IITP Canterbury Branch event held 22 November 2012 - see details in event notice at http://www.iitp.org.nz/events/canterbury/668-NZ_Rural_Broadband_Making_Precision_Agriculture_Possible

1. 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

2. 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.

3. RBI
Jake
Vargo
Rural
Sales,
South
Island

4. The RBI delivers benefits to the whole
community
household
s
logistics
education
health
farming

5. Wireless connectivity available to remote
areas
Wireless
• 54 new cell towers
1
• 87 upgraded towers
3
• ,200sqKm new coverage
6
• dditional 240,000 households in
A
coverage

6. 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

7. Areas with great Wireless coverage include
Waikato
&
Greater
Auckland
Canterbury
&
Ashburton
Dunedin
&
Invercargill

8. 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

9. Typical RBI towers...

10. Maximum peak
Typical dial up Wireless Broadband
speeds speeds

11. Wireless Broadband & Calling 4
 ncludes calling options and all local calls
I
 110 per month for 10GB data*
$
 o need for a fixed calling line**
N
 ata Angel included
D
 uy more data if you need it ($20 for 5GB)
B
 reat alternative to satellite
G
Install
only
$199
*
Not
compaRble
with
staRc
IP
**
Required
for
faxes
or
alarm
lines

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

13. Use additional converge map checker to drill into
customers address and land...
No WBB
available

14. Thank you

15. Precision Agriculture
Infrastructure Limitations and
Possibilities
Reg Hammond

16. 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

17. 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.

18. 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

19. " 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.

20. Thanks
reg@internetnz.net.nz

21. NZ Rural Broadband:
Making
Precision Agriculture
Possible
Armin WERNER
LINCOLN VENTURES LTD
IITP, Christchurch 22nd Nov 2012
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22. Precision Agriculture
// Background
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23. 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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24. Precision
Agriculture
-­‐
a
descrip<on
-­‐
using
digital
informa3on
to
manage
agricultural
produc<on
typical
features
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25. 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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26. Precision
Agriculture
-­‐
a
descrip<on
-­‐
using
digital
informa3on
to
manage
agricultural
produc<on
typical
features
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27. Who
we
are
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28. 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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29. 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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30. CAPABILITIES // OVERVIEW
SENSOR GROUNDWATER
TECHNOLOGIES PROCESSES
PRECISION
AGRICULTURE
CHEMICAL
IT MODELLING &
APPLICATION
IRRIGATION
RESEARCH &
SOFTWARE
TRAINING
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31. Precision
Agriculture
-­‐
as
today
-­‐
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32. Techniques
from
Precision
Farming
that
are
applied
increasingly
in
NZ
Yield
mapping
with
GIS-­‐
&
GPS-­‐supported
plot-­‐
combines
management
GPS-­‐guidance
and
auto-­‐ Variable
rate
ferRlizaRon
of
steering
systems
P,
K,
lime
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33. Geo-­‐coded
Data
as
Informa<on
for
Managing
Nitrogen-­‐
Fer<liza<on
 sing
op<cal
sensing
U
YARA-­‐N-­‐Sensor
(Yara
Ltd.)
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/
33

34. Geo-­‐coded
Data
as
Informa<on
for
Managing
Nitrogen-­‐
Fer<liza<on
 sing
op<cal
sensing
U
and
linking
with
maps
of
•
soil
characteris<cs
•
last
years
crop
performance
•
environmental
risks
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/
34

35. Geo-­‐coded
Data
as
Informa<on
for
Managing
Nitrogen-­‐
Fer<liza<on
 sing
op<cal
sensing
U
and
linking
with
maps
of
•
soil
characteris<cs
•
last
years
crop
performance
•
environmental
risks
35
/
35

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

37. DSS-­‐module
for
spa<ally
differen<ated
sowing
rates
Implemented
in
AgroCom-­‐SoRware
(=
Claas
Agrosystems)
Winter
Wheat
(Roth
&
Kühn
2003)
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/
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38. Precision
Agriculture
-­‐
as
tomorrow
-­‐
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39. Precision
Irriga<on
(based
on
digital
soil-­‐maps)
Images:
h_p://www.valleyirrigaRon.com/page.aspx?id=2342&pid=42
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40. Precision
Farming
(network
of
soil
moisture
sensors)
40
/
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41. Precision
Farming
(data
on
several
scales)
41
/
41

42. Precision
Dairy
Farming
(based
on
digital
sensors)
42
/
42

43. Rural
Broadband:
precondi<on
for
effec<ve
Agricultural
Work
from:
Lamb
2011
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44. Automated
exchange
of
regula<ons
and
standards
Example
=
Cross
Compliance
in
EU-­‐payments
Standards/Rules
(1)
Protec<ng
Soil
fer<lity,
e.g.
≥
40
%
of
cropland
have
to
be
covered
with
plants
or
stubble
during
winter
(2)
Water
supply,
e.g.
e.g.
site-­‐specific
N-­‐fer<liza<on
maximum
uptake
10
m3/h
Source:
Google
Maps
support
farmers
in
decision
making
and
real-­‐
Rme
management
in
field
operaRons
online,
machine-­‐readable
catalogue
rule servers
control
system
to
server
comply
with
standards
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44

45. Rural
Broadband:
profitable
and
environmental
friendly
farms
from:
Lamb
2011
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46. Precision
Agriculture
-­‐
demand
on
bandwidth
for
digital
communica<on
-­‐
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47. 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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48. Digital Revolution in Agriculture
“Takes place without the Farmers”
(VDI 06th Nov. 2012)
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49. Digital Revolution
in Agriculture
- are you involved ?
- how will you benefit?
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50. 50
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