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Precision Agriculture and Machinery, 06 Sep 2024
Phenomics to improve disease management and resistance breeding
In the quest for sustainable agriculture, the effective management of crop diseases and the development of resilient, disease-resistant crops are paramount. Phenomics, the study of an organism’s physical and biochemical traits as influenced by the environment and genetics, has emerged as a powerful tool to achieve these goals. GRDC is investing in these new methods, both at field and laboratory level. Barley Net blotches, wheat rusts and blackleg in canola are the first targets.
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Precision Agriculture and Machinery, 04 Sep 2024
Phenomics – the link between crop genetics and performance
Bridging the knowledge gap between improving crop genetics and evaluating field performance has traditionally been time-consuming and laborious. But new technologies are enabling a step change in accuracy and throughput by using innovative platforms and advanced sensors to accelerate exciting advances in crop improvement. The Australian Plant Phenomics Network (APPN), supported by significant investments from federal and state governments, universities and GRDC, is providing much-needed infrastructure to facilitate this step change.
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Precision Agriculture and Machinery, 29 Aug 2024
Big data approach improves on-farm trial insights
Researchers at CCDM are using precision agricultural tools like yield maps and remote sensing to manage variability in Australian cropping systems, improving crop yields and quality. With GRDC and Food Agility CRC support and in collaboration with industry partners, they aim to develop spatial analysis tools for growers, helping them to make more informed decisions through visualisation of data, implementation of on-farm experimental strip trials and advanced statistical methods.
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Precision Agriculture and Machinery, 03 Jun 2024
Partnerships and vision are key to an autonomous future
GRDC’s Grain Automate strategy is seeking to help growers realise even more profitable and sustainable farming systems into the future
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Precision Agriculture and Machinery, 03 Jun 2024
Machinery innovations to revolutionise weed control
Work is underway to use the data capabilities of precision agriculture machinery to create a step-change advance in reducing herbicide dependency
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Precision Agriculture and Machinery, 03 Jun 2024
Rolling out green-on-green spot spraying
A machinery company and a chemical company are collaborating on green-on-green spot spraying technology while also seeking to register site-specific chemical use
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Precision Agriculture and Machinery, 03 Jun 2024
Variable-rate technology for pre-emergent herbicides
Trials are getting underway to test the feasibility of using geospatial paddock data to create zones in which pre-emergent products are applied at varying rates and in varying product mixes in a single pass
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Precision Agriculture and Machinery, 03 Jun 2024
Spot spraying guided from space
A project is underway to fast-track the use of satellite imagery to obtain the data needed to differentially spray herbicides and fungicides only where they are needed
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Precision Agriculture and Machinery, 03 Jun 2024
Weed-killing robots leave chemicals in the shed
SwarmFarm Robotics is exploring opportunities to partner with farm machinery manufacturers to co-develop non-chemical weed-killing technology that can be operated by its autonomous robotic vehicles
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Precision Agriculture and Machinery, 03 Jun 2024
SoilWaterNow: space technology in your paddock
Progress in Earth observation and computing now enable soil water estimates at different depth increments and the within-paddock scale needed for dryland farms