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AGRICULTURAL | LANDBOUKUNDIG AGRICULTURAL tent and overall crop health. Thus, you can monitor your crop growth and any anoma- lies to effectively prevent any diseases or infestations that can harm your yield. ANIMAL MONITORING AND MANAGEMENT There are IoT agriculture sensors that can be attached to the animals on a farm to monitor their health and log performance. Measuring temperature, activity and gra­ zing patterns can give health and nutrition insights on each individual animal as well as collective information about the herd. INFRASTRUCTURE • Monitor water tank levels remotely. • Monitor trough and creek levels as well as flow rates. • Observe not only the filling level, tem- perature and humidity, but also rotting and pest infestation in grain silos. END-TO-END FARM MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS The so-called farm productivity manage­ ment systems are a more complex approach to IoT products where several sensors are combined with powerful dash- board analytical capabilities and in-built accounting/reporting features. This offers remote farm monitoring capabilities and allows you to streamline most of the busi- ness operations. Examples of such sys- tems are Farmlogs and Cropio. References: https://easternpeak.com/blog/iot-in-ag- riculture-5-technology-use-cases-for- smart-farming-and-4-challenges-to- consider/ https://easternpeak.com/blog/6-cool-ex- amples-of-internet-of-things-applica- tions-and-how-to-develop-one/ https://commsolid.com/2017/11/03/ nb-iot-for-monitoring-systems-in-silos/ Read also: Connecting the World: IoT Ideas for Business 6 Cool Examples of Internet of Things Applications and How to Develop One SENWES SCENARIO | TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATION 2018 07