Trotter, Mark

Yerbury, Mark

Guppy, Christopher

Edwards, Clare

Haling, Rebecca

Trotter, Tieneke

Donald, Graham

Dobos, Robin C

Powell, Kevin S

Bruce, Rebecca

Henry, David

Taylor, Kerry

Barron, Josh

Lefort, Laurent

Moore, Darren

Lamb, David

Anderson, Samantha

Cosby, Amy

Roberts, Jessica

Stanley, John

Schneider, Derek

Falzon, Gregory

Walkden-Brown, Steve W

2012

Precision agriculture (PA) technologies and applications have largely been targeted at the cropping and horticultural industries. Little research has been undertaken exploring the potential for PA in grazing systems. This paper reports on the results of five studies examining PA technologies and techniques in grazing systems including: spatial variability in soil nutrients and fertiliser response across the grazing landscape; spatial landscape utilisation in relationship to individual animal productivity and health; spatial variability in pasture pests; and the development of a sensor network for monitoring spatial soil moisture, soil temperature and ambient temperature across a grazing landscape. The large variability exhibited in our trials suggests there is an enormous opportunity for precision agriculture in grazing systems. Sensing and responding to this variability will require careful application of modern PA technology and a substantial investment in research to better understand spatial variability in our grazing landscapes.

15th Precision Agriculture Symposium in Australasia Proceedings, p. 42-47

https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/13394

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Society of Precision Agriculture Australia (SPAA)

Monitoring and managing landscape variability in grazing systems

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