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Ten-Fold Productivity, Ten Fewer Callouts a Year: Joel Kelly's Connected Farm

Written by Connected Farms | Oct 6, 2026, 9:03:18 PM

Connected Farms deployed CommsXtend and Satellite-on-the-Move on the property.

"Since having connectivity it has improved our productivity and efficiency 10x," Kelly says.

That gain shows up in a few concrete ways. Remote support on the farm's machines means Kelly can dial in and help troubleshoot issues himself - on one occasion talking his father through a boom spray fault, saving the callouts and time previously lost trying to find a signal or wait for a technician; Kelly estimates it's saved at least ten callouts this year alone.

Reliable connectivity has also let the farm move onto CNH's FieldOps platform for spray records, harvest tracking, and inventory management, replacing what had been manual diary entries and USB transfers. And with connectivity across the farm, staff no longer need to stop and drive five to ten minutes to find a signal to make a call.