permaculture

[Mark <mpludwig@facstaff.wisc.edu>]

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.
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> http://www.csiro.au/index.asp?type=mediaRelease&id=Prbigbrother&style=mediaR
> elease
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> 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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> Gary Jones
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Mark P. Ludwig
Poultry Research Lab
University of Wisconsin -Madison
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