GNSS Tracking of Livestock: Towards Variable Fertilizer Strategies for the Grazing Industry

Title
GNSS Tracking of Livestock: Towards Variable Fertilizer Strategies for the Grazing Industry
Publication Date
2010
Author(s)
Trotter, Mark
Lamb, David
Hinch, Geoffrey
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4731-865X
Email: ghinch@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:ghinch
Guppy, Christopher
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7274-607X
Email: cguppy@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:cguppy
Type of document
Conference Publication
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
International Society of Precision Agriculture (ISPA)
Place of publication
Online
UNE publication id
une:9139
Abstract
This study reveals the potential for GPS tracking in the grazing industry. By monitoring the locations and movement of livestock, times of peak grazing activity can be identified and these can in turn produce maps of preferred grazing areas, and by examining residency times provide an indication of spatial variability in grazing pressure. A comparison of grazing preference can be made to similarly inferred camping areas to understand the potential redistribution of nutrients within a paddock. This paper examines how simple GPS position records of livestock may be used to create a link in each of the aforementioned concepts with a view to using the data to produce maps of pasture utilisation and provide site specific fertilizer recommendations for livestock farmers.
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Citation
10th ICPA Proceedings

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