Latest innovations aim to make farmer’s lives easier
By Diego Flammini, Farms.com
More and more industries are going away from traditional pen and paper and adopting the inevitable digital takeover to make their operations run more efficiently and increase profitability.
Farming and agriculture is no exception.
With all the information farmers need to have on hand at all times, mobile apps are quickly becoming just important a tool as a tractor or sprayer.
Here are a few of the newer apps either currently available or in production that could be helpful to farmers.
Smiley-Farmer
The app acts like an online data base that can provide the farmer with information and advice based on their location. It uses text messages to send and receive information such as crop diseases and solutions.
This app was part of the 2015 Space Apps Challenge – a global, two-day event where entrepreneurs and other enthusiasts show off their technological skills by designing and presenting mobile applications where it was Global Nominee #2.
Blueprint
This app is designed for anyone with a hog operation. It will provide users with research, new production methods, veterinarian input and more to ensure the hogs and the operation is healthy. It is currently available for Apple and Android devices.
For anyone else with agriculture and technology on the brain, the Silicon Valley AgTech Conference is scheduled for Monday, May 11, 2015.
The show will feature speakers including Glenda Humiston from the United States Department of Agriculture, Kiersten Stead representing Monsanto Growth Ventures and Bob Whitaker from Produce Marketing Association.
Join the conversation and tell us if you’ll be attending the AgTech Conference or if you’re interested in any of the apps mentioned above.
Be sure to check out the Farms.com apps page for more apps to help your farm be as successful as it can.
Farmer using a tablet