In New Zealand’s Waikato region, a dairy farm called Green Pastures recently installed an advanced smart weather station, setting a new benchmark for precision agriculture and sustainability. This initiative not only helped farmers optimize pasture management, but also significantly improved milk production and quality.
The smart weather station can monitor key weather data such as temperature, humidity, wind speed, rainfall, and soil moisture in real time, and synchronize the data to the farmer’s mobile phone or computer through the cloud platform. Farmers can use this data to make more scientific decisions, such as adjusting irrigation plans, optimizing feed ratios, and preventing the impact of extreme weather on cows.
John McDonald, owner of Green Ranch, said: “Since the installation of the smart weather station, we know everything about the environmental condition of the ranch. It helps us save water, reduce feed waste and improve the health and milk production of our cows.”
According to monitoring data, farms using smart weather stations can save 20 percent of irrigation water, improve feed utilization by 15 percent, and increase milk production by 10 percent on average. In addition, smart weather stations can help farmers better cope with the challenges posed by climate change, such as droughts, heavy rains and extreme heat.
New Zealand’s Ministry of Primary Industries (MPI) is highly supportive of this innovative technology. Sarah Lee, agricultural technologist at MPI, said: “Smart weather stations are an important part of precision agriculture, helping farmers improve productivity and reduce resource waste while reducing their environmental impact. This is important for New Zealand to achieve its agriculture Sustainable Development Goals.”
The success of green pastures is rapidly spreading in New Zealand and other Oceanian countries. More and more farmers are beginning to realize the value of smart weather stations and are actively adopting this technology to improve the competitiveness of their farms.
“Smart weather stations not only help us improve our economic performance, but also allow us to better fulfill our responsibility to protect the environment,” McDonald added. “We believe this technology will be the key to future agricultural development.”
About Smart Weather Stations:
Intelligent weather station is a kind of equipment that can monitor temperature, humidity, wind speed, rainfall, soil moisture and other key meteorological data in real time.
Smart weather stations synchronize data to users’ mobile phones or computers through the cloud platform to help users make more scientific decisions.
Intelligent weather stations are suitable for agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry and other fields, especially in precision agriculture plays an important role.
About Oceania Agriculture:
Oceania is rich in agricultural resources, and agriculture is one of its important economic pillars.
New Zealand and Australia are the major agricultural producers in Oceania, renowned for their livestock, dairy products and wine.
Oceanian countries focus on sustainable agricultural development and actively adopt innovative technologies to improve production efficiency and resource utilization.
Post time: Feb-24-2025