Farm Sustainability
Farmers face sustainability challenges due to rising energy, fertilizer and labor costs, ground water depletion and government subsidy cutbacks. Now more than ever, farmers feel increasing pressure to:
- Conserve ground water resources
- Reduce energy consumption and air pollution
- Reduce irrigation runoff of fertilizers, herbicides, and pesticides
- Reduce labor costs
- Reduce fuel and equipment thefts
- Reduce equipment down time and maintenance costs
- Increase crop yields
- Improve profitability
There are diminishing returns to simply expanding a farm labor pool to deal with these pressures. Modern-day farmers are looking for technology solutions to help, but these solutions must provide the following features to be viable:
- Reliable, fail-safe operation
- Lower up-front costs
- No monthly recurring fees for basic functionality
- Comprehensive status feedback
- Intuitive user interfaces
- Scheduling that’s easy to reconfigure
- Advanced automation and adaptive learning routines
Smart Farm Systems has spent 5 years developing a product for the agricultural community to address all of these important, daily issues.