5G for agriculture: Digital Revolution started in Wolfenbüttel!

5G for agriculture: Digital Revolution started in Wolfenbüttel!

On September 24th, the final event of the well -known project "5G Smart Country" took place at the Lucklum Rittergut. In the past three years, this project has contributed significantly to promoting digitization in agriculture and forestry. The event was characterized by informative lectures and exciting demonstrations that impressively illustrated the potential of 5G applications in rural regions.

Sven Volkers from the district administrator Gerhard Radeck from Helmstedt and the project manager Dr. Tanja Böhm welcomed those present and emphasized the relevance of the project. Volkers emphasized: "With the motto" 5G on every milk jug ", we made it clear from the start that digitization is not only indispensable in metropolitan areas, but also in rural areas." This illustrates that digital transformation should also reach the less densely populated areas.

digital transformation in rural areas

In the heart of the project, the development of 5G applications that have been tested under real conditions is. The initiators, the districts of Wolfenbüttel and Helmstedt, had the vision of revolutionizing rural life through technological innovations. The ability to quickly transmit large amounts of data was identified as a decisive factor in order to counter the challenges in agriculture and forestry.

With the real laboratory "5G Smart Country", practical application cases could be developed that not only increase efficiency, but also support sustainable management. These digital innovations are of great importance, especially in the context of climate change, since they help to protect resources and to react better to environmental influences.

A central element of the event was the “Smart Forestry” project, which dealt with the Integration of 5G technology into forestry. For this purpose, various applications such as the smart wood harvest and the recording of vitality data in the forest were presented. The demonstrations illustrated how 5G can also be used in areas that are difficult to access, which enables continuous monitoring of the forest states.

• Ostfalia University of Applied Sciences
• Chamber of Agriculture in Lower Saxony
• Johann Heinrich von Thünen-Institut
• Wahlers Forstechnik GmbH & Co. KG
• Foundation Future Forest
• Lower Saxony State Forestry
• Rittergut Lucklum

connected technologies - a future perspective

also in the area of "smart farming" there were promising approaches. The importance of the networked fields of fields, which allows farmers to make precise decisions based on a variety of data, was underlined. Highly automated machines that are networked over 5G were demonstrated live and showed how weed can be efficiently removed and sown. Drones were also used, for example to map the arable land or to optimize wildlife monitoring.

The partners of this sub -project included a variety of well -known institutions that work together to advance the digitization of agriculture:

• Chamber of Agriculture in Lower Saxony
• Carl by Ossietzky University Oldenburg
• Technical University of Braunschweig
• Julius Kühn-Institut
• German Center for Aerospace e.v.
• Strube D&S GmbH
• Rauch Landmaschinenfabrik GmbH
• Domain Schickelsheim

The event not only offered a review of what achieved, but also an outlook on the digital possibilities that can shape rural areas in the coming years. Under the umbrella of the Federal Ministry of Digital and Transport, the project will continue to be supported, with a budget of around four million euros by December 2024. This underpins the importance of the Initiative in the context of further digitization of rural regions, which is promoted in the course of the 5G innovation program.

A central point of the organizers was that the next phase of the project focuses on expanding the technologies and their practical application. Digitization is no longer a future music; It is an urgent need in agriculture and forestry. Nevertheless, it remains to be seen how these new technologies can be integrated in the everyday life of farmers and foresters.  More information can be found here.