Farmer Advice
Oct 23 2020
Tech solutions for grain storage
Growers spend significant time and money throughout the season to ensure high-yielding crops with good protein or oil levels. So once the crops are harvested, it is important to protect that investment....
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Oct 08 2020
Technology delivers a data harvest
Spring means harvest time is approaching for many of Australia’s grain cropping regions, and after a number of very dry and disappointing years, growers finally have something to look forward to. While...
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Sep 24 2020
Making better cropping decisions with soil moisture sensors
Farming in Australia’s variable climate means it’s critical to preserve and utilise every bit of available moisture. Water is the limiting factor in rainfed cropping systems. While growing season rainfall is a...
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Aug 28 2020
Technology improving calf survival in northern Australia
As calving in northern Australian gets underway, technology that includes birth sensors and GPS-tracking collars is providing clues to help producers bring down the rates of calf mortality in the beef industry....
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Aug 12 2020
Agtech safeguarding Australian biosecurity
Australian agriculture has long benefited from the continent’s distance and isolation from the rest of the world. This has enabled Australia to remain free of some of the most serious pests and...
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Jul 30 2020
Agtech’s role in the war against weeds
Agtech for weed control in broadacre cropping and livestock enterprises. Integrated weed management in the era of emerging agtech and new digital technologies means that farmers and producers will soon have many...
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Jun 29 2020
Exchange Data Between Different Machinery
Up to now, farmers and contractors with a mixed machinery fleet can only record, process and document their data using the respective equipment and web portals of the individual manufacturers. What’s changed?...
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Jun 19 2020
Grain Storage to Protect Quality
The surging Australian dollar in combination with widespread rain across NSW is expected to lift production levels of several crops and grain prices are likely to sharply decline. With these conditions in...
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Apr 28 2020
Water Use Efficiency and Rice
Australian rice growers are some of the world’s most efficient producers. As an industry, Australia grows more top quality rice with less water than anywhere else in the world. However, it is no easy...
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Mar 24 2020
Common Issues with Water Sensors
Meat & Livestock Australia and a team of tech partners ran a project at Calliope Station in 2019 that involved monitoring water levels in tanks and dams across two properties, with 70,000...
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