Smart farming using simple tech

Not all technology is complicated or expensive. With vastly improved user interfaces, compact devices, and simplified apps, technology can be used almost anywhere, anytime, by anyone in thousands of applications.

The key points of this article:

• A range of easy-to-use tools is available to growers to help with scouting and keeping track of crops

• Drones do not need to break the bank to be useful; simple applications can yield large savings of time and money

• A variety of smartphone applications are available to help potato growers

• Applications using satellite imagery can be used to optimise irrigation, monitor growth, and provide an historical record of an area.

In Issue 06 of PotatoLink magazine, John Coulombe of Drone Training Solutions explains the many uses of drones, and two smartphone apps are reviewed.