05/05/22 - Control Irrigation From Your Cell Phone

Host and American Family Farmer, Doug Stephan www.eastleighfarm.com begins with news about cyberattacks on farmers. The FBI has issued warnings and guidelines to help prevent it. Then, news about a new research center for Sustainable Farming in North Carolina. Next, we meet David Wallace, CEO of CODA Farm Technologies. www.codafarmtech.com He grew up on a farm and has developed a product, FarmHQ that puts all of your sprinkler reels and pumps on the same monitoring and control system. FarmHQ has its own cellular data connection to the cloud, so it works anywhere your smartphone does and provides status updates in real time. It’s compatible with all irrigation reels, instantly updating equipment with brand new features. Finally, Farmer Doug opines strongly that you should invite the public to your farm.