Embratel announced the launch of the Smart Farm solutions platform to boost the adoption of connectivity and digital tools in agribusiness. The new solution unites technologies and connectivity and was developed together with Farmers Edge. The platform includes high-resolution satellite imagery services, weather stations, telemetry, soil sampling, data processing with Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, data management application, as well as support and customized training for farmers.

The Smart Farm platform is available to the market with four modules: Smart Imagery: provides high-frequency, high-resolution satellite imagery, as well as unique maps of the farms. Through the management of this data, the automatic detection of possible pests, diseases, nutritional deficiencies, climatic injuries, application failures, equipment malfunctions and drainage problems are made. When recognizing a change, the solution automatically notifies the farmer so that the necessary corrections can be made. Smart Insite: operates crop monitoring and digital agriculture with a special focus on climate.

The solution enables and improves agronomic decisions through data capture in the field and allows for predictive analysis and modeling. It consists of a weather station that collects information on weather conditions, such as humidity, temperature, precipitation in real time; and offers high-frequency, high-resolution satellite imagery. In this way, it is possible to have knowledge of the microclimate of the property, better programming operations according to weather conditions.

Smart: the solution unites the technologies and functionalities of the Smart Imagery and Smart Insite offerings, adding the use of telemetry to monitor equipment, such as harvesters, in real time. Telemetry allows tracking of machinery, also providing route history and other indicators. Thus, operations are monitored, enabling immediate adjustments in case of incorrect use of equipment, such as inadequate traffic speed.

It also allows the identification of possible operational failures and fuel use savings. Smart VR: the solution brings the functionalities and technologies of the Smart offer, in addition to an agronomic consultancy that performs soil sampling and analysis, enabling the optimization and correct application of inputs, fertilizers and correctives, through planting maps. The solution supports the promotion of resource savings and the adoption of sustainable best practices.

All these solutions have a management application that presents in real time all the indicators collected by the tools, benefiting the programming of operations and the performance of predictive procedures to improve the harvesting process.