Modern Agriculture Technologies

           Innovation is more significant in modern agriculture than ever before. The industry as a whole faces major challenges due to rising supply costs, labor shortages, and changes in consumer preferences for transparency and stability. There is an increasing recognition by agriculture corporations that these challenges need to be addressed.

Robotic Technology:

It is believed that the robots will replace humans in repetitive nature tasks around the world. Agricultural robots perform repeated, automate slow, and dull tasks for farmers, allowing them to focus more on improving overall production yield. Some of the common robots in agriculture are used for:

• Autonomous moving, pruning, seeding, spraying, and thinning.
• Harvesting and picking
• Weed control
• Utility platforms
• Phenotyping
• Sorting and packing etc.

Agriculture Machinery:

                Agricultural machinery is machinery used in farming or other agriculture operations like tillage, sowing, harvesting, etc. The tractor is the best-known example of this kind. There are many kinds of such equipment, from hand tools and power tools to tractors and the countless types of farm implements that they tow or operate. Different kinds of equipment are used in both organic and non-organic farming. Especially since the advent of mechanical agriculture, agricultural machinery has been an integral part of how the world is fed. 

Agricultural machines are designed for practically all stages of the agricultural process. They include plowing, sowing, irrigating the land, cultivating crops, protecting them from pests and weeds, harvesting, threshing grain, feeding cattle, and sorting and packaging the products.

Drone Technology:

The use of drones is growing rapidly in almost every sector of the economy, but the drone usage in the agricultural industry is growing very rapidly. From scouting to security, the use of drones will become more common on large and small farms in a few years. The information collected by drones in the fields is often used to better inform agricultural decisions and is part of a system commonly referred to as 'precision agriculture'. Some of the common robots in agriculture are used for:

• Soil and crop field analysis
• Planting
• Pesticide spraying
• Seeding
• service providers
• Disease recognize
• identify stress
• track plant growth
• create treatment plans etc.

Smart Farming:

Smart farming is a management concept that focuses on providing infrastructure for the agricultural industry to benefit from modern technology. Also known as health agriculture, smart farming is powered by software and sensor monitoring. Due to the growing global population, the growing demand for high crop yields, the need to use natural resources efficiently, the increasing use and fineness of information and communication technology, and the growing need for climate-smart Farming is growing in importance. Smart farming involves the use of such technology:

• Sensors
• Telecommunications
• Data analysis
• Satellites and drones

Solar Technology:

Solar energy has allowed farmers to install solar panels that offer a way to make their energy use more efficient and directly increase farming capabilities. For smallholder farmers, especially in France, solar farming provides a way to meet energy bills, reduce fossil fuel consumption, and breathe new life into existing jobs. The power required for different agricultural operations at the farm level such as the farm fencing, threshing, drying, cooling, milling, green-house heating, water pumping for irrigation, desalination, etc. can be achieved from solar electrical power. Today, there are dozens of high-tech options for using photovoltaic systems in agriculture. Solar energy technology gives farmers the opportunity to consolidate their energy costs. Some solar strategies involve an initial investment, but once these costs are met, the fuel is free. This helps farmers budget more efficiently and save money, as they can avoid the high (and unpredictable) costs of local energy sources.