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Intelligent Farming with ThingWorx Analytics

Technology Category

Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Data Management Platforms
Sensors - Humidity Sensors

Applicable Industries

Agriculture

Applicable Functions

Process Manufacturing

Use Cases

Smart Irrigation

The Customer

Z Food Farm

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About The 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 exciti

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The 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.

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The 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.

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Data Collected

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

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Operational Impact

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

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