{"id":39877,"date":"2022-02-23T13:18:10","date_gmt":"2022-02-23T12:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/intellias.com\/?p=39877"},"modified":"2024-07-22T13:16:46","modified_gmt":"2024-07-22T11:16:46","slug":"farm-automation-creates-demand-for-new","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/intellias.com\/farm-automation-creates-demand-for-new\/","title":{"rendered":"Farm Automation Creates Demand for New"},"content":{"rendered":"
You can easily find a modern farmer spending more time looking up into the sky rather than gazing at the crops and soil below. No, they are not marveling at the blue scene with puffy clouds, full of promise for an ample harvest. They are watching the drones flying over their land and making sure their crops are safe and sound from tilling to harvesting. The ubiquitous implementation of custom software-powered agricultural drones<\/a> is a small part of the farm automation practices that have been set in motion by the challenges today\u2019s farmers face. Modern problems require modern solutions, right? The shift to automated farming is inevitable, and believe it or not, it\u2019s not about cutting jobs. It\u2019s about achieving better results as well as safer and more comfortable working conditions.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n One of the most vivid justifications that farm automation is here to change the employment landscape in the agricultural industry is that this change is already being documented. The United States government has taken bold moves to help farmers struggling from the pandemic and the aftermath of urbanization. The approval of in-field robotics<\/a> use is one of them. This is nothing to be surprised about, as human-based agricultural businesses are inefficient.<\/p>\n Indeed, the United States has seen hundreds and thousands of reported cases of agricultural employment scandals<\/a> involving sexual harassment, discrimination, wage theft, and health and safety violations. In response, changes were made within the framework of implementing the H-2A visa reform, which envisages legislative and regulatory changes to better protect H-2A workers and their families by increasing agricultural practice safety standards.<\/p>\n Nonetheless, the American government has deemed that changes to H-2A visas won\u2019t suffice, and the Farm Workforce Modernization Act<\/a> is now in the Senate, promising to change the lives of American agribusinesses if passed. Farm automation will be a must, and it will surely change the way people work.<\/p>\n Learn how Intellias created a unified farm management system for one of our clients to boost their production capabilities and raise profitability<\/p>\n Let\u2019s cut to the chase. Two primary technologies stand behind farming automation: machine vision and IoT. Backed by GPS and GIS, which guide their movement in the fields, robotic farm automation solutions can create a virtual 3D model with the help of high-resolution cameras and sensors, which then help them navigate freely and perform tasks seamlessly.<\/p>\n Now, not all agricultural robots are fully automated. Remember: they are robotic solutions and not robots that have come here to make Megathron prevail over the Earthlings. Agricultural robots are programmed to perform various levels of automation, which makes crop management software<\/a> play a crucial role in the configuration of automated farming robotics.<\/p>\n Humans will have to learn how to manipulate these robotic tractors, which on the one hand is quite a tall order. On the other hand, it renders agricultural employees\u2019 lives easier, safer, and more comfortable. Navigating a tractor while sitting in a soft chair with a tablet in front of you is way more pleasant than going out into scorching fields in skin-drenching winds.<\/p>\n Farm automation will happen seamlessly, as we already have the technologies capable of bringing smart solutions to the table, such as automated greenhouse systems with profound analytics. There are three leading technologies that we can expect to see in the fields in the years to come: robots, autonomous machines, and drones. Each will represent another shift in the employment paradigm by altering the skills farmers require of employees, with GIS competence being the most significant.<\/p>\n The entire world is accepting GIS-powered precision farming with grace and gratitude, knowing that it will change and refine the way people produce, collect, distribute, and consume food. The projected expansion of global precision farming by 2025 is impressive.<\/p>\n <\/p>\nLegal background<\/h2>\n
Automation in farming: How does it work?<\/h2>\n
Farm automation: Technologies are coming<\/h2>\n