Smart farming & IoT agriculture solution
Modern agriculture is undergoing a digital transformation driven by the need for sustainability, efficiency, and resilience. Farmers and agricultural enterprises face increasing pressure to optimize yield, reduce resource consumption, and mitigate risks related to climate and storage. ThingsBoard easily handles this task by providing real-time data collection, automation, and intuitive visualization tailored for smart farming needs.
ThingsBoard IoT platform empowers agricultural stakeholders with a robust, scalable solution to collect, process, and visualize environmental and operational data. Its support for multiple communication protocols and seamless device integration makes it ideal for diverse farming environments, whether remote fields, greenhouses, or storage facilities.
By leveraging ThingsBoard, agribusinesses gain full control over assets and infrastructure — from temperature and humidity sensors to automated aeration systems. With real-time dashboards, rule-based alerts, and remote control features, the platform helps reduce waste, improve crop quality, and lower operational costs.
Solution structure of smart farming
The smart farming solution powered by ThingsBoard connects IoT sensors across silos, greenhouses, and fields to gather key data like temperature, humidity, soil moisture, and crop levels. Using protocols such as MQTT, CoAP, HTTP, and Modbus, the system ensures smooth, real-time data transmission and integration with existing equipment.
ThingsBoard processes incoming telemetry with automated rule chains that trigger alerts or control actions. Custom dashboards visualize the data through maps and charts, enabling users to monitor operations, identify issues, and respond quickly. The solution is fully scalable—from small farms to large agricultural enterprises.
Smart farming dashboard structure
Effective data visualization is critical for smart farming. ThingsBoard dashboards are designed to be intuitive, modular, and informative, helping users quickly identify anomalies and make informed decisions.
Applications of smart farming & IoT agriculture solution
The Smart Farming solution built on the ThingsBoard platform is highly adaptable and addresses specific needs across various sectors of agriculture and agritech. Its powerful features — real-time telemetry, rule-based automation, multi-protocol support, customizable dashboards, and scalable architecture — make it ideal for a wide range of applications:
Grain & oilseed storage
Enables remote monitoring of fuel tanks with automated alarms and minimal maintenance requirements.
Greenhouse farming
Tracks water or fertilizer tank levels on farms, with location-based analysis and consumption forecasting.
Livestock farming
Manages city tanks for drinking water or chemicals with centralized monitoring and regulatory reporting.
Viticulture & orchards
Tracks fuel levels in fleet tankers and depots, integrated with GPS and routing systems.
Agri-logistics & cold chain
Monitors chemical storage tanks for compliance and safety in industrial environments.
Grain & oilseed storage
Enables remote monitoring of fuel tanks with automated alarms and minimal maintenance requirements.
Viticulture & orchards
Tracks fuel levels in fleet tankers and depots, integrated with GPS and routing systems.
Greenhouse farming
Tracks water or fertilizer tank levels on farms, with location-based analysis and consumption forecasting.
Agri-logistics & cold chain
Monitors chemical storage tanks for compliance and safety in industrial environments.
Livestock farming
Manages city tanks for drinking water or chemicals with centralized monitoring and regulatory reporting.
Summary of smart farming
Smart farming with ThingsBoard offers a complete end-to-end IoT solution for agricultural operations. From field to storage, it unifies device connectivity, real-time analytics, control systems, and user-friendly dashboards. By adopting this solution, agri-businesses can boost productivity, ensure compliance, minimize losses, and gain full transparency over their entire value chain.
ThingsBoard advantages
Security
ThingsBoard protects your data with industry-standard encryption algorithms like RSA and ECDSA. Secure communication is ensured via TLS (TCP) and DTLS (UDP). Role-based access control and audit logs further enhance platform security.
Data visualization
Visualize data with interactive, multi-state dashboards—no coding needed. Use built-in charts, gauges, maps, tables, and control widgets. Customize every detail via advanced settings or custom widget bundles. Real-time, low-latency updates supported via embedded web-sockets.
Connectivity
Connect devices directly to the platform via the following built-in protocols: HTTP, CoAP, MQTT, LwM2M, and SNMP. Connect devices in your local network to the cloud using ThingsBoard Gateway via Modbus, BLE, BACnet, OPC-UA, and other protocols.
Data processing
ThingsBoard allows you to define app logic using a drag-and-drop rule chain designer. Its scalable Rule Engine uses message queues like Kafka or AWS SQS for durable, reliable data processing. You can handle data within the engine or forward it to external systems.
Scalability and high availability
ThingsBoard supports high-availability cloud and on-prem deployments via Kubernetes or bare-metal. Its components scale horizontally and handle 18K+ vehicles and 5K+ devices in prod.
Multi-tenancy
ThingsBoard provides UI and API to manage tenants, customers, users, devices, and assets. Single tenant may have multiple tenant administrators and millions of devices and customers. It also offers out-of-the-box support of OTA updates for your smart meters.
