Virgin Media O2 has collaborated with Cannon Hall Farm and Springtime on the Farm presenter Jules Hudson to create the ‘Connected Farm of the Future’ to explore the future of UK agriculture.
With farmers often working solely across big areas and remote locations with little to no signal, access to connectivity can be a game changer, and in the most extreme cases be the difference between life and death.
According to data from the Health and Safety Executive , agriculture has the highest workplace injury rate of 4,100 per 100,000 workers, 3.5 times higher than the all-industry average. The trial is thought to improve safety by removing no-spots, offering reliable mobile signal across the farm and giving workers the ability to get help should they need it.
When it comes to optimising yields, over the past 30 years, major crop yields have decreased by four to 10 per cent due to climate change. To resolve the impact of increasingly extreme and unpredictable weather conditions such as floods and droughts on crop viability and yield, part of the trial sees the installation of connected soil moisture, atmospheric temperature and humidity sensors.
Owner of Cannon Hall Farm, Rob Nicholson, said: “We are thrilled to be partnering with Virgin Media O2 to trial the “Connected Farm of the Future”. Rural connectivity opens the door to a range of new technologies than could completely change farming as we know it.
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