Why is Agriculture important?
Agriculture in Australia provides employment opportunities for rural people on a large scale. It is an important source of livlihood for many of our regional communities.
The Importance of Technology in Agriculture
Over the past seven decades the Australian Agriculture has made massive leaps in Technological development and innovation. From the invention of the first plough and hoes farmers and growers have been using science, engineering and technology to impove crop production.
Rapid technological advancements are radically reshaping agriculture within Australia, from automated robots able to weed vegetable crops to computer operated gates, virtual fencing and the use of drones. Todays farmers are continually trying to find ways to make farming production more efficient.
Agricultural Technology
Agtech is changing the face of farming in Australia.
What is AgTech?
AgTech is any technology used to enhance Australia's Agriculture.
The benefits of Agtech include
- increase yield production and eliminate pests and weeds
- new International export markets
- increased revenue
- Sustainable use of resources
- new job creations
- improved productivity
- heightened investment in Australian Agriculture
Some of the exciting ways that Farmers are using Agtech
Robots in Agriculture
- weed control
- cloud seeding
- planting seeds
- harvesting
- environmental monitorin
- soil analysis
Drones
- increase crop production
- monitor crop growth
- through the use of advanced sensors and digital imaging, farmers are able to use these drones to helpthem gather a richer picture of their fields
Agbots / Agribots
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Agbots are an autonomous robot used in farming to help improve their efficiency and reduce the reliance on manual labour
Autonomous Tractor
- Driveless tractors that deliver a high tractive effort at slow speed for the purpose of tillage and other agricultural tasks.It is considered driverless because it operates without the presence of a human inside the tractor itself.
- Accounting softare tailored for the Agriculture Industry
- Soil and Air sensors to monitor the conditions
- Robots who can perform tasks such as weeding and fertilizing atomatically
- smart devices are smaller, faster and cheaper meeting productivity and sustainability challenges
- Internet
- Automation of equipment
Farmers need to embrace Innovation, Change and Technology and meet the demand for more
sustainable agriculture production to feed the ever growing plopulation.
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