Farmo Water Rat

Australian AgTech in Action

Farmo's Water Rat is a highly sophisticated but easy to set-up tank and trough water sensor designed for the Agricultural sector. 

This Australian Product was established to improve efficiency and certainty for farmers via giving them knowledge directly on their smartphone regarding the water levels of their Stock watering troughs or water tanks. This saves time usually spent periodically, manually, checking troughs, and offers peace of mind their livestock have access to water.

The product design allows the user to simply drop it into a Farm stock watering trough or tank, and when the level drops it will send an alert to the user’s phone to let them know that they have a problem with the trough. The product can then be easily moved from trough to trough as livestock are moved, and requires effectively no setup. Just clip the receiver onto a near by electric fence and it’s ready to run. Find out more about how it works on the water rat product page.

Collaborating on AgTech and Farm Automation

hone.pd were pleased to work with Nick, the founder of Farmo on the plastic moulding design to develop this product. Nick and his Electronic Engineers have done a fantastic job designing the agtech products' electronics including an IoT communication system, as well as the user interface. hone.pd supported the team via design of the products enclosure, meeting the requirements which included buoyancy, robustness for the livestock environment, water ingress prevention, and allowing communications to transmit effectively through the housing.

hone.pd’s Product designers and Engineers in Sydney and Melbourne have been working collaboratively with Farmo’s in-house Electronic Engineering Team to ensure quality, sophistication and performance of the product and designs.

Nick and team at Farmo are now selling The Water Rat, among other useful  products for this sector; and are continuing to develop  a range of agtech products in the future.

About Farmo Australia

Farmo is an Australian agtech company that improves the welfare for animals and makes life better for farmers through automation. They develop technologies that help address problems on farms and provide solutions for smart cities and urban businesses.