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PA17 - The International Tri-Conference for Precision Agriculture in 2017• 7th Asian-Australian Conference on Precision Agriculture• 1st Asian-Australasian Conference on Precision Pastures and Livestock Farming • Digital Farmer and Grower 2017

CONFERENCE HANDBOOK CLAUDELANDS CONFERENCE AND EXHIBITION CENTRE,

HAMILTON, NEW ZEALAND 16 - 18 October 2017

Conference Handbook Sponsor

Gold Partners

1ACPLF Speakers’ PartnerThe 1ACPLF Conference is sponsored by the OECD Co-operative Research Programme: Biological Resource Management for Sustainable Agricultural Systems

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSThe organising committee would like to extend their gratitude to all the partners and exhibitors without whom this conference would not have been possible. Please take the time to visit all the exhibition stands to say hello and see what’s new.

In particular we gratefully acknowledge the following partners:

1ACPLF Speakers’ Partner

Gold Partners

Master Class Partner

Conference Dinner Speaker Partner

Silver Partners

Conference Partners

Bronze Partners

The 1ACPLF Conference is sponsored by the OECD Co-operative Research Programme: Biological Resource Management for Sustainable Agricultural Systems

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CONTENTSWelcome 5

Health and Safety 6

General Information 8

Restaurants in Hamilton 10

Transport 12

Field Trips 13

Master Class at PA17 14

Working Together at PA17 15

Social Programme 16

Invited Speakers 17

Programme 30

Monday 16 October 33

Tuesday 17 October 40

Wednesday 18 October 43

Posters 45

Exhibitor Catalogue

Exhibition Floor Plan 48

Sponsor and Exhibitor Information 49

Venue Floor Plan Inside back cover

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WELCOMEPA17 - The International Tri-Conference for Precision Agriculture in 201716-18 October 2017, Claudelands Event Centre in Hamilton, New Zealand

Nau mai, haere mai. Welcome!Dear participants of PA17, the international event for Precision Agriculture in 2017. We welcome you to Hamilton, New Zealand where you will have a chance to meet about 400 other delegates of the global precision agriculture community in an extraordinary event for PA.

Three concurrent conferences cover scientific and applied aspects in the thriving transition of all primary industries to an era of Digital Agriculture. More than 25 internationally renowned keynote speakers, about 120 oral presentations, five panel discussions, two workshops, one Master Class, 25 exhibitors, four field trips, more than 60 posters and ample of time to meet and discuss are offering a unique platform for supporting the global advancement of Precision Agriculture.

The Precision Agriculture Association of New Zealand (PAANZ) is proud of having been asked in 2013 by the Board of the Asian Conference on Precision Agriculture (ACPA) to host the 7th ACPA 2017 in New Zealand. The Board encouraged PAANZ in partnering 7ACPA with the first Asian-Australasian Conference on Precision Livestock Farming (1ACPLF), a young, but growing area of research and applications. A third conference, ‘Digital Farmer and Growers 2017’ gives practitioners an exceptional forum to speak about their experience with Precision Agriculture and to share ideas. In an exhibition area, national and international companies present innovations in precision agriculture as products or services.

We are happy to see that around 400 scientists, practitioners, informed consultants or senior staff in the agricultural sectors, as well as students, use this three-conference event to explore and communicate Precision Agriculture. Attendees are coming from more than 20 countries in Asia, New Zealand, and Australia as well as from other overseas regions.

The organisers of PA17 are convinced that the PA17-Event is a perfect opportunity to learn latest scientific achievements in understanding and to manage the variability of soils, crops and livestock and to convert multitudes of data from various sources into precise decisions. The three conferences will discuss Digital Agriculture as a key element of the sustainable development of land use.

We are grateful for the huge and generous support provided by our event partners. These are various companies in the Precision Agriculture-space or research organisations in New Zealand as well as from overseas. We encourage all participants of PA17 to visit the exhibitions, acknowledge the information material of our partners and see their informative pages as well as their logos in this event-handbook. We cannot address all of these partners here, but we name as representatives: OECD, MPI, AGMARDT, MBIE, Gallagher, Ravensdown, Massey University and Microsoft.

