Crop farmers seem to get most of the cool tools when it comes precision technology, but there are definitely applications for livestock producers who want to keep track of their animals and make grazing areas more productive and that’s our topic for this edition of the Precision.AgWired.com Podcast, sponsored by Ag Leader Technology.
The Precision Agriculture Research Group (PARG) at the University of New England in Armidale has been studying the benefits of real time GPS tracking for monitoring livestock activity, according to Dr. Mark Trotter. “GPS tracking of livestock has been around for several years and a lot of research has come out of Texas, Oregon, Kansas and other places in the states,” Mark says. Mostly this has involved collars on the animals that store information which can be downloaded to find out where they’ve been. “But we are starting to see a shift towards real time GPS devices where the information is transmitted back to the researcher or producer to give them an idea of where their animals are in real time.” Mark says they have been demonstrating the value of precision technology in crop and livestock production through a project called Clever Cattle and Cropping Systems.
Mark and his PARG colleagues will be presenting some of their research at the 10th International Conference on Precision Agriculture July 18-21 in Denver. Listen to the podcast to find out more.
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4 Comments on “Precision Applications for Livestock”
Real-time tracking has really expanded across a variety of applications. Teen tracking, employee monitoring, livestock monitoring, monitoring of the elderly, mentally ill and more. This technology is gonna be common place in the next 10 years.
Real-time tracking has really expanded across a variety of applications. Teen tracking, employee monitoring, livestock monitoring, monitoring of the elderly, mentally ill and more. This technology is gonna be common place in the next 10 years.
Real-time tracking applications continue to grow as the technology has become more cost-effective. Monitoring of live stock is just another example of the growth in the GPS tracking market.
Real-time tracking applications continue to grow as the technology has become more cost-effective. Monitoring of live stock is just another example of the growth in the GPS tracking market.