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Dr Jorg Hacker (right) pictured with the aircraft and sensor pod

Airborne scanners put native vegetation on the map

Airborne sensor technology able to gather information about what is visible on ground, such as vegetation, and what is not visible, such as canopy condition and plant water use, has been developed, trialled, and proven. The airborne imaging and vegetation analysis system is a significant breakthrough for rapid and cost-efficient collection of natural resource data. The new technology combines laser scanners and hyper-spectral scanners with other (more)...

Project Narelle: Markets and Consumer Preferences to 2029

Position Paper

Examines the wool market and consumer preferences until 2029.

Wool producers with remote control: new tools for whole of property management

Pasture management in the pastoral zone is crucial to long-term sustainability of woolgrowing enterprises, but the large size of properties and scarcity of labour make it difficult for pastoralists to know the condition of the pasture base across the whole property. As well, like all agricultural producers, pastoralists are under increasing scrutiny to ‘prove’ whether they are managing their natural resources well. The ability of satellite imagery to provide frequent and whole-of-property (more)...