Grain growers deal with pests and diseases every season, but they hope new technologies already appearing at field days and trade shows will allow for earlier detection of problems and a pinpoint targeted response.
Grain growers are using new artificial intelligence technologies to manage crop diseases and pests.Australian farmers are eyeing drone technology and artificial intelligence as they look to step up their "war" against mouse infestations and fungus in grain crops.
He wanted a better solution than the usual method of a blanket application of baits across entire paddocks. CSIRO research officer Steve Henry said drones were part of a whole suite of new technologies that should be investigated as ways to gather early information about mice activity."Like any kind of tech in its infancy it sounds fantastic, but there's a long pathway to development."However, Mr Henry said locating mice through aerial detection, either during the day or using infrared sensing at night, was not beyond the realms of possibility.
As part of a national project funded by the Grains Research and Development Corporation, 20 automated sensors have been placed on farms in the Kwinana, Albany and Esperance port zones.Farmers in WA's northern Wheatbelt are managing their crops from the sky after the region received its average annual rainfall in just eight weeks.
Disease is an ongoing problem at Scott Smith's grain farm in Kojaneerup West, about 80 kilometres north-east of Albany.He is hosting one of the sensors for the department and said the information it provided gave him more time to better target his sprays, helping him save a significant amount of money.
"If we're looking at saving another pass, that's a saving of anywhere between $15 to $20 a hectare. It's significant at the end of the year."Stories from farms and country towns across Australia, delivered each Friday.
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