The Digital Frontlines Blog
Interim Solutions to Agriculture’s Rural Connectivity Problem
Rural America has an internet access problem, and for the foreseeable future, it will continue to be reality for growers and ranchers in remote areas. While rural connectivity is improving, a 2019 report found that 25% of farms cannot get online. Without access,...
AgTech: The Shortcomings of Big Data
In AgTech, big data means collecting everything. The temperature of the air as you plant, the moisture of the kernel as you harvest, the exact coordinate of each weed you find; it all gets absorbed into the digital cloud, analyzed, and processed. The end result is...
Connecting Data Sources for Sustainability
Sustainability may be agriculture’s biggest buzzword, but there’s a new sense of urgency. Everyone along the supply chain recognizes the need for data harmonization to grow more food, feed more people and slow climate change. For farmers to improve soil health,...
Invasive Species Awareness Week: What’s Lurking in our Waters?
Ever seen Water chestnut? Hydrilla? The Zebra mussel? They are just three of the hundreds of Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS) lurking in our waters and spreading at an alarming rate along seashores, and in lakes, rivers, bays and streams. AIS cause an estimated $123...
Beware of these 5 Pitfalls with System Integration Services
The riskiest problems are those you don’t know to expect, and system integration services are rife with pitfalls that pose risks for the unprepared or inexperienced IT team. To save you from making the kind of mistakes that can derail your systems integration, we’re...
Climate Change and Disease: Is Agriculture Our Best Hope?
COVID-19 is a stark reminder that life on earth depends on life on earth. Cut down trees, and we destroy the habitat of the animals there. Burn down rainforests, and the birds, bats and insects migrate to new areas. Previously isolated species are suddenly moving in...