Many farms, ranches and co-ops have on-site graineries, mixing plants and bulk storage facilities. We have been designing more and more digital surveillance systems for monitoring these facilities, especially in the past few years. Farmers are protecting their facilities from theft and tampering with the food chain (Homeland security is advising farmers to restrict access and/or monitor these facilities).
They also use cameras to monitor processes, problem areas or legs prone to back-up or malfunction, and focusing on temperature and process read-outs from garages and controls. This type of system also allows them to monitor loading and unloading and to keep a record of all trucks that come to the facility.
Here are a couple of case studies of the digital surveillance systems we have designed for graineries and bulk storage facilities.