We like to thank all the nice and helpful people that have spent an incredible amount of their time and efforts over the last four years to bring PA17 to life and make this Tri-Conference Event a great place to attend. This includes the many individuals, their organisations and our professional event management partner ForumPoint2. Many thanks to all, who have assisted.

We wish you all a pleasant stay in Hamilton and New Zealand as well as an enjoyable time in advancing, learning and supporting Precision Agriculture in all its facets and flavours!

Armin Werner (Chair of PA17, Chair of ACPA)Craige MacKenzie (Chair of Precision Agriculture Association New Zealand)


MAKING PA17 HAPPENThe PA17-Event is an international Tri-Conference for the global community in research and development, application and advancement of the broad range of Precision Agriculture.

Three conferences were prepared in conjunction to complement each other where possible. We are grateful for the support of many individuals and organisations helping over the last four years enabling such a broad and complex event.

We cannot list all people who contributed, but want to name those who worked in the various committees and are representing the many other who helped in back offices.

Combined Organising Committee Members of PA17Armin Werner (Chairman PA17) Lincoln Agritech Ltd.

Craige MacKenzie (Chairman of PAANZ) Agri Optics

Jim Grennell Chair of OC of PA17, PAANZ

Mike Manning Ravensdown Co-op

Robyn Dynes AgResearch

Anna Heslop Foundation for Arable Research

Brendan O’Connell Tru-Test Group

Ina Yule Massey University

Scientific Programme Committee Members of:7th Asian Australasian Conference on Precision Agriculture (7ACPA)Armin Werner (Chairman ACPA) Lincoln Agritech Ltd

Brett Whelan University of Sydney (Australia)

Tristan Perez Queensland University of Technology (Australia)

Warrick Nelson Plant & Food Research

Peter Schaare Plant & Food Research

Paul Johnston Plant & Food Research

Roger Williams Plant & Food Research


1st Asian Australasian Conference on Precision Pastures and Livestock Farming (1ACPLF)Mark Trotter (Chairman 1ACPLF) Central Queensland University (Australia)

Ina Draganova Massey University


Callum Eastwood DairyNZ

Digital Farmer and Grower 2017 (DF&G 2017)Craige MacKenzie (Chairman of PAANZ) Agri Optics

Jim Grennell Chair of OC of PA17, PAANZ

Matt Flowerday GPS-IT

Brendan O’Connell Tru-Test Group

Dan Bloomer Landwise



Armin Werner (Chairman PA17) Lincoln Agritech Ltd

Conference Organisers:ForumPoint2 PO Box 1008, WMC Hamilton 3240, New Zealand T+64 7 838 1098 www.fp2.co.nz Contact: Paula Armstrong


HEALTH AND SAFETYThe Conference Managers, ForumPoint2 Limited, in conjunction with PA17 - The International Tri-Conference for Precision Agriculture in 2017 Organising Committee and Precision Agriculture Association New Zealand and venues are morally and legally responsible to provide a safe and healthy environment for all attendees at the conference. This commitment extends to ensuring the PA17 Conference operations do not place the local community at risk of any injury, illness or property damage.

All measures within our ability will be undertaken to ensure that attendees are as informed as possible about any potential risks or hazards they may face whilst attending conference.

All attendees will need to:• listen to the health and safety briefing onsite and/or read the health and safety document available at the registration desk• ensure that all health and safety concerns; and all accidents or near misses are immediately reported to the

Registration Desk.

All attendees are encouraged to be responsible at all times, and to promote a safe and healthy working environment for the entire conference duration.

First aid kits are located at the Registration Desk. There are two defibrillators on site; Arena Ticketek Office and Exhibition Hall B Office, both located on the ground floor.

In the event that emergency medical assistance is required, please call 111 from a mobile.

