German IoT firm 1NCE is helping Pessl Instruments connect smart farms worldwide.

The two companies are working with farmers in 80 countries to connect and manage thousands of weather stations to improve water and fertiliser efficiency.

1NCE has a plug-and-play platform for creating and managing t IoT products, and Austrian firm Pessl Instruments is a specialist in smart agriculture. Together, they have announced the roll-out of the Metos weather network.

The smart farming system provided by Pessl connects thousands of weather stations and field sensors through a single platform, providing farmers real-time data of precipitation and soil moisture, extreme weather forecasting, and crop disease risk in more than 80 countries.

The main challenge for the deployment of smart farming is always providing good coverage in rural areas. Thanks to 1NCE’s global connectivity service available in more than 170 countries, Pessl can now offer its smart farming products at global scale with a 99.97% service availability. This helps farmers make more informed irrigation and fertiliser decisions.

“Agriculture is one of the most demanding environments in IoT; remote, global and unforgiving when data stop flowing,” said Nicolas Martinez-Fresno, chief marketing officer at 1NCE. “Our platform is built to keep Pessl Instruments’ stations online and reporting accurately anywhere in the world, turning raw sensor data into forecasts farmers can trust.”

Gottfried Pessl, CEO of Pessl Instruments, added: “Our farmers depend on us for a clear picture of their fields, which means our weather stations have to work everywhere, all the time. With 1NCE, we know we will give them the precise insights they need to succeed.”

1NCE (www.1nce.com) delivers a software and connectivity platform for users to create and manage intelligent products across 170 countries.

Founded in 1984 in Weiz, Austria, Pessl Instruments (metos.global) provides smart agriculture technology worldwide through its weather stations and FieldClimate platform.