The Precision Agriculture Research Group at UNE is happy to work with OmniStar for delivery of real-time corrections for their differential GPS (dGPS) receivers. The group uses the receivers to collect research data and to introduce students studying...
UNE PARG researcher Dr Greg Falzon, along with colleagues Dr Guy Ballard and Paul Meek from NSW DPI Vertebrate Pest Group and the Invasive Animal CRC, are set to revolutionise the way farmers manage wild dog incursions, thanks to the recently announced $1M funding...
Federal Minister for Agriculture, Barnaby Joyce visited UNE this morning to announce the first tranche of funding for the R&D for Profit Scheme. The Minister has approved funding of up to $26.7 million for twelve applications. One of the successful projects was...
At last! PARG gets a new home with the official opening of the new SMART Farm Innovation Centre on Monday. Perched atop a knoll on the university's Sustainable Manageable Accessible Rural Technologies (SMART) Farm, the $2 million Innovation Centre will be home to...
UNE-PARG Researcher and lecturer in Computation Science, Dr Greg Falzon won the prestigious Australian Wool Innovation award at the 2015 Science and Innovation Awards for Young People in Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry held in Canberra this past week. Greg’s...
The UNE SMART Farm was awarded '2014 Innovation of the Year' and UNE-PARG won the 'Research and Education' category at the Regional Development Australia-Northern Inland Innovation Awards in Moree. A BIG thank you to our diverse research team, our many industry...
PARG is proud to announce Australia’s only MSc (Precision Agriculture) to commence in 2015. This is a research-based qualification that offers you a unique opportunity to become a leader in this rapidly-developing field of farming practice. Conduct your own...
UNE-PARG Research Fellow Dr Andrew Robson has developed a sugar yield monitoring tool, based on satellite imagery covering between 40,000 and 50,000 crops. Read this story:...
Federal Agriculture Minister Barnaby Joyce, MP, and UNE Vice Chancellor Prof Annabelle Duncan turned the first sod to kick off the new SMART Farmhouse building on the university’s SMART Farm yesterday. Funded as part of a larger Federal EIF Grant, the $2.3M...
Whilst attending the 2014 Digital Rural Futures Conference in Toowoomba this year, David Lamb, group leader of UNE PARG, was lucky enough to interview the conference keynote speakers, Neil and Mark Gardyne. The Gardyne's are early adopters of UAV (Unmanned aerial...