The adoption of precision agriculture in an Australian broadacre cropping system-Challenges and opportunities

Abstract

Interest in Precision Agriculture (PA) has increased rapidly within the grain growing regions of Australia over recent years. Many farmers have invested in machinery guidance systems and yield monitors, but few are using the technology to manage spatial variability across farming zones. While this may be partly due to the cost of adopting further PA tools, other contributing factors include difficulties in integrating components, problems with data interpretation and in using this technology to apply to agronomic solutions. Furthermore, the benefits of this technology to broadacre cropping systems have not been widely demonstrated in many regions. The degree of variability present and whethe..