R&D capabilities
When implemented accurately, remote sensing technologies can provide unique understandings of spatial and temporal variability in agriculture.
These technologies offer clear opportunities to increase farm productivity, respond to climatic and biosecurity threats, as well as improve asset management such as water, nitrogen and other crop inputs.
What we do
Through its collaborative R&D network, AARSC provides a gateway to wide ranging agricultural mapping and analysis capabilities, including satellite imagery.
We work with industries to develop new applications for remote sensing, using rigorous R&D methods and a consortium of industry, scientific and commercial expertise.
AARSC supports the development and adoption of remote sensing technologies, such as:
AARSC can assist industries in creating, updating or validating spatial mapping technologies, including measuring: AARSC conducts independent evaluations of emerging remote sensing technologies to determine how well they support specific industry requirements. These include: AARSC facilitates scientific expertise to ensure on-farm technologies provide accurate results. This includes undertaking multi-locational and seasonal trials to ensure remote sensing applications are calibrated and validated to deliver benefits in real world farming conditions. Through the use of historic and current datasets, the AARSC provides immediate response capabilities (technologies and analytics) to assist in the: AARSC supports collaboration between industry, R&D providers, commercial partners and start-ups to generate marketable and adoptable agricultural innovations. The centre works with these groups to: The centre collaborates with the UNE SMART Region Incubator to support regionally-based Agtech start-up industries. The AARSC is also co-located with UNE's SMART Farm — a 746-hectare commercial property, with farm-wide telemetry delivered via fibre, fixed wireless and satellite NBN and AARNet connectivity. This facility provides an ideal facility to test new technologies in a working farm environment.
AARSC provides support for interpreting results agronomically, and ensuring their adoption on farm.