5G has the potential to disrupt a huge number of industries, including one of the world's oldest: Farming. Next-generation 5G networks can be 100 times faster than 4G, making communication between devices and servers much quicker. 5G can also carry much more data than other networks. That makes the technology ideal for transmitting information from remote sensors and drones, key tools that are being tested by farmers. 5G is also helping to automate farming processes.
UK initiative 5G RuralFirst launched a smartphone app in March called Me+Moo, which lets farmers track a "connected" cow and receive daily updates on the animal's health and behavior. The system, which is being tested on cows at the Agri-Epi Center in Somerset, England, is funded in part by UK government and supported by the tech company Cisco (CSCO). The cows wear 5G-connected collars that send data to the app on everything from what they're eating to how they're sleeping. Farmers can see the information instantly. " This provides peace of mind that the cows are happy, healthy and behaving normally, as well as early warning if they are getting sick, are pregnant or need to be checked," said project manager Duncan Forbes.
Yet to make a difference, 5G will first need to be installed in rural areas. The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) predicts that in order to provide for the world's rapidly rising population, the planet will need to grow 70% more food in 2050 than it did in 2009." To respond to those demands, farmers will need new technologies to produce more from less land, with fewer hands," reads one report from the organization.
In 2017, another 5G RuralFirst project became the first in the world to successfully plant, tend and harvest a crop without a single human stepping foot in the field. Autonomous tractors sowed the seeds, drones with sensors monitored the crops, and smaller machines took samples from fields to assess what fertilizers and pesticides to apply and where.
1 . Why can 5G help the farming?
A Because it can carry more information.
B Because it can be equipped with sensors.
C Because it can disrupt a lot of industries.
D Because it can be installed in rural areas.
2 . What did farmers do firstly if they wanted to use Me+Moo?
A They founded a tech company.
B They let the cows wear 5G-connected collars.
C They kept cows behaving normally.
D They made sure the cows were checked often.
3 . According to FAO, how will the world solve the food problem?
A People should control the rising population.
B People should find more and more land.
C People should turn to the new technology.
D People should learn to get more money.
4 . How did RuralFirst decide what kind of fertilizer to apply?
A It analyzed the soil.
B It dug earth with tractors.
C It employed experts.
D It hired drones with sensors.
5 . Which section of a magazine can we find the passage?
A Biology.
B Geography.
C History.
D Agriculture.
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