R&D projects
Current projects
| Year | Project | Funders and Partners |
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| 2024 | Develop avocado yield forecasting ‘time series’ models for New Zealand farms Largus, Mapua and Tiri and provide block and level yield forecasts for the 2024 harvest season | Mapua Avocados Ltd, Tiri Avocados Ltd, Largus Orchard Ltd Partnership |
| 2024 | 2024 Sugarcane Yield Forecasting for Tully Sugar | Tully Sugar Limited |
| 2024 | Develop yield forecasting 'time series' models and predictions for Westfalia Fruit avocado orchard blocks | Westfalia Fruit Pty Ltd |
| 2023-2026 | Spatially enabling tree crop production practice | Horticulture Innovation Australia Future Food Systems CRC Citrus Australia Avocados Australia Australian Macadamia Society Australian Banana Growers' Council |
| 2023-2026 | National mapping of commercial macadamia orchards in South Africa | Macadamias South Africa NPC (SAMAC) |
| 2023-2025 | Macadamia Crop Forecasting 2023-2025 | QLD Department of Agriculture and Fisheries |
| 2023-2024 | National mapping of pecan orchards in South Africa | South African Pecan Nut Producers Association (SAPPA) |
| 2022-2024 | Advancing the delivery of national mapping applications and tools (avocado) | Horticulture Innovation Australia |
| 2022-2024 | Accelerating the Development of Tools using Satellite Imagery and Environmental Data for optimum canola windrow timing | NSW Department of Primary Industries (DPI) |
| 2022-2024 | Remote sensing of biotic stress with hyperspectral-fluorescence imaging | Australian Research Council (ARC) |
| 2021-2024 | Agronomy and remote sensing to maximise rice water productivity | NSW Department of Primary Industries (DPI) |
| 2021-2024 | Real-time remote-sensing based monitoring for the rice industry |
AgriFutures Australia SunRice NSW Department of Primary Industries (DPI) University of New England |
| 2021-2024 | Causes, projections and reversal of eucalypt decline and dieback on the New England Tablelands | NSW Government - Environmental Trust |
| 2021-2024 | Provision of crop yield and crop vigour data | Farmacist |
Past projects
| Year | Project | Funders and Partners |
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| 2023 | 'Time series' yield forecasting of sugar cane grown under African growing conditions | AB Sustain |
| 2023 | Develop avocado yield forecasting ‘time series’ models for New Zealand farms | New Zealand Avocado Industry Limited |
| 2023 | ‘Time series’ based Yield forecasting of NSW sugarcane | Sunshine Sugar |
| 2022-2023 | Evaluating a remote sensing 'Time Series' approach for current and future yield forecasting in South African Avocado industry | The South African Avocado Growers' Association (SAAGA) |
| 2022-2023 | Spatially enabling the Queensland soybean industry | QLD Department of Agriculture and Fisheries |
| 2022-2023 | Development of yield forecasting for Costa Group's Avocado and Citrus Tree Crops using remote sensing | Costa's Pty Ltd |
| 2022 | Research and National Capacity Building Regarding the Use of Satellite-Based Methods for Agricultural Monitoring in Uganda | World Bank |
| 2021-2023 | National Map of Protected Cropping Structures | Horticulture Innovation Australia Future Food Systems CRC University of New England NSW Local Land Services Protected Cropping Australia |
| 2021-2023 | Improved orchard floor management in truffle orchards | AgriFutures Australia |
| 2021-2022 | Remote sensing technologies for improved citrus health monitoring and yield estimations | Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade - Council on Australia Latin America Relations (COALAR) ProCitrus |
| 2021-2022 | Citrus Orchard Mapping Project | Citrus Australia |
| 2021-2022 | National Mapping of Commercial Macadamia Orchards in South Africa | Macadamias South Africa NPC (SAMAC) |
| 2021-2022 | Improving canola harvest management decisions with remote sensing | NSW Department of Primary Industries (DPI) |
| 2021-2022 | Remote Sensing Project for Hitchhiker Pests | Department of Agriculture, Water and Environment |
| 2021-2022 | Evaluating a remote sensing 'Time Series' approach for monitoring seasonal variability in tree health and yield forecasting in tea tree | ATTIA |
| 2019-2023 | Multi-scale Monitoring Tools for Managing Australian Tree Crops - Industry Meets Innovation: Phase 2 | Rural Research and Development for Profit Project scheme Horticulture Innovation Australia The University of New England is the leading research agency working in collaboration with industry, research bodies and commercial entities:
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2019-2022 | Implementing Precision Agriculture Solutions in Australian Avocado Production Systems | Developing remote sensing applications for yield and fruit size mapping; integrating remote sensing and climate modelling to improve yield forecasting models; and updating the national map of avocado orchards to 1 ha resolution.
