Monitoring and Managing Spatial Variability in Pastures: Developing Active Optical Sensors to increase nitrogen use efficiency and GPS Tracking to understand livestock pasture utilisation and nutrient redistribution

Title
Monitoring and Managing Spatial Variability in Pastures: Developing Active Optical Sensors to increase nitrogen use efficiency and GPS Tracking to understand livestock pasture utilisation and nutrient redistribution
Publication Date
2011
Author(s)
Trotter, Mark
Editor
Editor(s): Pietro Celi
Type of document
Conference Publication
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
University of Sydney
Place of publication
Sydney, Australia
Series
Current Topics in Dairy Production
UNE publication id
une:10554
Abstract
Spatial variability is an inherent characteristic of agricultural landscapes. There is an increasing awareness amongst producers that monitoring and managing this variability could lead to increases in production. This paper reviews two recent advances in technology, Active Optical Sensors for site specific nutrient management and Autonomous Spatial Livestock Monitoring systems which seek to exploit spatial variability and enable producers to increase the efficiency and sustainability of their grazing systems.
Link
Citation
Dairy Research Foundation Current Topics in Dairy Production, v.16, p. 103-105
ISSN
1326-849X
Start page
103
End page
105

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