Technology is at the heart of the agricultural industry. With an expanding global population, farmers are embracing high-tech solutions to improve the productivity of their land.
Today’s farmers already have a wealth of systems at their fingertips, from precision GPS navigation to the latest embedded vision systems that allow real-time monitoring of operations. Despite the use of these tools, farming has remained a tough business and equipment deployed in the field must resist all extremes of weather. A wide range of temperatures, moisture and prolonged exposure to sunlight means that agricultural equipment must be designed with the harshest environments in mind.
Designers are integrating the Internet of Things (IoT) and cloud computing into agricultural machinery to build the tools that farms need to feed the population of today and tomorrow. The introduction of 5G wireless communications has significantly impacted farm operations. For the first time, devices and equipment can communicate over long distances without the need for expensive physical wiring. Agricultural machinery is being integrated with sensor, computing, and connectivity technologies, enabling equipment range to extend over more expansive areas than ever before and maximizing yield, sometimes increasing productivity by as much as 60%.
Whether creating solutions for the conventional or smart farm, designers need components that can resist a wide range of temperatures, moisture and prolonged exposure to sunlight. Molex has decades of experience creating components and systems that provide the farming industry with solutions needed to help withstand and stay one step ahead of this demanding environment.
