{"id":1534,"date":"2016-03-15T05:00:47","date_gmt":"2016-03-15T12:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/industry\/blog\/uncategorized\/farming-data\/"},"modified":"2023-07-03T11:47:17","modified_gmt":"2023-07-03T18:47:17","slug":"farming-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/government\/2016\/03\/15\/farming-data\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft CityNext \u201cfarming\u201d data"},"content":{"rendered":"

As a Microsoft developer, Matthew Podwysocki is used to getting his hands dirty with software code; he also enjoys working in dirt of the organic kind, growing his own grapes, a variety of berries and pumpkins. With Microsoft CityNext<\/a> supporting the innovative agriculture testbed in Montgomery County, Md., Matthew has the rare opportunity to meld his professional and personal passions.<\/p>\n

Matthew and his colleague, David Makogon, both of the Developer Experience (DX) team, represented Microsoft at a recent workshop for the Internet of Things project aimed at helping Montgomery County farmers use data to become more productive and successful (see my Sept. 3 CityNext blog<\/a> for more background). Built on our Microsoft Azure<\/a> cloud platform, the testbed will rely on the expertise of our DX team to provide the high-level architecture and software to collect and analyze data from sensors that will be installed on the four Montgomery County farms participating in the project. The development team also includes:<\/p>\n