Precision pastures: opportunities and challenges for spatial information to improve productivity and animal welfare in extensive livestock systems

David Lamb; Donnalee B Taylor; Mark Trotter; Graham Donald; Derek Schneider

Abstract

The use of spatial information in extensive livestock systems is not new. However the use of GPS tracking technology on livestock, coupled with existing or new remote and proximal plant/soil sensing technologies is redefining opportunities and challenges for using spatial information to improve productivity and animal welfare in livestock systems. Interest amongst researchers, technology developers and end-users is growing, as evidenced by recent forums given over to spatially-enabled livestock management (SELM), including the 1st ANZ SELM Symposium (Australia) and the SELM Session at the 10th International Conference on PA (USA), both held in July this year. Based on the outcomes of both of these forums, this presentation will canvas some of these opportunities and challenges as they relate to understanding the complex interactions between animals and their grazing environment, including pastures or crops, and discuss avenues for using such data as part of livestock management.

Original language	English
Pages	11-11
Publication status	Published - 2010
Event	Precision Agriculture 2010: 14th Annual Symposium on Precision Agriculture in Australasia - Albury, Australia Duration: 2 Sept 2010 → 3 Sept 2010

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Conference	Precision Agriculture 2010: 14th Annual Symposium on Precision Agriculture in Australasia
City	Albury, Australia
Period	2/09/10 → 3/09/10

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Agricultural Spatial Analysis and Modelling

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Lamb, D., Taylor, D. B., Trotter, M., Donald, G., & Schneider, D. (2010). Precision pastures: opportunities and challenges for spatial information to improve productivity and animal welfare in extensive livestock systems. 11-11. Abstract from Precision Agriculture 2010: 14th Annual Symposium on Precision Agriculture in Australasia, Albury, Australia. https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/9117

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Precision pastures: opportunities and challenges for spatial information to improve productivity and animal welfare in extensive livestock systems. / Lamb, David; Taylor, Donnalee B; Trotter, Mark et al.
2010. 11-11 Abstract from Precision Agriculture 2010: 14th Annual Symposium on Precision Agriculture in Australasia, Albury, Australia.

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