the coronavirus outbreak it may be impossible to check on all crops. Remote field monitoring systems allow farmers and agronomists to reduce field visits to only when they are really necessary.

“We are already receiving an increase in orders. For example, large tomato growers in the US and Turkey want to install more soil moisture monitoring systems, alongside remote monitoring of insects, climatic conditions, soil nutrition and workforce tracking.”

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LoRAIN sensor from iMETOS

“Installing this equipment now will allow them to improve their risk management, while protecting the crop, the environment, their workers and continue to provide food to the population.”

In the UK, the Rural Payments Agency has paused farm inspections, while globally, the GLOBALG.A.P standards setting organisation has extended certificates for six months, because inspectors are unable to travel to farms to perform audits.

“I believe that in the future, permanent and mobile Internet of Things (IoT) solutions, such as remote monitoring, will help government and standards agencies collect some of the data they need to make sure the food we eat is safe, without needing to travel so frequently,” says Gottfried.

Metos produces a range of wireless, solar-powered, remote monitoring systems and an online platform, including weather stations, soil moisture systems, insect traps, crop growth cameras, portable soil and tissue laboratories, trackers of various kinds, and the relevant decision support software.

IoT technology has been available for the past 20 years, but has only been used by a small percentage of farmers.

“Installing such IoT technology on farms will help farmers and their agronomists to identify problems immediately, without needing to visit the field. In some cases, it may even provide greater accuracy than a visual inspection can reveal. Real-time alerts from weather stations allow farmers and consultants to make immediate decisions based on actual field weather conditions.”

Conveniently, METOS® IoT remote weather stations and sensors are very easy to install. So farmers can take advantage of the technology now, to help them manage their crops during the current Coronavirus lockdown, and in the future.

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