Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers recently joined a national push forbetter broadband accessin agricultural areas to keep farms running competitively.
Its a sign that modern farming is as much about robotics and IT as milk buckets.
Dairy farmers increasingly are turning to broadband solutions to keep their cows producing as much milk as possible.
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Churning to Get Online
Getting connected is a major issue in farm country.
And, if passed,the proposed federal infrastructure planwill provide more support for extending broadband.
“However, access equity remains a priority as many farmers still lack reliable broadband,” he added.
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Its not just humans that need to track their movements with Fitbits or Apple Watches.
For example, theEmbediVet Sensoris a small implantable equipment that is embedded under the animal’s skin.
It detects and records the heart rate, temperature, and activity levels of the animal at regular intervals.
Its Whats Connected
Dairy cows arent the only ones that are going high-tech.
“The problem is that the Big Meat industry is not set up to provide that information.
We want to fix that.”
