--- title: "Agriculture: solutions | Nexus Observatory" description: "Solutions for agriculture and food: Soil moisture and evapotranspiration, Frost, heat and disease risk, Crop condition and Water use." url: https://observatory.global/industries/agriculture/solutions/ publisher: Nexus Observatory Inc. updated: 2026-11-02 --- [Nexus Observatory](https://observatory.global/) / [Agriculture](https://observatory.global/industries/agriculture/) / **Solutions** # What we deliver for agriculture. Enterprise offers, each designed, deployed and run on the open protocol, and each linked to the service platforms that build it. [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/) Reference design, drawn to scale · drag to turn 1. Agriculture · Solutions Farm decisions on measured ground Agrometeorological stations and soil-moisture profiles, frost and disease alerts, low-power coverage across the farm, crop condition from orbit and drone, and cooperative networks where neighbours share one grid. Needs: soil moisture and evapotranspiration, frost, heat and disease risk, crop condition, water use and coverage across fields. 2. Solution Agricultural field observatories Soil moisture profiles, micro-weather and evapotranspiration with irrigation thresholds per field. For growers, agribusiness, irrigation districts, crop insurers. Delivered as managed service and data licence. Farm to region. The evidence travels with the data wherever it goes. Every reading and every change leaves a record that can be checked later. [Talk to sales](https://observatory.global/contact/sales-enquiry/) 3. Solution Earth observation tasking, processing and change detection SAR and optical acquisition planning, analysis-ready processing and change detection checked against field truth, delivered as STAC and COG. For insurers, lenders, agencies, infrastructure and resource operators. Delivered as data licence and professional services. Global. Changes are versioned, tested and reversible. [Talk to sales](https://observatory.global/contact/sales-enquiry/) 4. Solution Sensing as a Service Observation networks designed, installed, operated and maintained for a monthly fee: weather, hydromet, air, seismic and environmental stations, with data delivered under a licence. For agencies, utilities, municipalities, insurers, agribusiness. Delivered as managed service and data licence. Global, multi-site, per-site pricing. [Talk to sales](https://observatory.global/contact/sales-enquiry/) 5. Solution Drone survey and 3D site twins Survey campaigns planned to the ground sample distance, photogrammetry and LiDAR, and site twins kept current. For utilities, mines, construction, telecom. Delivered as professional services and data licence. Per site; recurring campaigns. It runs on the open Observatory Protocol, so other providers can join. [Talk to sales](https://observatory.global/contact/sales-enquiry/) 6. Scenario Farm or cooperative agromet network with crop models Compact stations and soil probes feeding irrigation, disease and frost models. It builds on the same base node, timing, trust and operations as every other agriculture deployment, so it can start small and grow site by site. The same design repeats from the first site to the last. 7. Scenario Smallholder and parametric-insurance station networks Station density and tamper evidence for index insurance. It builds on the same base node, timing, trust and operations as every other agriculture deployment, so it can start small and grow site by site. The evidence travels with the data wherever it goes. 8. How it works From instrument to record, in one chain An instrument reads; the base node checks the value, stamps time and place, signs it and sends it over the link the site has: cellular, LoRaWAN, private 5G or satellite. The edge verifies the signature before admitting it, and the core catalogues it with its metadata, quality flag and licence. 9. Trust Every node proves what it is A node joins only after its hardware root of trust answers an attestation challenge. Keys stay in secure hardware, software arrives signed, and every reading carries a signature, so its origin can be checked by anyone downstream without asking us. 10. Time and place Every reading carries when and where Readings are stamped against a disciplined clock, from satellite time or a PTP grandmaster, together with the station position and its siting record. When time or position is degraded, the record says so instead of hiding it, and every analyst downstream sees the same warning. 11. How it scales One base unit, repeated A programme starts with one base node and the instruments it reads. A station adds power and radio, a site adds a relay, a fleet repeats the proven site across many places, and a network federates fleets through edge and core. Capacity grows by adding units, never by replacing what works. 12. What you get Open where it can be, contracted where it must be The protocol, methods and open data are free to use and build on. Sites, fleets, managed operations and data tiers are delivered under contract by Nexus Observatory Inc., priced per site and per fleet, with service levels written as numbers you can measure on your own dashboard. 13. Next step Plan an agriculture deployment Tell us the sites, the measurements and the people who will use them. We reply with a design and a scope for agriculture. An engineer replies with a survey proposal and a scope, and the plan grows from one site to the network you need, at your pace. [Plan a deployment](https://observatory.global/contact/deployment/) [Open the Studio](https://observatory.global/studio/) [Talk to sales](https://observatory.global/contact/sales-enquiry/) **01** Specialized fields ## Solutions shaped for each field. Every offer is configured for the field it serves. Open a field for its stack, its data path and the questions buyers ask. [Specialized field Row crops and grainSoil moisture and temperature by zone, field weather for spraying and disease, evapotranspiration for irrigation and satellite crop vigour, on LoRaWAN across the farm and cellular back to the office.The full field →](https://observatory.global/industries/agriculture/row-crops/) [Specialized field Orchards and vineyardsFrost watch at dawn, leaf wetness and disease risk, soil water for deficit irrigation and canopy cameras, on LoRaWAN across the blocks with alerts that wake the grower in time.The full field →](https://observatory.global/industries/agriculture/orchards-vineyards/) [Specialized field Livestock and dairyBarn air and ammonia, heat stress, water and feed, animal welfare cameras and pasture water points, on a farm network that keeps the herd's record and the emissions record in one place.The full field →](https://observatory.global/industries/agriculture/livestock/) [Specialized field