A connected farm, part 3 - weighbridge automation

The Weighbridge Next to the actual farm with the milking cows, the farm is also constituted of a biogas plant. Taking advantage of the facilities there (trucks, buildings, etc.), my wife’s family have been collecting “green waste” for years now, and up until 2024, the cost for taking care of that waste was being paid for by a “per-habitant” tax paid by the town. Recently however, due to the so-called “principe de causalité”, in place of a tax/fee per capita, people bringing green waste to the biogas plant will have to pay for the amount they brought. As a result, a weighbridge had to be installed, which is only one part of the equation. ...

25 February 2025 · 5 min · 1041 words · Clément Nussbaumer