Australian-Based Project to Increase Precision Ag Use on Vegetable Farms
A national project, involving some of Australia’s leading farming stakeholders, is focused on improving the adoption of precision agriculture technologies in vegetable production systems, reports Hortidaily.
Queensland’s Department for Agriculture and Fisheries (DAF) has been leading a Hort Innovation funded project that has been working with growers to implement these technologies on-farm and developing case studies on how these technologies can be used in Australian vegetable production systems.
“These technologies primarily provide spatial information on vegetable crops or fields,” DAF’s Senior Development Horticulturist, Julie O’Halloran said. “Commercially available image analysis can then be applied to the spatial data for various purposes. The information from these technologies can be used in various ways to inform farm operations and management practices.
“For example, to quantify lost production from underperforming areas, target crop inputs, forecast yield for product marketing and packing shed logistics. GPS technologies enable specific points in a field to be accurately identified, and for crop performance and management options, such as variable-rate input applications, to be based on what is happening/required at that specific point in the field.”
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