The nearest medical centres to Claudelands Conference and Exhibition Centre, Hamilton are:• Hamilton East Medical (open 8.00am – 6.00pm daily)

16 Beale Street, Hamilton EastT: +64 7 839 1232

• Five Cross Roads Medical Centre (open 8.30am – 5.00pm daily)248 Peachgrove Road, Enderley, HamiltonT: +64 7 855 7824

• Anglesea Medical Centre (open 24 hours)Cnr Anglesea and Thackeray Streets, Hamilton CBDT: +64 7 858 0800

The nearest pharmacies are:• Anglesea Pharmacy (7.30am – 11pm daily)

Cnr Anglesea and Thackeray Streets, Hamilton CBDT: +64 7 858 0800

• Life Pharmacy Centreplace (9am – 6pm daily)501 Victoria Street, HamiltonT: +64 7 834 2148

• Amcal Hamilton East Pharmacy14 Beale Street, Hamilton EastT: +64 7 838 1060

Fire and emergency:Claudelands has an Emergency Evacuation Procedure to enable the successful evacuation of staff and visitors in the case of a fire or other emergency.In the event of fire:• On the discovery of fire, immediately activate an alarm and notify the ForumPoint2 team.• Upon hearing alarms, STOP WORK, evacuate immediately. Further instructions will be given from the venue – please

follow all directions.• Designated wardens will be on hand to guide you to the nearest emergency evacuation assembly area. • Proceed immediately to your nearest exit as instructed.• Await further instructions or clearance from the wardens for an orderly re-entry.• Fire hoses and fire alarm switches must remain visible and accessible to the public at all times.

Earthquake Evacuation• Remain in the building• Move away from any equipment, windows and furniture• Take immediate shelter under solid furniture such as tables or desks• If an evacuation order is given by the venue wardens, follow the fire evacuation procedures• Keep calm and assist those who panic

Accident Reporting• All accidents and incidents must be reported immediately to the Registration Desk or Paula Armstrong, ForumPoint2,

027 649 2081.Toilets• Toilets are located in various locations in the venue. Please follow signage in corridors.

Smoking• Claudelands Conference and Exhibition Centre, Hamilton is a smoke-free zone.


The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment’s mission is to Grow New Zealand for all. MBIE’s funding and support programmes aim to build a high-performing and dynamic New Zealand science system.

One way MBIE encourages and supports research organisations is through its investment funds. MBIE’s funds support ambitious and well-defined research proposals that have the potential to impact New Zealand economically, environmentally and socially.

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GENERAL INFORMATIONREGISTRATION AND INFORMATION DESKThe registration desk is staffed by Paula and Lyn. If you have any questions about the conference or require local information, please contact the team at the registration desk.

The desk will be open at the following times:Novotel Tainui Hamilton Sunday 15 October 5.00pm – 7.30pmClaudelands Conference and Exhibition Centre Monday 7.30am - 7.30pm Tuesday 7.30am - 1.30pm Wednesday 7.30am - 1.30pm

USEFUL TELEPHONE NUMBERSPaula Armstrong +64 27 649 2081

Claudelands Conference and Exhibition Centre +64 7 958 5895 (reception)Hamilton Taxis 0800 477 477 or +64 7 847 7477Luxury Airport Shuttles 0800 454 678 Aerolink Shuttles Service 0800 646 428SuperShuttle 0800 748 885 or +64 9 522 5100

ACCOMMODATIONDelegates are responsible for all their accommodation bookings. Please check the accommodation’s check out time on arrival. Please ensure that your accommodation accounts are settled in full prior to departure (including all meals, telephone calls and mini bar charges). PA17 - The International Tri-Conference for Precision Agriculture in 2017 and ForumPoint2 are not responsible for any of these unpaid accounts.

EVALUATIONAn online evaluation survey will be emailed to attendees after the conference. We welcome your feedback and would be grateful for a few minutes of your time to complete this.

INSURANCERegistration fees do not include personal travel or health insurance of any kind. PA17 - The International Tri-Conference for Precision Agriculture in 2017 and ForumPoint2 take no responsibility for delegates failing to take out adequate insurance cover.

INTERNET ACCESSComplimentary internet access is available within the conference and exhibition area. Network:Claudelands - then open yout internet browser and enter the Username:PA17 Password:claudelands (all lower case)

MOBILE PHONESDuring conference sessions mobile phones must be turned off or turned to silent. Mobile phones are not to be used when sessions are in progress.

