Week 10 - Power Supply and Automationa in Agriculture

What do The Yield sensors measure in Australia to help oyster farmers?

• Soil moisture and sunlight levels

• Air quality and wind speed

• Water temperature and salt levels

• Milk fat and protein content

How does a soil moisture sensor know if the ground is wet?

• It uses a tiny electric current to test

• It takes pictures with a camera

• It listens to sounds in the soil

• It heats the ground with lasers

What powers the drones used by AgroScout in Brazil?

• Solar panels on the farm’s roof

• Batteries that keep them flying

• Wind energy from turbines

• Power grid from the city

What do Lely robots check on dairy farms in the Netherlands?

• Soil moisture and crop health

• Milk quality and udder health

• Water levels and air temperature

• Sunlight and plant growth

How did AeroFarms grow lettuce 390 times a year?

• Planting crops in big outdoor fields

• Flying drones to spray chemicals

• Heating soil with electric currents

• Using sensors to control light and water

Match the company to its sensor use

• Tests milk quality on dairy farms

• The Yield

• Spots sick plants with drone sensors

• Lely

• Checks water temperature for oysters

• Arable

• Measures soil moisture on fruit farms

• AgroScout

Match the sensor type to what it measures

• Udder health in cows

• Laser sensor

• Heat from sick plants

• Infrared sensor

• Temperature and humidity

• Air sensor

• Water in the ground

• Soil moisture sensor

Match the energy source to the tech it powers

• Dairy robots in Netherlands

• Wind energy

• Drones over soybean fields

• Batteries

• Indoor farms in the USA

• Solar panels

• Soil moisture texts in California

• Power grid

Match the location to the farming problem solved

• Saved oysters from storms

• Brazil

• Caught a bug attack early

• India

• Cut water pump energy costs

• Australia

• Stopped a drought’s damage

• Spain

Put the steps of a soil moisture sensor’s work in order

• Wet soil conducts current

• Energy flows through probes

• Computer gets water data

• Sensor is placed in soil