{"id":54524,"date":"2022-10-24T19:09:34","date_gmt":"2022-10-24T11:09:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/john-deere-tasks-satellite-to-connect-new-frontiers-in-agriculture\/"},"modified":"2022-10-24T19:09:34","modified_gmt":"2022-10-24T11:09:34","slug":"john-deere-tasks-satellite-to-connect-new-frontiers-in-agriculture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/john-deere-tasks-satellite-to-connect-new-frontiers-in-agriculture\/","title":{"rendered":"John Deere Tasks Satellite to Connect New Frontiers in Agriculture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Farming, like just about everything these days, runs on data. When a tractor is planting a field, it isn\u2019t just laying down seeds. It is also collecting data. The precise location of seeds, the condition of the field, the efficiency of the machine \u2014 these are all data points ingested by the farm equipment. This data can be used in the moment, but also over the long term, to make farms more efficient and productive, improving fuel economy and land stewardship.<\/p>\n<p>Agricultural giant John Deere has invested in connected agriculture technology over the last decade, and now boasts 500,000 farm machines connected to cellular wireless networks. The company offers a large suite of precision agriculture tools including a farm management system called the Operations Center, which pulls together data from a farm\u2019s machines, people, and technology. The amount of data collected is so great that twice a year, during planting and harvest seasons, John Deere is one of Amazon Web Services\u2019 largest clients by data volume. <\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/lsk0LLAR3SYKlnIerkSA_VS_110122_DGTL_Cover-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 120px; height: auto;\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/lsk0LLAR3SYKlnIerkSA_VS_110122_DGTL_Cover-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/lsk0LLAR3SYKlnIerkSA_VS_110122_DGTL_Cover-800x599.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/lsk0LLAR3SYKlnIerkSA_VS_110122_DGTL_Cover-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/lsk0LLAR3SYKlnIerkSA_VS_110122_DGTL_Cover.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\">\t\t\t<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"fs-5 mt-0\">Explore the November 2022 Issue<\/h3>\n<p class=\"mb-0 fs-smaller text-balance\">Check out more from this issue and find your next story to read.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<button class=\"btn btn-primary\" type=\"button\" data-bs-toggle=\"offcanvas\" data-bs-target=\"#offcanvasMENU\" aria-controls=\"offcanvasExample\" aria-label=\"button\" style=\"white-space: nowrap;\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\tView More <i class=\"bi bi-arrow-right-circle\"><\/i><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/button><\/p>\n<p>But these features only work in real-time when a farmer or machine is connected to a cellular network. And anyone who lives in or has driven through rural America knows that cellular networks leave much to be desired. When cellular networks are unavailable or lacking, the machine collects data but operates as if it is in \u201cairplane mode\u201d until it connects to a network. In some instances, this means farmers using flash drives to manually upload the information to a computer. <\/p>\n<p>John Deere wants to change that by working with the satellite industry, in a partnership that could potentially crack open a new use case for the industry.  <\/p>\n<p>In September, John Deere gathered together representatives from a number of satcom companies at a test farm outside of Des Moines, Iowa, including SpaceX\u2019s Starlink constellation, OneWeb, Hughes Network Systems, and Lockheed Martin, to announce a satcom request for proposals. The company is looking for satellite service and ruggedized satellite terminals that can connect thousands of agricultural machines and provide them with always-on connectivity, beyond the reach of cellular networks. <\/p>\n<p><script>var AIAD_fcd45f981d570e35cee941b23edc69c7_6a6c19e4be44e;googletag.cmd.push(function(){var AIMAP_29b58f13885ebf8ea6b032f958eb0748 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([992, 100], [[970, 90], [970, 250]]).addSize([768, 100], [728, 90]).addSize([320, 100], [320, 50]).build();var AIMAP_737ce075cc05dd766c8f8ea08f3faa73 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([768, 100], [728, 90]).addSize([320, 100], [320, 50]).build();var AIMAP_21fe3bcfb86a8660aba4e721ee9338f3 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([1200, 100], [970, 250]).addSize([768, 100], [600, 300]).addSize([320, 100], [300, 250]).build();AIAD_fcd45f981d570e35cee941b23edc69c7_6a6c19e4be44e = googletag.defineSlot('\/987\/satellitetoday.com\/via-satellite-digital-issue-ads', [ [600, 300], [300, 250], [970, 250] ], 'div-gpt-ad-1774631144891- 0-6a6c19e4be44f').defineSizeMapping(AIMAP_21fe3bcfb86a8660aba4e721ee9338f3).setCollapseEmptyDiv(true).addService(googletag.pubads());   });<\/script><script>googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1774631144891- 0-6a6c19e4be44f'); });<\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cTerrestrial cell tends to find the business model most lucrative when there are a lot of people and less lucrative when there isn\u2019t,\u201d John Deere CTO Jahmy Hindman says, explaining the problem. \u201cMost of our customers operate in regions that are rural, that have low population densities. We have a need to create and craft a connectivity solution that would hopefully be ubiquitous across the surface of the planet, that allows all of our machines to be connected at all times.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"flex flex-col justify-center items-center w-full image-block px-8\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Placeholder alt text\" class=\"w-full object-cover mx-auto\" src=\"http:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/7mb2GcC9TeKiQrueX0sq_Autonomous_Cabin.jpg\"><figcaption class=\"p-3 bg-gray-300 bg-opacity-50 italic mx-auto w-full\"> The cab inside the 8R autonomous tractor.The machine can operate without a driver in the cab. Photo: John Deere<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>The Opportunity for Satellite <\/h3>\n<p>Although John Deere\u2019s internal analysis estimates that about 75 percent to percent of the United States is covered by 3G or better terrestrial connectivity, the reality is mixed. A particular field may have good connectivity in one section, but not in another, and those gaps hold Deere back from the advanced real-time analysis, data sharing, and autonomous farming that it wants to enable. <\/p>\n<p>The company has said that autonomy and artificial intelligence capabilities could unlock as much as $150 billion of incremental addressable market \u2014 but many of those use cases require connectivity. <\/p>\n<p>Hindman shares the example of two sprayers working the same field at the same time, continuously sharing data about where each machine had sprayed in order to maximize efficiency. This application requires persistent connectivity. <\/p>\n<p>Another application is edge computing. Today, all the computing for Deere\u2019s machine learning algorithms is on board farm equipment, and machines have hardened graphics processing units (GPUs), but this could change if there was dependable connectivity. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you get to a state of ubiquitous connectivity at a latency and a bandwidth that allows us to start to move some of the compute off the machine, you free up that compute onboard the machine and actually reduce the cost of compute substantially,\u201d Hindman says. \u201cIt opens you to additional compute capability that you never would have been able to package onboard a machine, which creates an opportunity for more complex data models and more complex machine learning models.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>There is not a solution currently on the market that is economically competitive for John Deere, one that would meet John Deere\u2019s needs for terminal cost, and bandwidth and data fees, Hindman says. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cTerminal expense is a key part of it. Largely, it\u2019s because solutions have been crafted around extremely small volumes or military applications,\u201d he explains. \u201cBut it\u2019s more than just terminal cost, it\u2019s also data fees. We move petabytes of information and the data structure is going to be important to making the economics work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The CTO puts the market opportunity for the satellite industry at about 5,000 new machines annually that could be equipped with a satellite solution and about 40,000 existing machines that are good candidates for retrofit. He believes this type of volume can unlock new economics for the satellite industry. And John Deere could also bring its manufacturing expertise to the project, as Hindman noted that Deere manufactures its own electronics hardware and could manufacture a terminal.