Transcript th Annual Symposium on Precision Agriculture in Australasia University of New England Armidale NSW Australia 10-11th September 2009 Thankyou to all the sponsors and supporters... Precision Agriculture Tools.

th
13
Annual Symposium
on Precision Agriculture
in Australasia
University of New England
Armidale NSW Australia
10-11th September 2009
Thankyou to all the sponsors and supporters...
Precision Agriculture Tools Demonstration and Workshop (UNE Precision Agriculture Research Group Demonstration Site)
Demo’s included: ACPA Veris Hydraulic Probe, Ground Water
Imaging, Fugro Instuments, Geonics EM38, UNE Ultra Low Level
Aircraft Sensor Platform, Crop Circle, Greenseeker, Holland
Scientific Soil NIR sensor, Ellembank Pasture Reader and
UNEtracker GPS Livestock tracking!!!
Precision Agriculture Tools Demonstration and Workshop ACPA Veris Hydraulic Probe in Operation
Precision Agriculture Tools Demonstration and Workshop Ground Water Imaging
Precision Agriculture Tools Demonstration and Workshop –
Jim Schepers demonstrating the new Holland Scientific soil
Carbon NIR sensor (first time in Australia!)
Precision Agriculture Tools Demonstration and Workshop Terrabyte Services Channel Leakage EM38
Precision Agriculture Tools Demonstration and Workshop GPS Livestock Tracking
Over 30 Poster
Presentations and
Trade Displays!!!
Presentations covering
everything from the latest
technologies to producer
perceptions of PA!!!
The Conference Dinner: A great forum for discussing the days
learning's over a glass of the local red!
Key Note Speaker
Professor Jim
Scheppers
Richard Torbay
UNE Chancellor
and Speaker of
the House NSW
State Parliament
Key Note
Speaker
Professor
Ke Wang
Symposium
Convenor
Professor David
Lamb
Some feedback from a cross-section of the audience:
"It was a most enjoyable and informative couple of days for Michelle and
myself and I feel that we gained a lot of information into how we should
further implement Precision Ag in our own business without making it too
complicated” - Gavin and Michelle Hooper (Corrigan Farming Group
Western Australia)
"The conference was excellent and I learnt far more than I ever
imagined!” - Peter LaFranchi (Shepard International Media Group)
"David Thank you for putting on a professional run two days. It was my
first and will not be my last . I got enough ideas to make me look for at
what I am doing on my Sugar cane farm just north of Cairns. We have just
started using a EM38 I am surprised what is miss from our soils when you
go below the surface“ - Mark Savina (Sugar Farmer, North of Cairns)
Some feedback from a cross-section of the audience:
"The symposium was great. You and your fellow scientists are right on the
cutting edge and the presentations by the technocrat farmers who have
adopted the science was a blessing to see” - Frank Mulcahy (Senior
Agronomist Simplot Australia Pty Ltd)
"The conference was most informative and enjoyable. There was a great
spirit throughout. I sense that PA is about to take off and have a very
bright future” - Martin Keye (Vice President-R&D, Topcon Precision
Agriculture)
"While it is a great opportunity to have researchers and scientists
interfacing, I would not like to see the conference dumbed down in an aim
to attract more farmers. However, it would be good to ensure that all
speakers understand and consequently report to the whole audience” Emma Leonard (Agri Knowhow Media)
Conference
proceedings
can be freely
downloaded from
www.une.edu.au/parg
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th
13
Annual Symposium
on Precision Agriculture
in Australasia
University of New England
Armidale NSW Australia
10-11th September 2009