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...
Two PhD students received 'International Society of Precision Agriculture Outstanding Graduate Student Awards' at the 12th International Conference of Precision Agriculture at Sacramento USA. UNE-PARG students Amy Cosy and Moshiur Rahman received their awards an...
The Japanese Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications and a delegation of high-ranking trade officials visited the University of New England’s Armidale Campus and the Kirby SMART Farm facility on Monday, April 28. Minister Shindo expressed interest in...
Mick Schaefer, ex-PARG PhD student and now CSIRO-UNE research scientist, has returned for one week only to complete a combined sensor trial over pasture utilising Sick lidar technology, Holland Scientific Red/NIR and thermal sensing plus his own Optical Ranging and...
Following the successful 2013 Digital Rural Futures Conference hosted by UNE, the University of Southern Queensland is hosting the 2014 Digital Rural Futures Conference in Toowoomba, QLD on 25-27th July 2014. The 2014 Conference will provide opportunities to build...
Considerable technology and business opportunities exist in the red meat industry using spatially-enabled tools for managing pasture biomass. The missing ingredients are calibration and data management tools that can be easily used by producers. Mobile devices...
The PARG team has featured prominently on the latest episode of ABC's Landline program. The story covers the benefits of SMART (Sustainable Manageable Accessible Rural Technologies). The story features interviews with David Lamb, highlights from the Kirby...