Congratuations go out to PARG PhD student and long time member of the UNE Physics and Electronics department Dr Paul Coop (PhD). Paul's doctorate investigated possible techniques for determining if a monolayer (one molecule wide) existed on the surface of water in...
The opportunities for NBN to make a difference to rural and regional Australia was discussed at the recent National Economic Development Conference (“NEDC2011 The Digital Economy”) held in Adelaide. Precision Agriculture is set to play a big role in Australia’s...
The next big thing at PARG is the launch of the SMART Farm concept. To demonstrate the concept a new website has been developed at www.une.edu.au/smart . The UNE SMART Farm is to be implemented on the UNE rural property "Kirby" and will involve sensor networks and...
Professor Derek Bailey from New Mexico State University has spent a week discovering the depth of livestock research being performed at PARG. Derek is a world renowned researcher in the field of rangeland cattle monitoring earning a reputation as the best in the...
Jessica Roberts is letting grazing cattle tell her when they need to be moved to fresh pasture. In a major grazing experiment being undertaken from spring 2011 until autumn 2012, at the university’s “Clark’s Farm”, Jessica has attached GPS collars (UNE Tracker),...
David Lamb attended the Heritage Seeds field day at Howlong in the NSW Riverina region last week and demonstrated the future of precision livestock management to a mixed audience of 50 agronomists and leading growers. In addition to demonstrating the use of active...
PARG’s Prof David Lamb presented at a strategic planning conference 'Precision Agriculture – A View to the Future' held in Christchurch, NZ on the 11th August. The conference was hosted by Lincoln University on behalf of Business New Zealand, the Tertiary Education...
Australia’s first Graduate Certificate in Precision Agriculture program will be offered by the University of New England, commencing in January 2012. “This study program is the fruit of more than 20 years’ experience within the University’s Precision Agriculture...
UNE-PARG staff and postgraduate students recently demonstrated the latest PA technologies to a large group of talented, high school science students. The cold and blustery New England day did not dampen the enthusiasm of the year 11 high school students who...
PARG and CRCSI attended the 2011 Cotton Trade Show and extended findings of current research to over 1,000 growers and cotton farm workers and 750 visitors and industry participants (numbers recently confirmed by organisers). The PARG stand featured the prototype...