NZ Rural Broadband - Making Precision Agriculture Possible

NZ  Rural  Broadband:  Making  Precision  Agriculture  Possible  

22  November  2012  

http://www.iitp.org.nz/events/canterbury/668-NZ_Rural_Broadband_Making_Precision_Agriculture_Possible

Tonight’s  Panel  

•  Dr  Armin  Werner  -­‐  Precision  Agriculture  Research  Manager,  Lincoln  Ventures  Limited,  commencing  January  2013.  

•  Jake  Vargo  -­‐  Rural  Sector  Sales  South  Island,  Vodafone.  

•  Reg  Hammond  -­‐  Independent  Policy  Consultant  at  InternetNZ.    

RBI Jake  Vargo  Rural  Sales,  South  Island  

The RBI delivers benefits to the whole community

logistics

education

farming

households

health

Wireless connectivity available to remote areas

• 154 new cell towers • 387 upgraded towers • 6,200sqKm new coverage • Additional 240,000 households in coverage

Wireless

What have we done so far?

Since the start of the programme we have built over 20 new towers and upgraded over 130

Large areas of the country now have greater access to fast and reliable Fixed and wireless broadband services

Over 75k addresses now have access to rural broadband services

Areas with great Wireless coverage include

Waikato  &  Greater  Auckland   Canterbury  &  Ashburton  

Dunedin  &  Invercargill  

Wireless Broadband is delivered using an external antenna (yagi) and WiFi modem

• External antenna for better performance

• WiFi router delivers in-home broadband. Connectivity can be wireless or by Ethernet cable  

Typical RBI towers...

Maximum peak Wireless Broadband

speeds Typical dial up

speeds

Wireless Broadband & Calling 4

Install only $199

 Includes calling options and all local calls  $110 per month for 10GB data*  No need for a fixed calling line**  Data Angel included  Buy more data if you need it ($20 for 5GB)  Great alternative to satellite

*  Not  compaRble  with  staRc  IP   **  Required  for  faxes  or  alarm  lines  

Check text info to ensure customer address is in WBB coverage...

Use additional converge map checker to drill into customers address and land...

No WBB available

Thank you

Precision Agriculture Infrastructure Limitations and Possibilities Reg Hammond

Infrastructure Limitations

"   What are farmers looking for – order of priority? —  coverage, —  mobility, —  speed/bandwidth, —  price.

"   What’s available now? —  fixed copper – low quality dial up for many. —  cellular mobile – often coverage problems & 2G low

bandwidth —  satellite – expensive —  fixed wireless reliant on fixed copper backhaul

Infrastructure Possibilities

What does the RBI bring to rural communities over next 3 – 6 years?

— Coverage – broadband extended to 97.76% of NZ households (86% of rural households) > 5Mbps. 98.7% of NZ households > 1Mbps

— Mobility - ~ 94% of this will be mobile coverage – remainder will be fixed copper

— Speed/bandwidth, Chorus/LFC fibre (schools in rural) 100Mbps; Vodafone Cellular > 5Mbps – potentially dependent upon Vodafone getting 700MHz spectrum.

— Price – with averaging it will be the same as urban.

Infrastructure Possibilities

"   What is possible – for most? —  Coverage – if Vodafone and Telecom get the 700MHz

spectrum mobile broadband coverage will be significantly improved – InternetNZ, Rural Women submitted that there should be a requirement that 700MHz should be rolled out in rural first.

—  Chorus – has to connect rural schools and Vodafone towers with fibre for backhaul. Almost certain they will also connect many rural cabinets with fibre significantly improving fixed copper broadband backhaul services – so may be increase in competition.

—  Base stations / Wi-Fi Hot spots – improved backhaul for fixed copper may well open up opportunity for e.g. a farm to operate its own local wireless network on the farm – using the fixed network for backhaul.

—  Cognitive radio – ability to roam across various vacant spectrum bands including TV and Mobile

"   What is possible – for the few (1.3% or 14% < 5 Mbps) —  Fixed copper – will almost certainly improve for some. —  White space (unused spectrum) – only one component of the

problem but potential for communities (for example in a rural valley) if someone can deploy the network and arrange backhaul. Possibility that Vodafone or Telecom might do this if local community funded the extension infrastructure.

—  Base Station/ Wi-Fi Hot spot – based at rural school. InternetNZ and the 20/20 communications Trust currently undertaking series of case studies. The situation is that rural schools find it hard to fund fibre broadband and will not use the capacity. Opportunity to share capacity and costs with community by using the school as a hub. Some non-technical problems.

—  TSO review – Funding issues.

