The objective of this paper is to report a case study of smart dairy farming in Ontario, Canada which is the future of food production and ways that advancements related to the Internet of Things (IoT). It is impacting upon agricultural practice in the form of smart farming. Smart farming is the practice of intelligent agricultural management based upon technological data gathering farm practice for the purpose of increased levels of quality, production, and environmental protection. This paper will illustrate one example whereby partnerships among the academic world, government agencies and local food producing communities in Canada are adapting innovative thinking and smart technologies to address the need to implement the more effective agricultural practice. Food From Thought is a Canadian research project, based upon high-tech information systems to produce enough food for a growing human population while sustaining the Earth’s ecosystems. The paper will outline how one dairy farmer in Ontario has been able to apply smart farming technologies to increase milk production while maintaining the health of his cattle and preserving the environment. The review of applications of smart farming in Ontario such as digital tracking for a cow, genomic testing, digitally signaled birth, sensor driven crop management and data driven dairy production also details in this article.

1. INTERNET OF THINGS IN
AGRICULTURE: A CASE STUDY OF
SMART DAIRY FARMING IN
ONTARIO, CANADA
Poonsri VATE-U-LAN, Ed.D.1), Donna QUIGLEY, Ph.D.2) and
Panicos MASOURAS, Ph.D.3)
1-2) Full-time Lecturer Graduate School of eLearning, Assumption University, Bangkok, 10240, Thailand
3) Assistant Professor, Department of Nursing, Cyprus University of Technology, Limassol, Cyprus

2. AGENDA
The Fifteenth International Conference on Developing Real-Life Learning Experiences (DRLE 2017),
Theme: Smart Education for Sustainable Development, 16th June, 2017
King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, Bangkok, Thailand
1. Introduction
2. The Internet of Things Definition
3. Food From Thought: A Canadian Initiative
4. Applications of smart farming in Ontario
1. Digital Tracking for Each Cow
2. Genomic Testing: Herd Intelligence
3. A Digitally Signaled Birth
4. Sensor Driven Crop Management
5. Data Driven Dairy Production
5. Summary

6. Definition: Internet of Things (IoT) in a smart
environment - an interconnection system
among the Internet and other sensing and
actuating devices which be able to operate
information across various platforms via a
unified framework such as cloud computing
with seamless information representation,
data analytics, and ubiquitous sensing.

7. FOOD FROM THOUGHT:
A CANADIAN
INITIATIVE

8. FOOD FROM THOUGHT
 Food From Thought represents a network of global partnerships that include
academic institutions, government agencies, industry and local innovation
centers.
 The University of Guelph located in Ontario is
recognized as a research-based university that is
reputed to be one of Canada’s leaders in the field
of agriculture. In June of 2016, the Canadian federal
government awarded Guelph University
$76.6 million (CN) to initiate a digital revolution in
sustainable food production.
 Canada’s investment in the Food From Thought research project sets as its
goal to use high–tech information systems to produce innovative solutions
related to food production in response to future human population
projections while responding to the critical need to protect and sustain the
Earth’s ecosystems.

9. FOOD FROM THOUGHT

10. APPLICATIONS OF
SMART FARMING IN
ONTARIO

11. A SMART FARMING BY JOE LOEWITH AND SONS LTD.
 The video will present to cover
the following topics.
 Digital Tracking for Each Cow
 Genomic Testing: Herd
Intelligence
 A Digitally Signaled Birth
 Sensor Driven Crop Management
 Data Driven Dairy Production

12. JOE LOEWITH & SONS DAIRY FARM - TECHNOLOGY AND COMFORT

13. SUMMARY
 The innovative research integrate advanced technology in agriculture is on
high demand especially in the top agricultural countries.
 The phenomenal of the Internet of Things (IoT) in agriculture is significant to
ecosystems of the world since the smart technology can increase both quality
and quantity of agricultural production.
 The impacts from Internet of Things (IoT) upon agricultural development in
the form of smart farming in Ontario, Canada should be an interesting case
study to other similar future of food production especially the ways that
advancements related to smart farming. A case study in this current paper
presents the implementation of intelligent agricultural management based
upon technological data gathering farm practice for the purpose of increased
levels of quality, production, and environmental protection.

14. DR. POONSRI VATE-U-LAN: POONSRI.VATE@GMAIL.COM