Owen-Withee FFA Applies for FarmBeats Student Kits
Wednesday, March 13th, 2019 -- 9:03 AM
(Wisconsin Ag Connection) -Fifty FFA chapters from around the nation have received Microsoft FarmBeats Student Kits as part of a collaboration between the National FFA and Microsoft Corp.It's part of the 'For the FFA Blue 365 Challenge,' in which chapters were asked to apply for the FarmBeats Kits by sharing how they would utilize the kits. The easy-to-use FarmBeats kit includes preconfigured Microsoft Azure cloud services and a Raspberry Pi with soil moisture, light, ambient temperature, and humidity sensors to collect data. The data is then visualized in an online dashboard that provides insights to help students. In addition to the kits, FFA and Microsoft are working together to create activity guides and resources to help chapters get started with using the technology.
The FarmBeats Kits are part of a collaboration announced last year between National FFA and Microsoft to bring innovative technology, science, research, and entrepreneurship to the classrooms of FFA student members nationwide. In Wisconsin, one local chapter that applied for the kits is Owen-Withee.
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