NAME BADGESAll conference attendees and industry representatives are asked to wear their name badges at all times during the conference and social functions. It is your official entrance pass to the sessions, conference catering and a requirement of health and safety.

PARKING Parking through Gate 1 in Heaphy Carpark. There are 120 carparks in there, and once that is full there is plenty of street parking.

PRESENTERS’ INFORMATIONOral PresentersPresentations are being loaded near the Registration desk on the Conference Lower Concourse. Please see the AV technician to load and check your presentation as soon as possible after your arrival at the conference.

If you plan to present using your own laptop please still see the AV technician sooner rather than later to ensure all is in order.

Please go to the conference room in which you are presenting 10 minutes before the start of the session to check your presentation, familiarise yourself with the AV set-up and meet the session chair.

Poster PresentersPlease report to the conference registration desk for reconfirmation of your poster number and location of your poster board. Posters will be displayed in the Upper Concourse.

All posters must be put up by 10.00am on Monday 16 October and removed by 10.30am on Wednesday 18 October.

Posters must be attended during all conference breaks.


The River City237 Victoria Street

Palate20 Alma Street

Indian Star Restaurant and Bar

Scott’s Epicurean181 Victoria Street

Victoria Street Bistro153 Victoria Street

Little India Restaurant 4 Alexandra Street

Madam Woo6 Sapper Moore

Jones Place

Banh-Mi-Caphe198 Victoria Street

Bluestone Steakhouse186 Victoria Street

Gothenburg Restaurant

17 Grantham Street

POWERPOINT PRESENTATIONSIf you wish to share your presentation with the Precision Agriculture Community, please upload at www.slideshow.net/PA17

SESSION CHAIRSPlease go to the conference room to meet the presenters 10 minutes before the session you are chairing. Please ensure that each session starts and finishes at the advertised time, to ensure smooth running of the conference.

SPECIAL DIETSIf you have advised us of any special dietary requirement on your registration form, these have been notified to the caterers. Vegetarian selections will be available on the main buffets. There will be a “pre-ordered special dietary requirements” table in the catering area for other special diets. Please make yourself known to the catering staff at the social functions. If you have any concerns contact the team at the conference registration desk.

DISCLAIMER OF LIABILITY Whilst we have endeavored to ensure that information on the conference website and printed material is accurate details may be subject to change without notice. Any corrections or amendments will be notified as soon as possible. In the event of industrial disruptions or service provider failures, PA17 - The International Tri-Conference for Precision Agriculture in 2017, Precision Agriculture Association New Zealand and ForumPoint2 accept no responsibility for losses incurred by delegates and their partners.

Acceptance of oral or poster free papers does not indicate endorsement by the conference committee of any product or activity that the session or poster may promote. Although care has been taken to ensure accuracy the conference committee does not accept liability for any errors in published abstracts.

RESTAURANTS IN HAMILTON CBDBanh Mi Caphe 198 Victoria Street +64 7 839 1141Bluestone Steakhouse 186 Victoria Street +64 7 839 5152Indian Star Restaurant and Bar 20 Alma Street +64 7 834 3122Little India 4 Alexandra Street +64 7 838 1620Madam Woo 6 Sapper Moore-Jones Place +64 7 839 5605Palate 20 Alma Street +64 7 834 2921Victoria Street Bistro 153 Victoria Street +64 7 839 4444

Cafés in HamiltonScotts Epicurean 181 Victoria Street +64 7 839 6680The River Kitchen 237 Victoria Street +64 7 839 2906

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TRANSPORTA daily bus service to Claudelands Conference and Exhibition Centre will be provided. This service will run at the start and end of Monday and Wednesday’s program, Tuesday morning as well as a “round trip” for the Field Day on Tuesday afternoon.

Buses will pick-up from Distinction Hotel and the Novotel Hotel only. Please select the pick-up point closest to your accommodation. The bus will deliver you outside Claudelands Conference and Exhibition Centre on Heaphy Terrace.TIMETABLE

ALTERNATE TRANSPORT TO CLAUDELANDS CONFERENCE AND EXHIBITION CENTRE – At own cost:• Busit bus service: www.busit.co.nz . Provides public transport in and around Hamilton.

