Space-based technologies - opportunities for the rural sector
Space-based technologies and associated products and services will need to play an increasing role in rural businesses and value chains if Australian agriculture is to...
Fact sheet: Broadacre cropping and space-based technologies
2 pages
Published: 20 Apr 2021
Author(s): Paul Tregoning, Owen Atkin, Simon McClusky, Nan Yang, Martin Amidy, Sarah Adams, Jia-Urnn Lee, Julia Hammer
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Space-based technologies offer multiple benefits to broadacre cropping, including water and soil moisture monitoring, remote sensing of crop growth and health, and autonomous vehicle navigation. This fact sheet is one of six in a series and complements the report ‘Space-based technologies – opportunities for the rural sector’.
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