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Intelligent Farming with ThingWorx Analytics

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Applicable Industries	Mining
Applicable Functions	Maintenance
Use Cases	Farm Monitoring & Precision Farming Log in to view content
Challenge	Z Farms was facing three challenges: costly irrigation systems with water as a limited resource, narrow optimal ranges of soil moisture for growth with difficult maintenance and farm operators could not simply turn on irrigation systems like a faucet. Read More
Customer	Z Food Farm is a small organic farm located in Lawrenceville, New Jersey. Their mission is to promote food as a powerful cultural force for interacting with our environment and within our communities by providing certified organic, high quality and exciting varieties of vegetables, herbs & fruits. Read More
Solution	ThingWorx Analytics delivered proactive information regarding land irrigation strategies to farm operators. The platform enables constant monitoring of predictive indicators such as soil moisture throughout farmland. This information enables cost-effective strategies for greater crop yield while conforming to water regulations. To get a free demo of ThingWorx 8 click here. Read More Log in to view content
Data Collected	, Energy Cost Per Unit, Soil Moisture Meters, Water Level Read More Log in to view content
Solution Type	IOT Read More Log in to view content
Solution Maturity	Cutting Edge (technology has been on the market for < 2 years) Read More Log in to view content
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Applicable Industries

Mining

Applicable Functions

Maintenance

Use Cases

Challenge

Z Farms was facing three challenges: costly irrigation systems with water as a limited resource, narrow optimal ranges of soil moisture for growth with difficult maintenance and farm operators could not simply turn on irrigation systems like a faucet.

Customer

Z Food Farm is a small organic farm located in Lawrenceville, New Jersey. Their mission is to promote food as a powerful cultural force for interacting with our environment and within our communities by providing certified organic, high quality and exciting varieties of vegetables, herbs & fruits.

Solution

ThingWorx Analytics delivered proactive information regarding land irrigation strategies to farm operators. The platform enables constant monitoring of predictive indicators such as soil moisture throughout farmland. This information enables cost-effective strategies for greater crop yield while conforming to water regulations.

To get a free demo of ThingWorx 8 click here.

Data Collected

, Energy Cost Per Unit, Soil Moisture Meters, Water Level

Solution Type

IOT

Solution Maturity

Cutting Edge (technology has been on the market for < 2 years)

Impact #1	[Data Management - Data Analysis] Machine learning automates the predictive analytics process.
Impact #2	[Efficiency Improvement - Energy] The amount of energy used in production processes can be lowered and made more efficient.

Impact #1

[Data Management - Data Analysis]
Machine learning automates the predictive analytics process.

Impact #2

[Efficiency Improvement - Energy]
The amount of energy used in production processes can be lowered and made more efficient.

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Intelligent Farming with ThingWorx Analytics

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