Cost: NZD$3.30 (cash fare). Please visit the web site to plan your journey.• Hamilton Taxi Service: +64 7 847 7477

Cost: Ranges between NZD$10.00 to NZD$30.00 depending on location and traffic congestion.

CONFERENCE PARKING – Own Transport:If you are self-driving to Claudelands Conference and Exhibition Centre, parking is via Gate 1, in Heaphy Carpark off Heaphy Terrace. Once this carpark is full there is further street parking around the venue.

Date Pick up time

To arrive at venue by

From To

Monday 16 October

7.15am 7.45am Distinction Hotel, Garnett Avenue, Hamilton Claudelands Conference and Exhibition Centre - Heaphy Terrace bus stop

7.15am 7.30am Novotel Tainui Hamilton, Alma Street Claudelands Conference and Exhibition Centre - Heaphy Terrace bus stop


6.00pm Claudelands Conference and Exhibition Centre - Heaphy Terrace bus stop

Distinction Hotel, Garnett Avenue, Hamilton


Novotel Tainui Hamilton, Alma Street


Novotel Tainui Hamilton, Alma Street and Distinction Hotel, Garnett Avenue

Tuesday 17 October




6.00pm Novotel and Distinction Claudelands Conference and Exhibition Centre - Heaphy Terrace bus stop

6.10pm Novotel Tainui Hamilton, Alma Street Claudelands Conference and Exhibition Centre - Heaphy Terrace bus stop

6.10pm Distinction Hotel, Garnett Avenue, Hamilton Claudelands Conference and Exhibition Centre - Heaphy Terrace bus stop


Drop at Distinction and Novotel





Wednesday 18 October





Drop at Novotel


FIELD TRIPSDate: Tuesday 17 OctoberTime: Please be ready at the registration desk 10 minutes prior to the departure of your trip.Dress: Layers and it is recommended you wear outdoor shoes for these trips.Transport: Field Trips will depart from Claudelands Conference and Exhibition Centre at the stated times, they will return to Claudelands for self-drive participants then on to the Novotel Tainui and Distinction Hotels. All tour participants must travel on the transport provided.

Please be aware of New Zealand’s strict biosecurity rules. Health and Safety briefings will given at the sites. Participants must adhere to the instructions given.

Destination Depart Return Presentation Statement

Trip 1: Limestone Downs Station

12.30pm 5.30pm RAVENSDOWNPIONEERING TO PRECISION FIELD TRIP: Ravensdown’s PGP programme aims to improve the productivity of hill country sheep and beef farming through more efficient and targeted use of fertiliser.Ravensdown is developing technology with Massey University to ‘remote sense’ the nutrient status of the land using aircraft-mounted sensors which will determine where nutrients should be targeted. This will enable GPS-guided aircraft to deliver fertiliser to targeted areas of the farm at variable rates - minimising the discharge of nutrients into water ways and other sensitive and/or unproductive areas. Join Ravensdown on one of its research farms, Limestone Downs, to see this world leading research and technology in action.

This trip is approx. 1 hour 40 minutes to the property and the same duration back.

Trip 2: Gallagher Animal Management / LIC Automation

1.00pm 5.00pm Gallagher Animal Management Learn from Mark Harris about Gallagher Animal Management’s precision grazing management tools and systems. Then take a tour of Gallagher’s factory to see how the plastics and electronics are manufactured.

LIC Automation See the latest advancements in precision agriculture for today’s dairy herd. LIC Automation (a subsidiary of farmer-owned co-operative LIC) specialises in manufacturing integrated and innovative in-shed farm automation and sensor technology systems. This field trip will give you the opportunity to see the latest technology in action at LIC’s Innovation Farm where new concepts and products are tested before hitting the market. From real time on-farm milk analysis to automated mating management solutions, LIC Automation enables farmers to improve herd management and simplify decision making

Trip 3: FAR Northern Crop Research Site (NCRS) / Ballance Agri-Nutrients (OWL Farm)

