--- title: "Agriculture: platforms | Nexus Observatory" description: "Service platforms for agriculture and food: Soil moisture and evapotranspiration, Frost, heat and disease risk, Crop condition and Water use." url: https://observatory.global/industries/agriculture/platforms/ publisher: Nexus Observatory Inc. updated: 2026-11-02 --- [Nexus Observatory](https://observatory.global/) / [Agriculture](https://observatory.global/industries/agriculture/) / **Platforms** # The platforms behind agriculture. The service platforms that design, build and run the systems this industry relies on, each with the areas that matter here. [Plan a deployment](https://observatory.global/contact/deployment/) [Use cases](https://observatory.global/industries/agriculture/use-cases/) [Open the explainer](https://observatory.global/industries/agriculture/explainer/) **01** Service platforms ## The platforms behind this industry. Each platform is its own site, with its areas, its technologies and its reference architecture. [Service platform Sensors & instrumentsMeasurements that carry their own proof.](https://observatory.global/sensors/) [Service platform Data & licensingGrid data, licensed for your use.](https://observatory.global/data-products/) [Service platform ConnectivityPrivate 5G, AI-RAN and orbit, on site.](https://observatory.global/connectivity/) [Service platform Earth observation & GeoAIThe ground, measured and modelled.](https://observatory.global/earth-observation/) [Service platform Field servicesSurvey to decommission, one accountable crew.](https://observatory.global/field-services/) [Service platform Digital twins and simulationModel the site before you build it.](https://observatory.global/digital-twins/) [Service platform Space and satellite systemsFrom orbit to the ground, on one protocol.](https://observatory.global/space/) **02** Sensors & instruments ## Measurements that carry their own proof. Weather and environment stations to WMO practice, RF spectrum sensing in the band, and calibration that is traceable, recorded and repeated. Every value leaves with its metadata, quality flag and provenance. Or buy the observations and leave the hardware to us: Sensing as a Service. - [Instruments](https://observatory.global/sensors/instruments/) - [Weather and environment](https://observatory.global/sensors/weather-and-environment/) - [RF sensing](https://observatory.global/sensors/rf-sensing/) - [Calibration](https://observatory.global/sensors/calibration/) - [Sensing as a Service](https://observatory.global/sensors/sensing-as-a-service/) - [Sensors & instruments](https://observatory.global/sensors/) **03** Data & licensing ## Grid data, licensed for your use. Research, commercial API, enterprise and government tiers, the licence of every source carried through to every product, routes from licensed to open release, and residency fixed by contract. - [Products](https://observatory.global/data-products/products/) - [Tiers](https://observatory.global/data-products/tiers/) - [API](https://observatory.global/data-products/api/) - [Publication](https://observatory.global/data-products/publication/) - [Residency](https://observatory.global/data-products/residency/) - [Data & licensing](https://observatory.global/data-products/) **04** Connectivity ## Private 5G, AI-RAN and orbit, on site. Standalone private 5G and O-RAN, AI-RAN on shared accelerated compute, LEO and GEO backhaul and 3GPP direct-to-device, LPWAN and mesh for sensors over kilometres, PTP timing inside the budget, and the spectrum route for each country. - [Private 5G](https://observatory.global/connectivity/private-5g/) - [AI-RAN](https://observatory.global/connectivity/ai-ran/) - [O-RAN](https://observatory.global/connectivity/o-ran/) - [Satellite and NTN](https://observatory.global/connectivity/satellite-and-ntn/) - [LPWAN and mesh](https://observatory.global/connectivity/lpwan-and-mesh/) - [Timing](https://observatory.global/connectivity/timing/) - [Spectrum](https://observatory.global/connectivity/spectrum/) - [Connectivity](https://observatory.global/connectivity/) **05** Earth observation & GeoAI ## The ground, measured and modelled. Ground-segment downlink and processing at the edge, drone and imagery campaigns planned to the ground sample distance, site twins measured in 3D, and GeoAI trained and checked against field truth, with the source and licence of every layer in view. - [Ground segment](https://observatory.global/earth-observation/ground-segment/) - [Drones and imagery](https://observatory.global/earth-observation/drones-and-imagery/) - [Site twins](https://observatory.global/earth-observation/site-twins/) - [GeoAI](https://observatory.global/earth-observation/geoai/) - [Earth observation & GeoAI](https://observatory.global/earth-observation/) **06** Field services ## Survey to decommission, one accountable crew. Ground, RF and power surveyed before anything is chosen, installation and commissioning to the plan, a Managed Site run for you, support by plan, training on your own site, and decommissioning with every part recorded. - [Survey](https://observatory.global/field-services/survey/) - [Install and commission](https://observatory.global/field-services/install-and-commission/) - [Managed Site](https://observatory.global/field-services/managed-site-cell/) - [Support](https://observatory.global/field-services/support/) - [Training](https://observatory.global/field-services/training/) - [Decommission](https://observatory.global/field-services/decommission/) - [Field services](https://observatory.global/field-services/) **07** Digital twins and simulation ## Model the site before you build it. Site twins measured in 3D, network twins that predict coverage, power and timing, Earth twins on real elevation and live observations, and scenario simulation that tests a plan against flood, heat, load and failure before a contract is signed. - [Site twins](https://observatory.global/digital-twins/site-twins/) - [Network twins](https://observatory.global/digital-twins/network-twins/) - [Earth twins](https://observatory.global/digital-twins/earth-twins/) - [Scenario simulation](https://observatory.global/digital-twins/scenario-simulation/) - [Planning](https://observatory.global/digital-twins/planning/) - [Digital twins and simulation](https://observatory.global/digital-twins/) **08** Space and satellite systems ## From orbit to the ground, on one protocol. Spacecraft buses and payload classes, constellations sized to revisit and coverage, non-terrestrial networks and 3GPP direct-to-device, tasking and downlink, and space safety from tracking to conjunction awareness. Every pass, product and link carries its provenance into the grid. - [Constellations and orbits](https://observatory.global/space/constellations-and-orbits/) - [Spacecraft and payloads](https://observatory.global/space/spacecraft-and-payloads/) - [NTN and direct-to-device](https://observatory.global/space/ntn-and-direct-to-device/) - [Tasking and downlink](https://observatory.global/space/tasking-and-downlink/) - [Space safety](https://observatory.global/space/space-safety/) - [Licensing and spectrum](https://observatory.global/space/licensing-and-spectrum/) - [Space and satellite systems](https://observatory.global/space/) **09** One architecture ## Every platform on the same open protocol. Identity, time, observation and evidence work the same way on every platform, so the systems this industry buys fit together. **01** ### Join Identity, attestation quote, signed policy. **02** ### Admit Admitted for a stated scope, nothing wider. **03** ### Describe What, where, how and by whom, with calibration. **04** ### Time One clock across the grid, with its error bound. **05** ### Observe Every value with quality and provenance. **06** ### Qualify Tested against the specification, state on record. ### Ready when you are. Plan a deployment, configure a station or talk to sales. Every request reaches the team that answers it. [Plan a deployment](https://observatory.global/contact/deployment/) [Station Builder](https://observatory.global/studio/builder/) [Talk to sales](https://observatory.global/contact/sales-enquiry/) ## Bring us the site. Survey, design, deployment and operation for agriculture. The form names who receives your details. 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