<\/p>\n<p><script>var AIAD_fcd45f981d570e35cee941b23edc69c7_6a6c19e4be9ab;googletag.cmd.push(function(){var AIMAP_29b58f13885ebf8ea6b032f958eb0748 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([992, 100], [[970, 90], [970, 250]]).addSize([768, 100], [728, 90]).addSize([320, 100], [320, 50]).build();var AIMAP_737ce075cc05dd766c8f8ea08f3faa73 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([768, 100], [728, 90]).addSize([320, 100], [320, 50]).build();var AIMAP_21fe3bcfb86a8660aba4e721ee9338f3 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([1200, 100], [970, 250]).addSize([768, 100], [600, 300]).addSize([320, 100], [300, 250]).build();AIAD_fcd45f981d570e35cee941b23edc69c7_6a6c19e4be9ab = googletag.defineSlot('\/987\/satellitetoday.com\/via-satellite-digital-issue-ads', [ [600, 300], [300, 250], [970, 250] ], 'div-gpt-ad-1774631144891- 0-6a6c19e4be9ac').defineSizeMapping(AIMAP_21fe3bcfb86a8660aba4e721ee9338f3).setCollapseEmptyDiv(true).addService(googletag.pubads());   });<\/script><script>googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1774631144891- 0-6a6c19e4be9ac'); });<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Hindman did not provide a dollar amount Deere is hoping to hit for an affordable terminal, but says Deere needs \u201can order of magnitude reduction in terminal cost.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>In terms of the specific satellite solution, Hindman says he\u2019s \u201corbit-agnostic,\u201d but a solution needs to serve a multi-mode connectivity environment with both terrestrial cell and satellite connectivity. <\/p>\n<p>This project will likely not result in John Deere launching its own satellites. \u201cThe geek in me really wants to launch satellites, but I\u2019m not sure that\u2019s in our best interest,\u201d Hindman jokes. <\/p>\n<p>The company wants to move quickly and hopes to have a solution landed by mid-2024. Deere is open to a resulting solution being sold to other customers, but not in industries that the company competes in, the CTO said. <\/p>\n<p>But terminal cost is one of the ongoing hurdles in the satellite industry across many markets like consumer broadband, military, and aviation.<\/p>\n<p>Whitney Lohmeyer, a satellite communications industry advisor who was the first engineer hired at OneWeb and serves on the faculty at Olin College of Engineering, is hopeful for the opportunity for the industry, but skeptical that 5,000 terminals a year is a volume that can bring the cost of a terminal down by orders of magnitude. <\/p>\n<p>Constellations like Starlink and OneWeb have shown that Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) can work, but these constellations are looking at the scale of potentially putting broadband terminals on hundreds of thousands of homes and still have challenges lowering the cost, she says.   <\/p>\n<p>\u201cFolks come into the industry or have been around in industry and are frustrated. They see there\u2019s a problem, and that is the low-cost phased array or the low-cost consumer terminal,\u201d Lohmeyer says. \u201cPlayers dive in and model and simulate different scenarios, and they are convinced they can do it. What inevitably happens is, as they start building out their theoretical link budget, the terminal grows in size in order to meet gain over temperature requirements. Then they find themselves in a place where they need to serve enterprise customers.\u201d   <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am so hopeful that we can bring down the cost,\u201d Lohmeyer said. \u201cThere\u2019s a need and a major desire to connect all sorts of different markets and applications. But it\u2019s not really the agriculture sector\u2019s specific needs that are inhibiting a certain price point. Fundamentally, the components and the requirements on performance are preventing certain price points at this time.\u201d <\/p>\n<p><script>var AIAD_fcd45f981d570e35cee941b23edc69c7_6a6c19e4bef29;googletag.cmd.push(function(){var AIMAP_29b58f13885ebf8ea6b032f958eb0748 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([992, 100], [[970, 90], [970, 250]]).addSize([768, 100], [728, 90]).addSize([320, 100], [320, 50]).build();var AIMAP_737ce075cc05dd766c8f8ea08f3faa73 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([768, 100], [728, 90]).addSize([320, 100], [320, 50]).build();var AIMAP_21fe3bcfb86a8660aba4e721ee9338f3 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([1200, 100], [970, 250]).addSize([768, 100], [600, 300]).addSize([320, 100], [300, 250]).build();AIAD_fcd45f981d570e35cee941b23edc69c7_6a6c19e4bef29 = googletag.defineSlot('\/987\/satellitetoday.com\/via-satellite-digital-issue-ads', [ [600, 300], [300, 250], [970, 250] ], 'div-gpt-ad-1774631144891- 0-6a6c19e4bef2a').defineSizeMapping(AIMAP_21fe3bcfb86a8660aba4e721ee9338f3).setCollapseEmptyDiv(true).addService(googletag.pubads());   });<\/script><script>googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1774631144891- 0-6a6c19e4bef2a'); });<\/script><\/p>\n<figure class=\"flex flex-col justify-center items-center w-full image-block