1.00pm 5.00pm FAR Northern Crop Research Site (NCRS) SiteTopics for discussion• Variable rate planting in maize; why/how/results • Managing pH variability within and between paddocks; EM results, Issues associated with precision spreading of lime. What will be visible • VR planter on site • Lime spreader; with catch cans, set up to demonstrate design issues impacting on accuracy of lime spreading

Ballance Agri-Nutrients (OWL Farm)+Precision Pastoral Farming in Action - For Ballance Agri-Nutrients as a fertiliser and animal feed company, precision agriculture technologies are providing tools and concepts for our road to sustainable development. The outcomes of our field research are tools that help farmers to make better decisions in nutrient management. One product with an integrated approach is N-Guru™ which uses data from soil Total N analysis and links this to pasture growth and climate to derive optimal amounts of N-fertiliser. You will also be introduced to how nutrient management is being addressed here in NZ and how the industry is tackling variable rate application. On this trip you will visit an operating Demonstration Dairy Farm grappling with farm system refinement to be productive, profitable and minimise environmental losses. This farm is functioning as part of the renowned St Peters High School, Cambridge and used for educational purposes as well.


Trip 4: Plant and Food Research / AgResearch

1.00pm 4.00pm Plant and Food ResearchPlant and Food Research’s work on development of wireless sensor networks for the continuous monitoring of the condition of fresh produce during storage and transport. Sensors located in produce packaging periodically transmit information on produce condition to local nodes and from there to the cloud, allowing real-time monitoring and management of produce quality.

AgResearchAgResearch will demonstrate its use of technology in pastoral and food research. This will include the development and use of sensors for red meat quality, novels sensors for urinary nitrogen monitoring and measurement, sensors for animal welfare and behaviour and use of pasture yield mapping in systems research.

LEARNING FROM THE BEST: MASTER CLASS AT PA17The PA17-Event is an international Tri-Conference, serving the global community in research, development and application of precision agriculture. The success of precision agriculture is based on high level skills and excellent capabilities of scientist and researchers. PA17 supports the advancement of science in Precision Agriculture and offers a Master Class on Digital Soil Mapping.

Precision Agriculture Association New Zealand (PAANZ) will hold one ‘International Precision Agriculture Master Class’ for two days (Saturday 14 October and Sunday 15 October) just prior to PA17.

The Master Class was made possible through support from Landcare Research.

Master Class on Digital Soil Mapping - Saturday 14 – Sunday 15 October, University of WaikatoTwo days ahead of the conferences, an ‘International Precision Agriculture Master Class’ will run for the first time. The International Precision Agriculture Master Classes will train early career scientists in latest methods of Precision Agriculture (PA)-research and give them a chance to discuss key science questions with world-class experts. The selected topic of Digital Soil Mapping provides knowledge and methods in spatial data analysis.

The effective application of precision agriculture practices requires the use of sensors collecting high resolution spatial and temporal environmental data. This master class will focus on the management and analysis of such collected datasets. The content of this Master Class is therefore of cross-disciplinary relevance not only for soil science but for various research tasks and projects in precision agriculture.

The lecturers, Dr Pierre Roudier and Dr Nathan Odgers from Landcare Research are experts in statistical and spatial data analysis. The content of this Master Class is prepared by the lecturers in conjunction with the Precision Agriculture Laboratory of the University of Sydney in Australia (Budiman Minasny and Brendan Malone).

Pierre Roudier taught some of the content of the Master Class already in Europe. Pierre is happy that such content is now taught also in this region, “we need these skills for the research that PA requires to advance and it is great that this is offered through PA17”.

The Maser Class will be a mixture of lectures, seminars as well as practical exercises with data from PA-research. The Master Class of PA17 is conducted in the premises of University of Waikato in Hamilton.

Besides improving capabilities of the participants, the Master Class offers a unique opportunity for the participants for networking and support understanding the working areas of their peers in the space of precision agriculture research.


WORKING TOGETHER AT PA17The PA17-Event is an international Tri-Conference for the global community that is engaged in research and development, application and that supports advancing Precision Agriculture.

The success as well as the progress of precision agriculture is based on strong interaction between end-users, researchers and developers. PA17 wants to support this engagement and will provide two workshops that allow the participants to interact on important topics.

