AI-based weed spraying making its mark in Far North Queensland
Cooktown beef producers Peter and Judy Irwin are one of many producers and growers on the tropical east coast of Queensland fighting the battle against sicklepod, an a...
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Adoption of Electronic Identification (eID) – Junee Reefs, NSW
Learn how the Drum's began collecting individual breech wrinkle scores via electronic identification in an attempt to reduce it and set their flock up for future non-m...
Adoption of Electronic Identification (eID) – Cootamundra, NSW
Learn how James introduced electronic identification (eID) technology, after being involved in sampling, breech wrinkle scoring and visual classing. Starting simply by...
Farm Tech Planning – Module 6 – Planning for farm technology
This module explores the potential of “digitally enabled decision agriculture” for a 25% increase in agricultural production value, presenting a $20.3 bill...
Farm Tech Planning – Module 5 – Productivity measure and manage
This module focuses on measuring and managing the productivity and precision efficiency of the farm. It discusses the relationship between productivity and profitabili...
Farm Tech Planning – Module 4 – Data analytics
This module underscores the importance of data analytics in agriculture, exploring the potential of AgTech-generated data for enhanced farm management. It outlines cha...
Farm Tech Planning – Module 3 – Data storage software and API
This module addresses crucial aspects of data and storage in AgTech adoption, emphasising the value of cloud storage for anytime, anywhere data access. It discusses th...
Farm Tech Planning – Module 2 – Navigating the AgTech landscape
This module guides farmers in embracing agricultural digitisation to meet the National Farmers’ Federation’s ambitious target of exceeding $100 billion in farm...
Farm Tech Planning – Module 1 – Why digitise agriculture?
This module focuses on demystifying technology language and cultivating foundational skills to promote technology adoption in agriculture. It recognises the historical...
Matthew Rohde – Soil Moisture Probes & Weather Stations
For the past two decades, producers in the Woorak region have struggled to understand and manage large variations in seasonal conditions, including extended dry times ...
Craig Thomas & Riverine Plains Inc – Targeted Spraying
Reducing inputs for weed control is a key consideration for producers across Australia. Craig Thomas talks us through the decision making process his business undertoo...
One piece of technology to invest in now… or very soon
Agtech is a busy space, and the options are overwhelming and seemingly endless. The Agri-food technology market is constantly evolving and there is a reluctance to be ...
Livestock Technology use case – start simple
There are considerable and complex top-down pressures on farmers to adopt digital technologies. It’s not surprising that many farmers sit on the fence when it co...
Connectivity Explained – DigiMesh
DigiMesh in Agriculture DigiMesh (XBee and XBee3) are all communication protocols from Digi International, an American Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) technolog...
Connectivity Explained – Zigbe
What is Zigbee? Zigbee is a connectivity solution/protocol for commercial digital agriculture deployments. Zigbee is a specification that’s been around for m...
Interoperability & Integration
Do you remember when Victorian trains could not cross the border and run on a NSW track? Not because they were not both trains, but they could not share the same infra...
Connectivity Explained – Taggle
What is Taggle? Taggle is another LPWAN service and is similar to that of LoRaWAN from the perspective of IoT devices in the field. The IoT devices communicate to a ga...
Calculators
Before You Start: Before using any calculator, it is a good idea to collect or have an idea of the below information. Location of the proposed devices, types of devi...