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Innovative Applications of Field Monitoring Servers for Ohio Agriculture

Explore the implementation of Field Monitoring Servers (FMS) in Ohio's agriculture, challenges faced, research activities, and potential applications in crop production, environmental control, animal production systems, and vineyard frost protection.

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Innovative Applications of Field Monitoring Servers for Ohio Agriculture

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  1. Potential Applications of Field Monitoring Server Networks for Ohio Agriculture Reza Ehsani Lingying Zhao K.C. Ting Department of Food, Agricultural, and Biological Engineering The Ohio State University

  2. Wireless Network for Agriculture in USA Commercial • Agris-etomato • AgSense Research • The Ohio State University • University Georgia • University of Florida • USDA-ARS Mississippi State • University of Illinois • Washington State University

  3. Potential Applications of FMS in Ohio’s Agriculture

  4. Challenges for Adoption of FMS in Ohio’s Agriculture Production • Economy • Value of information • Farm Size • Education • Specific applications • Communication range • Broad-band internet access • User friendly software • Limited input channels • Analog input • RS232

  5. Planned Activities and Priorities at OSU • Extension/Education • Farm Shows • Farm Science Review • Farm Focus • Field Days • In-Services Research Activities High value crop production (Dr. Ehsani) • Water Management • Disease Monitoring and Control • Security, Surveillance, and Safety • Modeling • Sensor developments • Environmental monitoring (Dr. Zhang) • Air Quality • Environmental Control • Applying for research grants • Recruiting graduate students

  6. Frost Protection in Vineyard Corrective Action Heater on Sprinkler on Fogger on Irrigation system on Air Temperature Relative humidity

  7. Real- Time Monitoring in Vineyards Data Acquisition Data Analysis Wireless Data Transfer

  8. Applications of FMS in Environmental Control of Animal Production Systems • Monitor animal production environment • Monitor air quality inside animal buildings and on farms • Monitor possible bio-terrorism attacks • Monitor animal welfare and safe meat productions • Monitor animal health and safety • Remote environmental control • Remote animal production management 8

  9. Monitor Animal Activity, Thermal Environment, and Air Quality Inside Animal Buildings

  10. Animal building Home / office Field Server Remotely monitor and control whole farm environment and operation

  11. Monitor Farm Air Quality Distribution and Impacts Weather station Field Servers Internet access Animal building Manure storage pond Upwind of a farm

  12. Thanks & Questions

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