PA Innovations in Livestock, Grazing Systems and Rangeland Management to Improve Landscape Productivity and Sustainability

Title
PA Innovations in Livestock, Grazing Systems and Rangeland Management to Improve Landscape Productivity and Sustainability
Publication Date
2013
Author(s)
Trotter, Mark
Type of document
Journal Article
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Australian Institute of Agricultural Science and Technology
Place of publication
Australia
UNE publication id
une:14523
Abstract
Innovative precision agriculture (PA) technologies are increasingly being used in the plant industries whilst similar techniques and opportunities have been slow to evolve in the grazing industries. The need for improved animal production efficiency is driving many producers to evaluate the PA technologies that could be applied in grazing systems, from site specific management (SSM) of fertiliser, objective pasture biomass measurement, individual animal production assessment and automatic livestock monitoring technologies (ALMS). This paper explores some of these, including SSM, ALMS, walk-over-weigh and remote automated drafting technologies in the context of their potential value for graziers seeking to implement them.
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Citation
Agricultural Science, 25(1), p. 27-31
ISSN
1030-4614
Start page
27
End page
31

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