Loaʻa i ka poʻe mahiʻai ʻo Georgia nā holomua ʻenehana ma ko lākou manamana lima akā ʻaʻole hiki i ka poʻe he nui ke hoʻohana iā lākou i ko lākou kūlana piha ma muli o ka nele o ka ʻike pūnaewele broadband, e like me Wes Porter, ʻO ke Kulanui o Georgia Cooperative Extension ʻoihana mahiʻai pololei a me ka loea irrigation.
"Ke hana nei mākou i nā ʻano ʻikepili like ʻole e pili ana i nā mīkini ma ke kula akā inā ʻaʻohe ala hilinaʻi e wehe ai ia mai nā mīkini, hana ʻia a hoʻi hou i nā lima o ka poʻe mahiʻai, ʻaʻole ia e hoʻohana ʻia," Porter i ʻōlelo ai.
Ua hui ka Lunamakaainana Buddy Carter o ka Apana 1 o Georgia, Lunamakaainana Austin Scott o ka Apana 8 o Georgia, a ua halawai ke Komisina Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Brendan Carr me na lala o ka hui UGA Precision Agriculture a me na mea e pili ana mai ka Georgia Cotton Commission, Georgia Peanut Commission, Georgia. Pecan Commission a me ka Flint River Water District ma ka Pōʻakolu, ʻApelila 17, ma ka pā kula ʻo UGA Tifton e kūkākūkā i ke koʻikoʻi o ke komo ʻana i ka broadband no ka wā e hiki mai ana a me ka hoʻomau o ka mahiʻai ʻo Georgia.
"ʻO ka mea nui, ʻo ke komisina FCC i lohe mua i ka poʻe e pono ai kēia ʻenehana e hana i nā mea kanu hoʻomau. Eia naʻe, ʻaʻole ia no lākou wale nō, akā, he mea nui e hōʻoia i ka pōmaikaʻi no ka ʻoihana kuaʻāina. Inā maikaʻi ka poʻe mahiʻai, e holo maikaʻi ana ka ʻoihana kuaʻāina holoʻokoʻa," wahi a Scott.
Ua hōʻike maopopo ʻo Porter a me UGA ʻenehana mahiʻai ʻo Glen Rains ʻo nā mea hana e like me ka ʻenehana auto-steer, variable rate irrigation, in-field controllers, smartphone apps, soil moisture sensors a me unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) nā mea hana mahiʻai koʻikoʻi a lākou e hoʻohana ai i loko. kā lākou noiʻi ʻana no ka UGA College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. Kōkua kēia mau ʻenehana i nā ʻepekema UGA e ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma ke kula. ʻO ka mea pōʻino, ua kaupalena ʻia ka nui o nā mea hana o ka mokuʻāina ma muli o ka nele o ke komo ʻana i ka broadband a i ʻole ka lawelawe broadband maikaʻi ʻole.
“Ke noho nei mākou ma ka piko o kēia ʻenehana hou a me nā mea hou. ʻO ka hapa nui o kā mākou poʻe mahiʻai i kēia ʻenehana, akā ʻaʻole i hoʻohana ʻia no kēlā kumu hoʻokahi, "wahi a Porter.
Hiki i nā mea mahiʻai ke hoʻohana pono i ka wai ma o ka hoʻopili wale ʻana i ka wai i nā wahi o ke kula e pono ai. Hiki i nā polokalamu kelepona a me nā mea hoʻomaʻamaʻa lepo ke ʻike i nā mea hana i ka wā e hoʻonohonoho ai i kahi noi irrigation a me ka nui o ka noi. ʻO nā kaʻa lewa ʻole e ʻae i nā mea hana e ʻike i ka wā e koʻikoʻi ai nā mea kanu e ka maʻi a i ʻole ka nele o nā meaʻai.
"Ua ʻike mākou hiki ke loli ka ʻike e pili ana i kā mākou mea kanu, i kekahi manawa i kēlā me kēia hola. ʻIke mākou pono mākou i nā hoʻoholo i kēlā me kēia lā ke nānā mākou iā ia. Pono mākou i ka ʻikepili i hoʻouka ʻia a hoʻoholo ʻia i loko o kahi lā, ʻoi loa, "wahi a Porter. "I kekahi manawa makemake paha mākou e wikiwiki iki inā he maʻi wikiwiki. ʻAʻole mākou makemake e noho ka ʻike ma luna o kahi mea hoʻoponopono a i ʻole kamepiula kahua no nā pule a i ʻole nā kau i ka manawa. Ua hala ka manawa. He liʻiliʻi loa ka hoʻohana ʻana iā ia.
Ua koʻikoʻi ʻo Congressman Scott i ke koʻikoʻi o ke Komisina FCC Carr e lawe i ka manawa e kipa aku ai me nā ʻepekema UGA e kamaʻilio e pili ana i ka pono o ke komo wikiwiki ʻana i ka ʻikepili pūnaewele.
"Inā he ʻikepili ukali a i ʻole ʻikepili pūnaewele pili pūnaewele, he mea nui loa ia no ka mahiʻai pololei," wahi a Scott. "Mahalo nui wau i kona iho ʻana mai e hoʻolohe i ka poʻe e hana nei i ka noiʻi e aʻo pono i ka nui o ka maikaʻi e hiki ke hana, ʻaʻole no ka poʻe mahiʻai wale nō akā no ke kaiapuni."
- Clint Thompson, Ke Kulanui o Georgia
Ua hui nā ʻepekema UGA a me nā lālā o nā komisina waiwai like ʻole me FCC Komisina Brendan Carr a me Reps. Buddy Carter lāua ʻo Austin Scott ma UGA-Tifton i ka lā 17 ʻApelila e kūkākūkā ai i ka loaʻa ʻana o ka pūnaewele broadband no nā mahiʻai kuaʻāina.