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Precision Farming Pastoral Farming Examples Lecture Coverage • Pasture Monitoring • Soil Mapping • Fertiliser Application Monitoring • Animal Behaviour Pasture Monitoring What are some methods of monitoring pasture?? Technical Specs • Sensing Device • Measures sensors blocked by pasture, converted to mm • Pasture height reading calibrated to pasture dry matter • Number of Readings • 200 readings averaged every one second • Travel Speed -1 • Typically between 15 and 20km.hr • As fast as the conditions allow for • Typical Scenario • Bike traveling at 20km.hr-1 would take 200 readings over a distance of 5.5m (27mm/reading) Three Tiers of system • Tier 1 • Simple start stop operation • Tier 2 • Individual paddocks are recorded and stored • Paddock Results Downloaded to PC via ® Bluetooth • Tier 3 • Unit Equipped with GPS, each point collected is geo-referenced • Create yield maps (identify problem areas/pasture variation) Post Grazing Pre Grazing Gully Pasture Trial Pasture Cover Assessment Pasture Cover Assessment No. 4 dairy, Massey University No. 4 dairy, Massey University Question What could you use this technology for?? Rapid Pasture Meter© •Cover large areas. • Cover all paddocks accessible