The world’s population keeps growing. To be able to feed everyone on earth, we need more and more precision. Whether it is called agriculture 4.0, « smart farming » or precision agriculture, the goal is to increase efficiency, improve effectiveness, optimize processes, reduce waste  and grow quality products.

The Internet of Things (IoT) is at the core of this concept. Precision irrigation is one example of an application in this field, helping to secure agricultural production and offset water shortages. Thanks to sensors placed in the ground, mounted on farm vehicles or attached to livestock, and connected to communication networks, farmers can cultivate the land and raise animals in an optimal way while reducing costs.             

PENTERACT offers the ideal products and solutions designed for use in rural areas that traditional networks cannot reach. Our emMesh product is a 900 MHz Mesh-topology radio that provides coverage of up to 16 km* per probe. The emMesh system can be powered by solar panels and consumes very little energy, so it can connect to devices in places where WiFi technology would not be effective.

PENTERACT developed the AgriMesh project. 

The AgriMesh system lets you entrust the complete management of your equipment — for example ventilation, lighting or CO2 levels — to sensors that interact together to achieve optimal conditions in your buildings, in real time. Thanks to its artificial intelligence, it analyzes current data, computes based on tomorrow’s conditions and makes the best decisions today in order to maximize the return on your investments.

PENTERACT is pleased to take part in the technological development efforts of HORTAU.

HORTAU is at the forefront of IoT technologies in agriculture 4.0, offering soil-tension measurement stations and weather stations that transmit, in real time, data on crop growing conditions. The data can be viewed on a mobile device or a computer.

Hortau’s irrigation management systems have been shown to reduce the costs associated with energy and water consumption, and help limit the impact of farming operations on the environment.

Monitor and control crop parameters centrally to maximize efficiency.

Monitor and forecast the weather. Get real-time statistics on sunlight exposure.

Positioning equipment through GNSS (GPS) and new RTK technologies can enable yield assessment and optimization of harvesting routes.

Positioning livestock in organic farming, allowing animals to roam freely.

Reduce the need to run electrical wiring across fields and buildings by enabling the use of renewable energy, such as solar panels to power sensors, controllers and other essentials.

There is generally no single technology to meet a given need. The choice depends on a number of important factors that must be understood and mastered before making the right decision.

PENTERACT has been working in the agriculture 4.0 field with these products and services for over 20 years. We are able to advise you. Whether it is Cellular, WiFi or Mesh, our solutions will bring your products to your goals quickly and simply.