Thanks

reg@internetnz.net.nz

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Armin WERNER LINCOLN VENTURES LTD

IITP, Christchurch 22nd Nov 2012

NZ Rural Broadband: Making Precision Agriculture Possible

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Precision Agriculture // Background

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Precision  Agriculture    -­‐  a  descrip<on  -­‐  

using  digital  informa3on  to  manage  agricultural  produc<on  

•  collect data and interpret •  make decision •  control equipment •  monitor and document results •  reanalyse decision

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Precision  Agriculture    -­‐  a  descrip<on  -­‐  

using  digital  informa3on  to  manage  agricultural  produc<on  

typical  features  

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Precision  Agriculture    -­‐  a  descrip<on  -­‐  

using  digital  informa3on  to  manage  agricultural  produc<on  

typical  features  •  uses sensors •  uses GNSS (global positioning systems) •  uses geo-information •  creates geo-information •  exchanges digital information •  controls equipment digitally

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Precision  Agriculture    -­‐  a  descrip<on  -­‐  

using  digital  informa3on  to  manage  agricultural  produc<on  

typical  features  

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Who  we  are  

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ABOUT US //

ROLE / STRUCTURE: •  R&D company servicing Agriculture, Industry and the Environment. •  100% subsidiary of Lincoln University with an independent board

FINANCIALS / STAFF PROFILE: •  Turnover ~ $6.4m •  36 FTE’s across Christchurch and Hamilton offices

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CAPABILITIES // GROUNDWATER ASSIMILATIVE CAPACITY RESEARCH  

HYDROLOGICAL AND BIOGEOCHEMICAL PROCESSES CONTROLLING THE FATE OF NITRATE IN GROUNDWATER:

•  Multi-scale: test tube - catchment •  2 study catchments (Waikato) •  Integrated groundwater flow & transport modelling

NO3          Reduced  groundwater  

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CAPABILITIES // OVERVIEW

SENSOR TECHNOLOGIES

GROUNDWATER PROCESSES

CHEMICAL APPLICATION RESEARCH &

TRAINING

IT MODELLING & IRRIGATION SOFTWARE

PRECISION AGRICULTURE

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Precision  Agriculture  -­‐  as  today  -­‐  

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GPS-­‐guidance  and  auto-­‐steering  systems  

Yield  mapping  with  combines  

GIS-­‐  &  GPS-­‐supported  plot-­‐management  

Variable  rate  ferRlizaRon  of  P,  K,  lime    

Techniques  from  Precision  Farming    that  are  applied  increasingly  in  NZ  

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Geo-­‐coded  Data  as  Informa<on  for  Managing  Nitrogen-­‐Fer<liza<on  

 Using  op<cal  sensing    

YARA-­‐N-­‐Sensor  (Yara  Ltd.)  

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Geo-­‐coded  Data  as  Informa<on  for  Managing  Nitrogen-­‐Fer<liza<on  

 Using  op<cal  sensing    

and    linking  with  maps  of  •   soil  characteris<cs  •   last  years  crop  performance      •   environmental  risks  

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Geo-­‐coded  Data  as  Informa<on  for  Managing  Nitrogen-­‐Fer<liza<on  

 Using  op<cal  sensing    

and    linking  with  maps  of  •   soil  characteris<cs  •   last  years  crop  performance      •   environmental  risks  

36 / Urine  patches  clearly  visible  in  a  paddock  image:  h_p://www.2farm.co.nz/ferRliser.html  

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DSS-­‐module  for  spa<ally  differen<ated  sowing  rates  Implemented  in  AgroCom-­‐SoRware  (=  Claas  Agrosystems)  Winter  Wheat  (Roth  &  Kühn  2003)  

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Precision  Agriculture  -­‐  as  tomorrow  -­‐  

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Images:  h_p://www.valleyirrigaRon.com/page.aspx?id=2342&pid=42    

Precision  Irriga<on  (based  on  digital  soil-­‐maps)  

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Precision  Farming  (network  of  soil  moisture  sensors)  

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Precision  Farming  (data  on  several  scales)  

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Precision  Dairy  Farming  (based  on  digital  sensors)  

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Rural  Broadband:  precondi<on  for  effec<ve  Agricultural  Work  

from:  Lamb  2011  

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Source:  Google  Maps  

rule servers

(2)  Water  supply,  e.g.  maximum  uptake  10  m3/h  

Standards/Rules  

(1)  Protec<ng  Soil  fer<lity,  e.g.  ≥  40  %  of  cropland  have  to  be  covered  with  plants  or  stubble  during  winter  

catalogue server

support  farmers  in  decision  making  and  real-­‐Rme  management  in  field  operaRons  

control  system  to    comply  with  standards  

online,  machine-­‐readable  

e.g.  site-­‐specific  N-­‐fer<liza<on  

Automated  exchange  of  regula<ons  and  standards    Example  =  Cross  Compliance  in  EU-­‐payments  

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Rural  Broadband:    profitable  and    environmental  friendly  farms  

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Precision  Agriculture  

-­‐  demand  on  bandwidth  for  digital  communica<on  -­‐  

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Precision  Agriculture    -­‐  use  cases  -­‐  

•   head  mounted  camera  in  crop  inspec<on:  (1,5  Gbit  /  sec)  

•   milking  robot  •   upload  cow  tracking  data  (500,  1  day):   (10Gb)  •   milking  parlor   (100  MB  /  5  min)  

•   combine  at  wheat  field:   (300  Kbit  /  sec)  •   yield  mapping    •   moisture,  protein,  fibre    •   documenta<on  (e.g.  video  of  field)  

•   octocopter  at  deer  herd  (virtual  fencing)    (300  Kbit  /  sec)  

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Digital Revolution in Agriculture “Takes place without the Farmers” (VDI 06th Nov. 2012)

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Digital Revolution in Agriculture - are you involved ? - how will you benefit?

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