px-8\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Placeholder alt text\" class=\"w-full object-cover mx-auto\" src=\"http:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/axHIb2LSF6zo4fdF0RXH_See_and_Spray_Sensors2.jpg\"><figcaption class=\"p-3 bg-gray-300 bg-opacity-50 italic mx-auto w-full\"> The See and Spray Ultimate is equipped with sensors for targeted, more efficient crop spraying. Photo:Via Satellite<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>From Precision Agriculture to Autonomous Farming <\/h3>\n<p>John Deere is no stranger to satellite. The company\u2019s precision agricultural technology is enabled by its proprietary StarFire Network, which corrects public GNSS signals to make them more accurate for agricultural use. Reprocessed signals are rebroadcast over Inmarsat\u2019s L-band network. John Deere is one of only a handful of companies that has its own global satellite augmentation network. This network allows John Deere tractors to drive themselves, place seeds, and develop accurate geospatial maps.<\/p>\n<p>Satellite imagery and satellite-enabled IoT play a role as well. Both factor into the John Deere Operations Center, which runs more than 250 software applications from partners. This can include software that uses satellite imagery, or software that incorporates data from third party in-field IoT sensors that may transmit data over satellite networks.<\/p>\n<p>Every day, tens of thousands of farmers use the Operations Center to manage the farm logistics, understand what is happening, how their fleet is operating, and analyze data collected. As Deere deployed more technology, the company began adding more sensors to its equipment to collect more data, explains Lane Arthur, vice president of Data, Applications &amp; Analytics, John Deere. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn combines, we have a camera that has a machine learning app. As the grain is going through the chute [during harvest], we\u2019re making rapid, real-time adjustments to the quality of that stream, and changing fan speeds and other things so that we collect the most grain possible. That\u2019s the kind of technology that we\u2019ve moved into over time. We\u2019re doing this on every one of our machines,\u201d Arthur says.  <\/p>\n<p>This technology has revolutionized agriculture, and the next frontier is autonomous farming, which satellite can help enable, says Deanna Kovar, vice president of Production &amp; Precision Ag Production Systems for John Deere. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve spent much of the last decade focused on digitizing agriculture in a way that puts the information right at the farmers fingertips in near real-time. Connectivity was a critical part of that \u2014 we\u2019ve been connecting all of our production agriculture equipment since 2011,\u201d Kovar says. \u201cAs we look forward into the 2020s, it\u2019s all about computer vision and machine learning. These aren\u2019t technologies that agriculture created, but they are technologies that agriculture is going to leverage. What you\u2019ll see is how great the technology is, but also how much better we can make it when we can connect it persistently and confidently, anywhere in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Deere unveiled its autonomous 8R tractor earlier this year at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, pitching it as a tool to help farmers feed a growing global population with less available land and skilled labor while dealing with challenges like climate and weather conditions. The company has set a bold goal to make the entire production system to grow corn and soy autonomous by 2030.  <\/p>\n<p>The autonomous tractor is fully loaded with tech. It has six pairs of stereo cameras to detect obstacles and calculate distance. The autonomous tractor continuously checks its position compared to a digital boundary area of where it is supposed to operate. <\/p>\n<p>It can operate fully autonomously. While the StarFire Network enables the self-steering feature Auto Trac, which operates like tractor cruise control, the autonomous tractor does not require a farmer in the cabin. A farmer can drive the tractor to a field, turn it on, leave, and monitor progress through an app. <\/p>\n<p><script>var AIAD_fcd45f981d570e35cee941b23edc69c7_6a6c19e4bf856;googletag.cmd.push(function(){var AIMAP_29b58f13885ebf8ea6b032f958eb0748 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([992, 100], [[970, 90], [970, 250]]).addSize([768, 100], [728, 90]).addSize([320, 100], [320, 50]).build();var AIMAP_737ce075cc05dd766c8f8ea08f3faa73 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([768, 100], [728, 90]).addSize([320, 100], [320, 50]).build();var AIMAP_21fe3bcfb86a8660aba4e721ee9338f3 