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  • PA and wi-fi tractors leave little to chance
    Precision Agriculture and Machinery, 20 Jan 2025
    PA and wi-fi tractors leave little to chance

    After a few people in the Grenfell district started using the firm Precision Ag to source satellite imagery in 2016, Paul hired the company to complete an electromagnetic (EM38) survey to identify differences in soil types and see if these correlated with yield.

  • The future is here – automated drone docks coming to a farm near you
    Weeds, 11 Nov 2024
    The future is here – automated drone docks coming to a farm near you

    A new kind of drone operator licence called BVLOS – Beyond Visual Line of Sight – allows operators to place autonomous drone docking stations within farming locations. They will be supervised remotely, without the need for a pilot to attend the site. This was discussed at a GRDC webinar, which came about after the topic of aerial applications was raised at several recent National Grower Network meetings.

  • Early support essential for ‘light bulb’ moments
    Precision Agriculture and Machinery, 17 Oct 2024
    Early support essential for ‘light bulb’ moments

    GRDC has invested $5 million in a second Australian Grains Innovation program to ensure a pipeline of novel technology and business ideas with the potential to solve some of the grains industry’s trickiest problems.

  • Researcher on a machinery mission to re-engineer soils
    Precision Agriculture and Machinery, 11 Oct 2024
    Researcher on a machinery mission to re-engineer soils

    Dr Gaus Azam’s groundbreaking research on soil re-engineering in Western Australia, supported by GRDC in partnership with DPIRD, has significantly increased crop yields and water use efficiency. A GRDC award has enabled him to travel to Germany to consult with soils experts.

  • Cross-industry approach allows for new agtech ideas
    Precision Agriculture and Machinery, 02 Oct 2024
    Cross-industry approach allows for new agtech ideas

    Summary: Melbourne agtech startup AquaTerra is developing a battery-operated device that uses sensors set 150 millimetres into the ground to gauge soil moisture and temperature at depths of up to two metres. AquaTerra took part in the Farmers2Founders five-month accelerator program, Harvest – with support from GRDC – in 2021-22.

  • Assessing sensors for enhanced canola plant architecture selection
    Precision Agriculture and Machinery, 16 Sep 2024
    Assessing sensors for enhanced canola plant architecture selection

    GRDC is exploring the potential of next-gen phenomic tools with a Dutch company, PhenoKey, and the Germany-based Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits, to improve yield selection in canola. Preliminary studies are showing promise for the application of LiDAR, X-ray and RTK-GPS for high-throughput non-destructive estimation of biomass, harvest index and other traits.

  • Novel techniques identify drought-tolerant roots
    Precision Agriculture and Machinery, 12 Sep 2024
    Novel techniques identify drought-tolerant roots

    Professor Daniel Rodriguez, Dr Dongxue Zhao, Associate Professor Karine Chenu, Professor Lee Hickey, Professor David Jordan, Professor Emma Mace, Professor Hannah Schneider, Associate Professor Andries Potgieter, Dr Vijaya Singh, Dr Anton Wasson and Dr Hammad Khan

  • Push to step up trait knowledge adoption
    Precision Agriculture and Machinery, 11 Sep 2024
    Push to step up trait knowledge adoption

    Can UAV mounted hyperspectral cameras be used to assess potential useful physiogical traits to enhance the yield potential of Australian wheat? This is a question being addressed in a GRDC/Australian Grain Technologies supported project aiming to optimise the deployment of physiology-based traits in wheat breeding using phenomic tools.

  • Phenomics to improve disease management and resistance breeding
    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.

  • Phenomics – the link between crop genetics and performance
    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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