Zyter has introduced an IoT-based solution that leverages AI to help farmers and agronomists make smarter crop management decisions. The solution is part of the FarmGrid Precision Agriculture Solution.

Running on the Zyter SmartSpaces platform, the new solution is designed to give farmers and agronomists a virtual view of the farm ecosystem with emphasis on automating and improving standard crop management practices to achieve more sustainable, precision agriculture. 

Zyter Smart Agriculture gathers data on soil and atmospheric conditions from a network of IoT sensors buried in the ground and placed in various locations across the farm. In-ground sensors monitor measurement data that indicates soil health, including moisture, nutrients, and solar radiation levels. Other IoT-enabled devices, such as weather stations, generate temperature, precipitation, wind speed, and air quality measurements.

All data is displayed in an intuitive graphical interface on the Zyter Smart Agriculture dashboard and mobile app. Zyter’s solution also displays notifications and alerts of soil readings that are out of optimal range.

“Today’s farmers are challenged to produce more yield to meet the growing global demand for food supplies, but with fewer labor resources,” said Sanjay Govil, founder and CEO of Zyter, Inc. “Zyter Smart Agriculture helps farmers increase efficiency and improve crop yield with precision agriculture practices, greater insights and more informed decision making.”

The AI component of Zyter Smart Agriculture analyses the streams of IoT sensor data over time to provide predictive analytics and suggestions of actions farmers can take to ensure an optimised yield.

Drones outfitted with AI imagery technology automate the manual task of physically inspecting crop fields. The AI technology learns over time what healthy crops should look like and what conditions are ideal to support them. This data is fed into Zyter Smart Agriculture and analysed to provide additional actionable insights for attaining maximum crop yields.

“The Zyter SmartSpaces platform is a great fit for our FarmGrid solution,” said George Woodward, president & CEO, Trilogy Networks, Inc. “We standardised on the platform because of Zyter’s unique approach to simplifying data access from multiple sensors, controls, and connected devices. This unique combination of FarmGrid and SmartSpaces unleashes the creative innovation from millions of developers globally working to feed the world’s expanding population.”

“The Grand Farm has been working with Trilogy and their FarmGrid solution during the 2021 growing season,” said Grand Farm Director, Dr. William Aderholdt. “As the foundation of our signature initiative, we received two types of sensors from two different companies to use with this platform. Once on the farm, we had them installed and up-and-running in 15 minutes – seamlessly communicating with each other on the Zyter platform.”

“Zyter’s Smart Agriculture solution raises the bar given its comprehensive architecture and user friendly experience, which makes it easy for farmers to understand, in real time, what is happening in their fields,” said Allen Salmasi, founder and CEO, Veea, Inc., a leader in edge computing, connectivity and security and contributing member of the Rural Cloud Initiative. “From Smart Cities to Smart Towns, Zyter’s commitment to innovation and scalability, and contributions to meaningful collaborations with partners including Qualcomm Technologies, Trilogy Networks, and Veea, is changing for the better how we address challenges including food quality, security and sustainability for decades to come.”