Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/9117
Title: Precision pastures: opportunities and challenges for spatial information to improve productivity and animal welfare in extensive livestock systems
Contributor(s): Lamb, David  (author); Taylor, Donnalee B  (author); Trotter, Mark  (author); Donald, Graham (author); Schneider, Derek  (author)orcid 
Publication Date: 2010
Handle Link: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/9117
Abstract: The use of spatial information in extensive livestock systems is not new. However the use of GPS tracking technology on livestock, coupled with existing or new remote and proximal plant/soil sensing technologies is redefining opportunities and challenges for using spatial information to improve productivity and animal welfare in livestock systems. Interest amongst researchers, technology developers and end-users is growing, as evidenced by recent forums given over to spatially-enabled livestock management (SELM), including the 1st ANZ SELM Symposium (Australia) and the SELM Session at the 10th International Conference on PA (USA), both held in July this year. Based on the outcomes of both of these forums, this presentation will canvas some of these opportunities and challenges as they relate to understanding the complex interactions between animals and their grazing environment, including pastures or crops, and discuss avenues for using such data as part of livestock management.
Publication Type: Conference Publication
Conference Details: Precision Agriculture 2010: 14th Annual Symposium on Precision Agriculture in Australasia, Albury, Australia, 2nd - 3rd September, 2010
Source of Publication: Proceedings of the 14th Annual Symposium on Precision Agriculture in Australasia, p. 11-11
Publisher: University of Sydney, Australian Centre for Precision Agriculture
Place of Publication: Sydney, Australia
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: 070104 Agricultural Spatial Analysis and Modelling
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: 830399 Livestock Raising not elsewhere classified
HERDC Category Description: E3 Extract of Scholarly Conference Publication
Publisher/associated links: http://www.usyd.edu.au/agriculture/acpa/documents/Symposium_2010.pdf
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