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6 F A L L 2 0 2 3 This technology enables efficiency to grow 4 Ways Fiber Internet Helps Farmers Farmers, like most business owners, are becoming increasingly more reliant on fiber internet’s high-speed, dependable connection to be competitive and successful. Here are just four examples of how fiber internet helps farmers with business operations. Information in Real Time Fiber is the fastest and most reliable internet available, helping farmers manage one of their most precious resources—time. From detailed weather updates to current commodity prices and trading indicators, fiber internet delivers up-to-the-minute information as it happens. Dependable Video Conferencing Farmers raising livestock know every minute counts in an animal health emergency. Fiber internet supports advanced, high-quality video conferencing, which provides farmers with the ability to contact a veterinarian immediately, have a visual consultation and receive treatment advice quickly. Plus, dependable video conferencing is often helpful for less-acute animal health care and wellness needs. Faster Communication Fiber provides farmers with a quick connection to governmental and regulatory agencies, insurance companies and information about alternative growing and irrigation methods. In short, fiber improves and speeds up overall communications between farmers and the organizations essential to their business. Smart Agriculture A Wi-Fi network can be deployed to effectively disperse the fiber internet signal to support these activities: • Operation of precision agriculture tools and techniques, such as soil mapping and guidance systems • Transmission of data quickly and effectively from one farming location to another • U se of smart technology in machinery • U se of software systems essential to farming • Wireless use of alarms Farmers using fiber internet to power smart technology and applications may benefit from improved efficiency, better time management, increased productivity, reduced expenses, increased profits and the elimination of outdated and underperforming services. To learnmoreabout howCharitonValley’sfiber internet* can help your farm do business more efficiently, call 660.395.9400. *Not available in all areas. Contact us for complete details.

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