A project has been launched in the Irkutsk region to create a network of agricultural metalworks

2022: The start of the creation of a service of agrometheodata of field weather stations

JSC ER-Telecom Holding (TM Дом.ру Business), together with the Ministry of Agriculture of the Irkutsk Region, has launched a project to create a digital service for agricultural metaedata of field meteorological stations in the region. ER-Telecom Holding announced this on October 25, 2022.

Irkutsk agrarians have assessed the capabilities of the service and are joining a large-scale project. The equipment has already been installed in the village of Novomaltiysky on the fields of Leonid Kichigin's farm. In the near future, the development of the project and the expansion of the field of meteorological observations in the Usolsky district.

We are ready to scale in the region to provide agricultural industries a reliable working tool to minimize labor costs and get a tangible economic effect from the introduction of digital technologies. Over the next few years, we hope to multiply the number of reference stations for agricultural producers, - said Oleg Drachuk, director of the interregional branch of Eastern Siberia, ER-Telecom Holding JSC (TM Дом.ру Business).

Agrometheostation allows you to record various indicators online, including humidity and temperature of air and soil, wind speed and direction, amount of precipitation, atmospheric pressure and other indicators important for agricultural production. They can be equipped with remote sensors and camera traps to record the presence of insect pests.

The devices are autonomous, powered by a built-in solar battery in LoRaWAN networks. All data is transmitted to the server and transmitted from it online to the application for analyzing various indicators. In addition, data can be transmitted to the regional digital platform AIS RESPAC.

The digital picture of agriculture of the future is developing before our eyes and we must now prepare for life in this future. Our main goal is the digital transformation of agriculture through the introduction of digital technologies and platform solutions. We have already introduced a number of digital developments, the creation of a network of meteorological stations in the region is the next stage that has successfully started, "commented Ilya Sumarokov, Minister of Agriculture of the Irkutsk Region.

The practice of using "smart" agricultural metalworks in other regions of Russia has shown that technological recommendations based on data analysis allow farmers to monitor the state of crops in real time, choose the optimal timing of agricultural work, the time and methods of using fertilizers and plant protection products, minimize the effects of water stress and plan watering, make quick and accurate decisions on crop conservation.