Ploughing: The tech taking a peek inside your silo

Barry Finnegan of LVLogics, demonstrating SiloSpy, a unique self-cleaning silo monitor at the National Ploughing Championships, Ratheniska, Co Laois. Picture Dan Linehan

Serial inventor Barry Finnegan’s ultrasonic level monitor SiloSpy, on display at this year’s National Ploughing Championships, can give farmers insight into what’s going on inside their silos.

“Traditionally, it’s very difficult to know what’s going on inside a silo, so this now brings it to an app on a phone,” Mr Finnegan, who is the founder and CEO of LVLogics, said. “SiloSpy shows you in percentage and tonnage what’s happening inside. It sends you text messages when the silo runs low.”