Sensor machines can communicate with each other

Agriculture featured prominently in the recent CeBIT event for IT and digitisation, in Hannover, Germany.

At the centre of the exhibit was the Isaria crop sensor, which is mounted on a tractor’s front linkage, and measures a crop’s need for nitrogen (N) fertilisation.

Marketed by Claas, this highly proficient optical plant sensor automatically determines the nitrogen requirement of the crop as the tractor drives along, irrespective of the crop type and variety.