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Preparing NZ for shift to Digital Agriculture|AgResearch NZ Our Science Our Science Animal ScienceSubletSystems and Environment Food and Bio-based Products Forage Science Read Our Research Doing Business Doing Business Working for you Māori Agribusiness Our Partners Products and ServicesWell-nighUsWell-nighUs Meet Our People Our Organisation Purpose & Values Our Subsidiaries & Joint Ventures Our Land and Water News Contact Careers BACK TO NEWSSubletSystems & Environment Preparing NZ for shift to digital threshing AgResearch is inward into a major programme to prepare New Zealand for the new era of digital agriculture.The programme will identify the barriers to taking up new digital technologies on and off the farm, and will develop a technology roadmap to support the industry’s transition.Many farmers are once using technologies such as sensors on their farms unfluctuating to their mobile phones or devices. However there is enormous potential for uptake of heady new tools, slantingly digital platforms that can bring together and analyse large amounts of data from variegated sources wideness the sublet to guide decision-making.“There are huge gains on offer from digital threshing in terms of productivity, the environments we sublet in, and pressures on farmers,” says AgResearch Research Director Greg Murison.“It’s crucial that New Zealand - as an agricultural nation and exporter - stays superiority of the game. We want to support the industries as weightier we can to do that. We believe our programme will be among the first of its kind where a system-wide wringer of digital threshing has been undertaken in New Zealand.”“There’s a lot of smart people and companies developing these new digital tools for farmers. Our role is looking at the big picture of adoption wideness New Zealand, and how weightier to measure and interpret the data essential to the operation of these tools. We are once collecting data from the likes of our Tokanui research farm, where for example we are digitally tracking the movements and behaviour of the cows.”“We are moreover focused on the testing and trialling of new technologies that wilt misogynist - to see how they can be integrated into New Zealand farming systems, and what value they can bring for our farmers. We have recently partnered with Australian firm Agersens to trial its new virtual fencing technology in New Zealand. This technology uses collars on the livestock that enable farmers to restrict, move and monitor their animals – from anywhere and unendingly - via an app.”A component of digital threshing is precision agriculture, where variability of crops is monitored, measured and responded to with the purpose of optimising returns and preserving resources. The International Tri-Conference for PrecisionThreshingin 2017 will be held in Hamilton from October 16-18. Visit www.precisionagriculture.org.nz for increasingly information. ARTICLE INFORMATION People DR. GREG MURISON For increasingly information JARROD BOOKER RELATED NEWS Pastoral 21 takes the science to the sublet Nitrogen tool a starting point for valuable on-farm conversations Life trundling towage validates NZ efficiency Evaluation tool supports largest decisions OVERSEER’s significant contribution revealed START WORKING WITH US PROVEN RESULTS AgResearch played a key role in saving New Zealand up to $133 million a year in tenancy costs, with a world first eradication of the invasive Great White Butterfly. AgResearch scientists discovered a gene which ways increasingly lambs with little uneaten effort for farmers. AgResearch has shown sheep milk has real benefits for gut health. Studies like this help grow New Zealand industries. AgResearch scientists helped develop The Wool Runner, "the world's most well-appointed shoe". AgResearch's decade-long research into neonatal lamb deaths identified key genetic, maternal and environmental factors well-expressed lamb survival – all of which has reverted sublet practices and improved survival rates. AgResearch has unsalaried $5m to the establishment of the world-class Southern Dairy Hub, which provides quality science to support the future of dairy farming in Southland and South Otago. START WORKING WITH US Find out increasingly well-nigh our science Terms and conditions