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  • If, and when, to deep rip again
    Precision Agriculture and Machinery, 17 Aug 2023
    If, and when, to deep rip again

    Soil compaction is a complicated problem and, despite many decades of research, there are still a lot of unknowns. De-compaction by deep ripping is a proven and profitable solution on many soil types so it is being widely used, but re-compaction in the years after ripping and knowing if, when and how to deep rip again are emerging issues.

  • Building the paths for autonomous farming
    Precision Agriculture and Machinery, 19 Jul 2023
    Building the paths for autonomous farming

    Verge Ag is an innovative software company supported by GrainInnovate, developing software that creates a digital version of the paddock to design more efficient trafficking pathways for farm equipment.

  • Bots on the ground – farming’s new army
    Precision Agriculture and Machinery, 17 Jul 2023
    Bots on the ground – farming’s new army

    Robots are on the rise in agriculture to improve efficiency, sustainability and alleviate labour shortages. SwarmFarm, a company supported by GRDC’s GrainInnovate program is a leader in the integration of autonomous systems in broad acre ag.

  • What value can precision ag tools bring to your business?
    Precision Agriculture and Machinery, 02 Jun 2023
    What value can precision ag tools bring to your business?

    Although digital ag tool development in Australia is quite advanced, there is a disconnect between the developers and the adopters – growers. The Society of Precision Agriculture Australia is dedicated to improving the sustainability of Australia’s agriculture production systems through adoption of these tools. To this end, grower co-designed workshops are being supported by GRDC and run by the Society across the country.

  • Grower workshops to power precision ag adoption
    Precision Agriculture and Machinery, 18 May 2023
    Grower workshops to power precision ag adoption

    Upcoming workshops by the SPAA will provide grain growers in Western Australia.

  • UAVs help fulfil the need for speed
    Precision Agriculture and Machinery, 13 Mar 2023
    UAVs help fulfil the need for speed

    UAVs are helping to characterise key mungbean traits, especially its canopy development, and could point to varieties with synchronous maturity and rapid senescence.

  • Growers contemplating burning to manage high stubble loads encouraged to consider implications
    Precision Agriculture and Machinery, 16 Feb 2023
    Growers contemplating burning to manage high stubble loads encouraged to consider implications

    Significantly high cereal stubble loads leftover from a large 2022 winter crop mean that some northern growers are considering burning to help manage stubble, weeds and improve trafficability prior to the upcoming season.

  • Permanent tramlines in CTF systems need maintenance
    Precision Agriculture and Machinery, 26 Nov 2022
    Permanent tramlines in CTF systems need maintenance

    Tramlines need renovating to fill in ruts and to keep the tramlines more even with the rest of the paddock. Various machines exist to do the job. Whatever machine and method are chosen, the tramlines need to be rolled or followed on with a compression wheel to make a firm surface.

  • Crop sequencing profitability and the machinery factor
    Precision Agriculture and Machinery, 04 Oct 2022
    Crop sequencing profitability and the machinery factor

    Differences of up to $60 per hectare in machinery costs have been calculated in research that considers how farming systems interact with machinery.

  • Help track the spread of insecticide-resistant Bluegreen aphids
    Precision Agriculture and Machinery, 28 Sep 2022
    Help track the spread of insecticide-resistant Bluegreen aphids

    Grain growers and agronomists are being asked to help track the insecticide-resistance status of the damaging Bluegreen aphid (BGA) as part of a new crop protection investment.

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