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Livestock Research

Demonstrating how digital agriculture can be used to manage climate change.


Climate-Smart Livestock

Pilots on NSW farms are showing how technology can be used to help growers manage climate change.

Drought Feedlot Module

A destocking drought module is being added to Farming Forecaster, the online livestock management and pasture prediction tool, to indicate to farmers how much grass they could grow if they were to destock into drought containment areas.

Rehydration and Revegetation in Cobar

Changes in landscape function, ground cover, productivity, biodiversity and water infiltration are being measured using field monitoring and real-time digital sensors on a site trialling deep ripping practices.

Livestock AgTech Pilot Farm

AgTech overview showcasing how trough sensors and weather stations can be utilised in livestock systems across the central west to monitor livestock health and make improved management decisions.