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  • From: Mark <mpludwig@facstaff.wisc.edu>
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  • Subject: [permaculture] Fwd: [grazersedge] Satellite pasture measurement
  • Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2002 12:20:45 -0500

I guess it's a better use than run away militarism....

Date: Fri, 06 Sep 2002 07:28:46 -0700
From: Gary Jones <gary@back40.com>
Subject: [grazersedge] Satellite pasture measurement
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This seems interesting. It's still early days but they seem to be making
progress.

http://www.csiro.au/index.asp?type=mediaRelease&id=Prbigbrother&style=mediaR
elease

CSIRO Livestock Industries has developed technology that uses satellite
imaging of agricultural regions across southern Australia to measure the
amount of feed on the ground and estimate how quickly pastures are growing.
The pasture information - which is now available on the Internet - can
assist farmers with management decisions such as grazing rotations, feed
budgeting, fertiliser application and other 'precision agriculture'
techniques for the grazing industry.

Dr Dave Henry, Project Leader at CSIRO Livestock Industries, says Pasture
Growth Rate (PGR) assessments are a critical factor in grazing management
and farm profitability.

"There is a huge difference in scale between what the eye can see and what
the satellite sees," he says. "Using satellites, it is possible to get
accurate whole-of-farm information, in detail of up to one square metre."

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Regards,
Gary Jones


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  • [permaculture] Fwd: [grazersedge] Satellite pasture measurement, Mark, 09/10/2002

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