An In-Depth Analysis of the Top Ten Development Trends in Smart Agriculture

Wow, such high-end smart agriculture really leaves us only able to admire it from afar. This kind of saying seems to circulate in rural circles.

Our grandparents, our parents, and our ancestors for eight generations farmed the land for a lifetime and raised pigs for a lifetime, and then one day someone suddenly tells them "you can't do it this way."

It really makes me furious. If we can't do it this way, then how should we do it? Please, all you "experts," give us some answers.

Smart agriculture is about making your agricultural production, processing, marketing and so on more "smart." To put it plainly, it means farming a bit more cleverly and doing livestock breeding a bit more cleverly. This is my definition for everyone; feel free to throw bricks at me. I am no so-called expert. Hahahaha.

So what is the experts' definition of smart agriculture? Smart agriculture is applying Internet of Things technology to traditional agricultural production, and using sensors and software to control, monitor and survey agricultural production.

First, let me help everyone grasp a few key terms: Internet of Things technology, agricultural production, control.

1. Internet of Things technology

Internet of Things technology is the connection between things and things, and between people and things. But these connections must all be built on computers or mobile platforms. At the same time, these operations are actually connected and transmitted through "sensors." I don't know whether everyone reading this has understood this explanation. If you haven't understood it, then search on Baidu. Baidu Niang will tell you.

2. Agricultural production

Smart agriculture is reflected in agricultural production, but processing and marketing will also have it. At present, agricultural production needs wisdom and clever operating methods even more.

We need to grasp the production stages of planting and breeding, as this is the source of agriculture. Some experts also say: grasp the source of agriculture and you can control the whole of agriculture. I don't know whether that is what it means.

3. Control

Control is easy to understand: it means restriction and monitoring. The control in smart agriculture here is more reflected in aspects such as identification, monitoring, surveillance and early warning.

Of course, this is only a simple version of smart agriculture. Many experts also say that smart agriculture includes e-commerce, leisure agriculture, agricultural informatization and so on. The rest is for readers to experience for themselves.

After saying so much, everyone must be getting impatient, right? The topic you wrote about is the top ten trends in smart agriculture? Hurry up and get to the point. Less nonsense. So, what wisdom will smart agriculture actually have? When readers want to know how I understand the trends, think about it for yourselves first, and we are about to enter the climax of the article.

Trend One: Low cost

Damn it, a set of smart agriculture equipment costs at least several hundred thousand or even over a million. As a farmer, my entire year's income may be only about that much. Therefore, low-cost smart agriculture equipment will become the favorite of more farmer uncles. Cheap is good; save the money for big things. Hahahaha.

Trend Two: Simple operation

This one is even more infuriating. Some farmer uncles get dizzy as soon as they hear about the Internet and computers. They think: I haven't even finished middle school, and you want me to operate computers? Aren't you just tormenting people, you lousy experts.

That is indeed the case. Smart agriculture is fundamentally about serving agriculture and serving farmers. Any technology that torments agriculture is hooliganism.

Intelligent equipment that is easy to operate, easy to learn, and requires no brainpower will become popular in rural areas. The experts sitting in offices should also think this over carefully.

Trend Three: Strengthened collaboration

Smart agriculture will make the division of labor clearer. Farmers do their own work well, and leave other matters to the experts. Of course, collaboration and feedback here will be more frequent.

Trend Four: Visualization becomes mainstream

Only things you cannot see or touch are scary. Urban consumers are rather pitiful: they see such good agricultural products in the vegetable market, take them home, eat them, and "roar, poisoned."

Now everyone has learned to be smarter. I want to buy agricultural products I can trust. I want to know whether these vegetables were sprayed with pesticides and how much pesticide was sprayed.

Therefore, everyone will learn about the past life of these agricultural products through video. Safety and peace of mind are the returns smart agriculture gives us.

Trend Five: Experts will participate in production

This is also a major change that smart agriculture brings to traditional agriculture. Regardless of whether the experts are in the office, the knowledge and wisdom of the experts are still worth referring to.

We can livestream the problems we do not understand and the problems encountered in the process of planting and breeding to the experts, and let the experts help us analyze them. But when it comes to getting results, we still have to rely on ourselves. We cannot fully trust the experts.

Trend Six: Vertical smart agriculture becomes a development direction

Everything stresses subdivision. The same goes for smart agriculture. In the future, more vertical industries of smart agriculture will be split off. Smart agriculture will serve agriculture, rural areas and farmers more precisely.

Trend Seven: Integrated smart agriculture

This era stresses integration and cross-boundary work. It seems that if you do not integrate the other party, you cannot survive, and if you do not play at cross-boundary work, you are embarrassed to live in this world. But it is indeed like this. The depth and breadth of smart agriculture will all carry the shadow of other industries. For example: urban smart agriculture, tourism agriculture.

Trend Eight: Marketing-oriented smart agriculture

Intelligent equipment that can help sell products is the most popular equipment. Smart agriculture is meant to liberate productivity, improve efficiency, make products sell faster, and help farmers get rich faster. This is the foundation of the development of smart agriculture.

Trend Nine: More and more laymen

Smart agriculture is originally a high-tech, highly intelligent industry. Without studying for several years, it is very difficult to use smart agriculture efficiently. At present, those in our country doing smart agriculture are all technology companies and IT elites. These brothers have left the countryside for many years, but it is precisely these laymen who can design intelligent equipment that suits farmer uncles. Thumbs up.

Trend Ten: Smart agriculture will ultimately be surpassed

Being surpassed is the future of smart agriculture. Traditional agriculture, mechanized agriculture, smart agriculture, what agriculture comes next? As the Earth's resources and land become increasingly scarce, planting and breeding will not only take place on Earth; people will carry out agricultural production in space and on other planets. Perhaps in the future smart agriculture will be replaced by space agriculture, biological agriculture and other advanced technologies.

But do not worry. This may be several hundred years from now. We only need to use smart agriculture to do the things of the present well, protect the environment and the land, and let our children and grandchildren still be able to rely on this Earth to live. Put an end to pollution and stop behavior that destroys the environment. Smart agriculture lights up cities and life.