Greenhouses and controlled environmentClimate, carbon dioxide, substrate water and nutrient dosing, energy and outside weather for greenhouses and vertical farms, on the site network beside the climate computer, never in its way.The full field →](https://observatory.global/industries/agriculture/greenhouses/) [Specialized field Irrigation districts and canalsCanal levels and flows, offtake deliveries, water quality, district weather and crop demand, on LoRaWAN along the canals and microwave to the district office, for fair and accountable sharing of water.The full field →](https://observatory.global/industries/agriculture/irrigation-districts/) [Specialized field Forestry and plantationsFire watch from towers, forest weather and fire danger, sound for illegal logging, growth and carbon plots and satellite change, on LoRaWAN, microwave and satellite across the estate.The full field →](https://observatory.global/industries/agriculture/forestry/) [Specialized field AquacultureDissolved oxygen, temperature and salinity at the pens, met-ocean conditions, feeding cameras and harmful algae watch for fish and shellfish farms, on cellular and satellite from the water.The full field →](https://observatory.global/industries/agriculture/aquaculture/) [Specialized field Rangeland and pastoralismRain, pasture growth, water points and herd movement across open range, with satellite forage maps and drought early warning, on LoRaWAN and satellite where no network reaches.The full field →](https://observatory.global/industries/agriculture/rangeland/) **02** Solution bundles ## Start with one unit. Grow to a network. The same systems at every scale, on the open protocol, so nothing you buy is replaced as you grow. 1. **01** Base unit One station or node, specified for this industry: instruments, power, enclosure and backhaul. [Build a station →](https://observatory.global/studio/builder/) 2. **02** Site A surveyed, commissioned site with its timing, its links and the evidence file a buyer can audit. [Plan a site →](https://observatory.global/contact/deployment/) 3. **03** Fleet Many sites run as one service: one plan, one update path, one evidence trail, one service level. [Managed offers →](https://observatory.global/industries/agriculture/solutions/) 4. **04** Network Fleets that federate with partner grids through the open protocol, owner by owner. [The open protocol →](https://observatory.global/protocol/) **03** Enterprise offers ## How we deliver. The form names who receives your details. managed service, data licence ### Sensing as a Service Observation networks designed, installed, operated and maintained for a monthly fee: weather, hydromet, air, seismic and environmental stations, with data delivered under a licence. **Buyers**: Agencies, utilities, municipalities, insurers, agribusiness **Scale**: Global, multi-site, per-site pricing **Protocol**: join, describe, time, observe, qualify **Platforms**: [Sensors & instruments](https://observatory.global/sensors/), [Field services](https://observatory.global/field-services/), [Data & licensing](https://observatory.global/data-products/) [Scope it with us →](https://observatory.global/industries/agriculture/contact/) data licence, professional services ### Earth observation tasking, processing and change detection SAR and optical acquisition planning, analysis-ready processing and change detection checked against field truth, delivered as STAC and COG. **Buyers**: Insurers, lenders, agencies, infrastructure and resource operators **Scale**: Global **Protocol**: describe, observe, federate **Platforms**: [Earth observation & GeoAI](https://observatory.global/earth-observation/), [Data & licensing](https://observatory.global/data-products/) [Scope it with us →](https://observatory.global/industries/agriculture/contact/) professional services, data licence ### Drone survey and 3D site twins Survey campaigns planned to the ground sample distance, photogrammetry and LiDAR, and site twins kept current. **Buyers**: Utilities, mines, construction, telecom **Scale**: Per site; recurring campaigns **Protocol**: describe, observe **Platforms**: [Earth observation & GeoAI](https://observatory.global/earth-observation/), [Field services](https://observatory.global/field-services/) [Scope it with us →](https://observatory.global/industries/agriculture/contact/) managed service, data licence ### Agricultural field observatories Soil moisture profiles, micro-weather and evapotranspiration with irrigation thresholds per field. **Buyers**: Growers, agribusiness, irrigation districts, crop insurers **Scale**: Farm to region **Protocol**: describe, observe **Platforms**: [Sensors & instruments](https://observatory.global/sensors/), [Data & licensing](https://observatory.global/data-products/), [Connectivity](https://observatory.global/connectivity/) [Scope it with us →](https://observatory.global/industries/agriculture/contact/) **04** Service platforms ## Who builds it. [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/) **05** Standards and compliance ## Drawn against the standards your auditors use. Standards the systems are drawn against - WMO-No. 134 (agrometeorological practices) - ISO 11783 (ISOBUS) - National mesonet programme standards - WMO-No. 8 Regulation and authority - **Spectrum and siting** Licences, permits and siting are part of the plan, country by country. [Country notes →](https://observatory.global/industries/agriculture/countries/) - **Privacy and data** Your data stays yours, under the licence you choose. [Privacy notice →](https://observatory.global/legal/privacy/) - **Security** Hardware-rooted identity and signed updates on every device. [Security →](https://observatory.global/security/) **06** The path ## From first call to a running site. **01** ### Scope What you need to observe, where, and to what standard. A written scope you can share internally. **02** ### Design Survey, a reference design, a bill of materials and a plan, drawn against the protocol and the standards. **03** ### Deploy and run Installation, commissioning on test, then operation by your team or ours, with evidence on record. **07** Questions buyers ask ## Before you scope it. Who sells, and who owns the data? Nexus Observatory Inc. is the seller of record. The data your systems collect stays yours, under the licence you choose. Do we have to buy hardware? No. We deliver as a managed service, a data licence or a system you own. Can we start small? Yes. Start with one station or one site, then grow to a fleet and a network on the same open protocol, without replacing what you bought. Which standards do the systems meet? Each system is drawn against the open protocol and the standards it is composed from, listed on this page. What happens after go-live? 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