• AUG / SEP 2020
FARM NEWS 15
New service gives farmers and food producers real time alerts about their operations
A specialist agri-tech business based in Cornwall , has introduced a new service to give farmers and food producers access to real time alerts about their operations .
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WITH the ability to alert when action needs to be taken on everything from water leaks to temperature fluctuations in cold food storage , it has the potential to save significant amounts of time and money .
Glas Data has spent three years developing and refining its GlasCore dashboard , which displays all of a farm ’ s data in one easy to understand dashboard , which can be primarily viewed on a mobile phone , as well as a tablet or computer .
The latest development is the introduction of real time alerts . The system can be set up to monitor the data that matters to the farmer and a text message or email can be sent to draw their attention to any issue that needs
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action . Alerts can be sent to multiple users .
“ The system can be set up individually for each farmer or food producer , to track exactly what they need and alert them to issues of concern . This means they can react quickly and take mitigating action that could save significant costs , before small issues become a serious problem . The system has been designed to work with businesses of any scale . You can adopt this if you have only one thing you care about or if you need 1000 ’ s of sensors and alerts sent to 100 ’ s of employees ,” explains Colin Phillipson , co-founder of Glas Data .
The technology has many applications and can be used wherever data can be collected . For example , sensors could
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Colin Phillipson and Rob Sanders co-founders of Glas Data
monitor waste water tanks , and send an alert when they need to be emptied . For food producers , the ability to alert if the temperature of fridges or freezers reaches a certain level , could allow a quick response to save produce if a cooling system fails .
The system can be used in dairy farming , where it could provide alerts on the volume of milk produced . The system can also monitor milk tank temperatures and alert when they are out of tolerance . For arable farmers , alerts on
soil health ( moisture and / or temperature ) can be set up .
Other potential applications include an alert when gates are left open , water troughs need filling up , if voltages for electric fences fall too low , or to alert when a bore hole pump fails .
Colin Phillipson adds : “ The system has been designed to be simple and easy to use . Technology can become overwhelming and use up more time than it saves if farmers and food producers need to log in to multiple apps and websites . With GlasCore , all of the data they need is available in one place , with one log-in and our new real time alerts , means that even more time and money will be saved .”
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