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| 2021 | PI Predictor modelling for the project ‘Improving mid-season nitrogen management of rice’ | NSW Department of Primary Industries (DPI) |
| 2019 | Remote Sensing for Biosecurity Surveillance in Urban and Peri-urban environments. | Funded by Horticulture Innovation Australia Partners:
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| 2019 | Remote Sensing for Mapping of Permanent Plantings |
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2019-2020 | Evaluating Remote Sensing for Western Australia Citrus (pilot study) Determining the accuracies of satellite and airplane based remote sensing for measuring yield, quality, nutrition and irrigation management for citrus growers. |
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2018-2021 | Improving Mid-Season Nitrogen Management of Rice Supporting the commercialisation of remote sensing applications that lead to improved nitrogen management, particularly around panicle initiation. |
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2016-2020 | Sugar From Space Improving data access, yield forecasting and targeted nitrogen application for the Australian Sugar industry Includes commercialisation support for remote sensing (satellite) mapping applications and the evaluation of tractor based sensing for the variable rate application of nitrogen. |
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2019 | Remote Sensing for Peanut Improving crop management, yield forecasting and industry wide data collection. This includes satellite based imagery for the measurement of crop emergence, varietal discrimination, yield and aflatoxin risk. |
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2017-2019 | Mapping Banana Abundance and Varietal Composition in Uganda Evaluating the accuracies of remote sensing for discriminating different banana varieties grown in Uganda. |
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2016-2019 | Adoption of Precision Systems Technology in Vegetable Production Evaluating precision agricultural technologies and practices that offer benefit to Australian vegetable industry. UNE evaluated remote sensing for measuring plant health and productivity in carrot and sweet potato. |
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2016-2019 | Licence to Farm: Nitrogen Use Efficient (NUE) Varieties to Meet Future Environmental Targets Identifying optimal NUE varieties for the sugar industry, predominantly in response to future Reef health needs. UNE evaluated the potential of these technologies for non- invasively screening optimal varieties. |
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| 2017 | Identifying the presence of pineapple pests & diseases through remote sensing. |
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| 2015-2018 | Multi-scale Monitoring Tools for Managing Australian Tree Crops - Industry Meets Innovation |
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| 2014-2015 | Precision Grazing Management- Real Time Biomass estimation in Pastures |
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| 2013-2014 | Evaluating the efficacy of remote sensing for identifying Yellow Canopy Syndrome in sugarcane |
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| 2013-2014 | Avocado Projects AV11015 and AV12012: To assess the effectiveness of using remote sensing technologies to predominately collect tree number and tree health |
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| 2013-2016 | Remote sensing as an industry wide yield forecasting, nitrogen mapping and research aid |
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| 2011-2014 | Remote sensing to implement an effective pest management strategy for cane grubs |
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| 2009-2012 | Remote Sensing- based Precision Agriculture Tools for the Sugar Industry |
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| 2007-2010 | In-crop spatial variability assessment and management |
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| 2004-2009 | Remote sensing component of Australian Centre of International Agricultural Research Peanut Project (Papua New Guinea) |
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| 2003-2006 | SIP09 Precision Agriculture Initiative project: Eye in the sky to revolutionise Australia's northern crop production |
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| 2002-2007 | Remote Sensing applications for the determination of Yield, Maturity and Aflatoxin contamination within Peanut (PhD Study) |
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