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UNE herd gets Taggled PARG deployed Taggle Tracking ear tags across most of the UNE cow herd today. The tags give us a position every 15 minites. You can have a look at the position data coming in real-time here: http://red.taggle.com.au/rt/une/
PARG verifies the influence of metallic and plastic moisture probe access tubes on EM38 surveys and provides survey recommendations Recent work conducted as part of the CRC for Spatial Information’s ‘Biomass Business’ project has confirmed that buried aluminium access tubes, typical of those used for neutron soil moisture probes are found to significantly alter the readings of EM38 soil surveys when they are collected within 50 cm of the tube location. Neither the empty [...]
UNE-PARG staff join the team to launch new Digital Rural Futures Conference in 2013 A national broadband communications network offers enormous opportunities for Australia’s agricultural sector. In turn, connected farms, and their supporting industries and communities will play a significant role in Australia’s digital economic future. UNE-PARG staff have joined forces with Regional University Network colleagues from Ballarat University, University of Southern Queensland, University of Sunshine Coast and Central [...]
PARG welcomes Michael Schaefer to the research team PARG PhD student, Michael Schaefer, joins UNE-PARG as our newest staff member. While putting the last-minute, finishing touches to his PhD thesis, Michael has joined Dr Alex Held’s group at CSIRO Canberra, working with the team on the national Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network (TERN) project. “Ive known Alex for many years and we have always [...]
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