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([1200, 100], [970, 250]).addSize([768, 100], [600, 300]).addSize([320, 100], [300, 250]).build();AIAD_fcd45f981d570e35cee941b23edc69c7_6a6c19e4bf856 = googletag.defineSlot('\/987\/satellitetoday.com\/via-satellite-digital-issue-ads', [ [600, 300], [300, 250], [970, 250] ], 'div-gpt-ad-1774631144891- 0-6a6c19e4bf857').defineSizeMapping(AIMAP_21fe3bcfb86a8660aba4e721ee9338f3).setCollapseEmptyDiv(true).addService(googletag.pubads());   });<\/script><script>googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1774631144891- 0-6a6c19e4bf857'); });<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Adoption is low at this point, but the technology is nascent, Kovar said. Deere has paying customers for fully autonomous tractors this fall and expects more in the spring. <\/p>\n<p>Kovar says Deere started its autonomous journey with tillage, or tractors that turn over soil to prepare for seeding, because the machine does all the work. It does not need to bring anything else to the field, or take anything away from the field. But as Deere moves into autonomous applications that are complicated, it needs persistent connectivity to manage the back and forth of data. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt harvest, I need to take the crop from the field,\u201d Kovar explains. \u201c[That entails] knowing how much crop is there, how much I need to send, when I need to send it. All of that will be a part of autonomy making a difference in agriculture. But if it\u2019s not connected, if it\u2019s in airplane mode, I just wiped out the productivity value of having an autonomous machine out there in the field.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Persistent connectivity could unlock new precision agriculture tools that have yet to be invented, because current machines cannot count on always-on connectivity. <\/p>\n<p>John Deere representatives say autonomy can make a big difference in quality of life for farmers. Nancy Post, vice president of the Intelligent Solutions Group, said this is one learning so far from automation. At first, the company thought Auto Trac would mainly be beneficial because it would reduce overlap and save money.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat we\u2019ve been surprised about is how many people bought the self-steering piece simply because of the comfort,\u201d Post says. \u201cThey are under so much pressure working 16-hour days where they have to get everything in the field or out of the field in a very short window. That comfort makes the biggest difference in the world.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>If a farmer doesn\u2019t have to be in the cab of the tractor, the thought is that he or she can work on something else to maximize productivity, and even cut some time off a 16-hour day.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow I can go home and have dinner with my family,\u201d Arthur says of the potential benefits. \u201cI don\u2019t know how to put a value on that. But it\u2019s pretty valuable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Deere is hoping that by bringing the satellite industry together, a vendor or set of vendors can come up with a solution that will meet the company\u2019s use case and lead to a long-term collaboration, CTO Hindman says.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe expect the group that is here from the industry to work together to form a solution that\u2019s helpful in our agricultural use cases. We view it as an opportunity to have a partnership with whatever the solution set is that comes out of this over a long period of time,\u201d Hindman says. \u201cWe think it\u2019s a market-defining, significant volume relative to satellite communications. We have the opportunity to create something that doesn\u2019t exist, with an economic value that is significant today, and going to grow into the future.\u201d <strong class=\"Annotation -strong\">VS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>,<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"widget-title\">In This Issue<\/h2>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<!-- post id 405242:  \/code\/wp-content\/themes\/ai-beehive\/template-parts\/content\/post-snippet.php --><\/p>\n<figure class=\"overflow-hidden w-100 me-3\">\n<p>\t<img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"167\" src=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/rp2opuvrQqSeTaHtKQ6a_ED_Note-300x167.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/rp2opuvrQqSeTaHtKQ6a_ED_Note-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/rp2opuvrQqSeTaHtKQ6a_ED_Note-800x446.jpg 800w, 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