Category: Tech
New joint venture to improve annual legume breeding
by Andrew Mole | Nov 13, 2019 | Tech | 0 |
A 10-year joint venture between The University of Western Australia and PGG Wrightson Seeds has been launched to provide farmers better access to advances in seed technology.
Read MoreNSHMP growing by leaps and bounds
by Small Farms | Nov 12, 2019 | Tech | 0 |
More sheep producers have access to carcass data to inform their animal health management strategy than ever before following another growth year for the National Sheep Health Monitoring Project (NSHMP).
Read MoreDunedin company set to prototype world-first sheep facial recognition
by Small Farms | Oct 25, 2019 | Animals, Tech | 0 |
The world’s first sheep facial recognition software – which will eliminate the need for costly electronic identification or ear tagging – will be prototyped this year after the company behind it received funding from New Zealand’s innovation agency, Callaghan Innovation
Read MoreDIT Technologies launches new smartphone technology
by Small Farms | Oct 1, 2019 | Tech | 0 |
Australia’s leading ag-tech business, DIT Technologies (DIT) today launches Australia’s first remote farming smartphone management platform that allows farmers to manage their farms from the press of a button anywhere in the world on a smartphone.
Read MoreMachine learning aims to improve water Management in dryland agricultural ecosystems
by Small Farms | Sep 30, 2019 | Tech | 0 |
Researchers from The University of Western Australia and the University of California have developed a new machine-learning tool that will improve the management, restoration and irrigation of rangeland areas used for grazing.
Read MoreVictorian agriculture sector joins C&I rooftop solar rush
by Small Farms | Aug 26, 2019 | Tech | 0 |
One of Victoria’s largest industrial solar power stations has been installed at the high tech Nine Mile Fresh apple processing and packing facility in South East Gippsland.
Read MoreNew Online Gateway to Organic Industry
by Small Farms | Aug 14, 2019 | Tech | 0 |
Access to the organic industry has just become a lot easier with yesterday’s opening of a...
Read MoreThe BKT Tire Lineups For Trailers
by Small Farms | Jul 25, 2019 | Tech | 0 |
Designed for the combined use on the road and in the fields, these tires are gentle to the land providing reduced soil compaction while supporting heavy loads even at high speed.
Read More$10M funding injection to support the eradication of Qfly
by Small Farms | Jul 23, 2019 | Tech | 0 |
Australian research into sterile insect technology has been strengthened through a $10 million collaborative project managed by Hort Innovation, with significant cash contributions by Western Sydney University (WSU) and the Government of South Australia.
Read MoreNuffield Conference: the epicentre of agricultural innovation
by Small Farms | Jul 18, 2019 | Tech | 0 |
An iconic Queensland venue will become a focal point of agribusiness activity from the 17 to 19 of September, as more than 300 of our nation’s best and brightest in farming come together for the 2019 Nuffield Australia National Conference.
Read MoreGrowers invited to get hands dirty at soils forums
by Small Farms | Jul 17, 2019 | Tech | 0 |
Grain growers in Western Australia’s southern cropping regions are invited to attend hands-on events where they can review locally relevant and practical ways of addressing soil constraints on their properties.
Read MoreBeef boning automation set to transform red meat processing
by Small Farms | Jul 16, 2019 | Tech | 0 |
Australia’s red meat industry is set to benefit from the establishment of the world’s first beef boning automation research and development room, as the industry looks to reduce processing costs and increase boning room yield efficiency.
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