World Cafe on Advancing Precision Agriculture in Asia, Australasia and Beyond (Monday 16 October, 6.10pm – 7.30pm, Heaphy 2)The purpose of this workshop is to draw on delegate perspectives related to “Advancing Precision Agriculture”. Precision agriculture (PA) is a multitude of different technologies and concepts for different crops, environments or production systems and markets. Therefore participants require very different approaches and strategies to advance PA under their specific conditions. The workshop intends to help participants identifying criteria how to optimally support PA from their end.

An input to the workshop is provided by Sjaak Wolfert from Wageningen University Research in the Netherlands. Sjaak discusses how integrated Farm-ICT and requirements from the value chain will influence the future of precision agriculture.

The participants of the workshop will collect in an unrestricted way those topics that they consider as relevant to advance PA. Topics will be collectively prioritised and discussed in groups, with one topic per table. After 20 minutes discussion, participants move to a different table to discuss another topic.

Results of the discussion will be summarised as guidelines, how to advance PA in R&D, through informed administration, and guided teaching/training and engaged governance.

Open Space discussion on Enabling Precision Livestock Farming (Tuesday 17 October, 10.35am – 12.15pm, Heaphy 2)Precision Pasture and Livestock Farming (PLF) or Digital Livestock Farming represents knowledge, technologies and tools for best managements of pastures and livestock. PLF uses sensors, farm-IT and a supportive infrastructure in the internet and with services. PLF is beneficial for farmers and animal wellbeing, but not yet widely studied or even used. The purpose of this workshop is to identify steps that workshop participants can use to raise awareness about PLF in their professional environment and how they may help to advance the development and adoption of most suitable PLF-technologies in their home countries.

An input to the workshop is provided by Mark Trotter from Central Queensland University in Australia. Mark discusses how to support R&D and adoption of precision livestock farming.

The workshop will utilise the concept of ‘Open Space’: participants are asked to discuss specific topics in a not predetermined way. These topics include how to advance precision livestock farming in research, development and practical farming and how to communicate with researchers/ developers as well as consultants/ educators and public administration.

The discussion will be summarised as a white paper. This Hamilton White Paper on PLF intends to help participants to foster discussion about PLF in their home country. For this the White Paper should address aspects of R&D, adoption and introduction of PLF, how to interact about PLF adoption with administration as well as in teaching and governance.


SOCIAL PROGRAMMEICE BREAKER WELCOME FUNCTION Date: Sunday 15 OctoberTime: 6.00pm – 7.30pmVenue: Novotel Tainui Hamilton, Alma Street, HamiltonDress: Smart-Casual Tickets: The cost of this function is included in the full registration fee. Cost includes canapés and two beverages, please exchange the vouchers in the back of your lanyard for a beverage. A cash bar will be operating.

This function is an occasion to meet fellow delegates, conference partners and exhibitors and catch up with friends and colleagues whilst enjoying drinks and nibbles.

CONFERENCE DINNER FUNCTION Date: Tuesday 17 October Time: 6.20pm – until lateVenue: Heaphy Rooms 1 and 2, Claudelands Conference and Exhibition Centre, Heaphy Terrace, HamiltonDress: Smart Casual Tickets: Ticket cost includes three course plated meal and wine on the table to start. A cash bar will be operating.

This function is a great time to relax and mix and mingle with old friends and new acquaintances.

Important for this function:Your lanyard is your admission ticket to this event, so remember to bring it with you!

EXHIBITOR’S NETWORKING LIGHT BREAKFAST FUNCTION Date: Wednesday 18 October Time: 7.45am – 8.20amVenue: Upper Concourse, Claudelands Conference and Exhibition Centre, Heaphy Terrace, HamiltonDress: Conference Day Attire Tickets: The cost of this function is included in the full registration fee.

Important for this function:Your lanyard is your admission ticket to this event, so remember to bring it with you!

MEASURE. MODEL. MANAGE.Engineering and Science for Agriculture, Industry and the Environment


INVITED SPEAKERSDEREK BAILEY 1ACPLF SpeakerDerek Bailey is a Professor of Range Science and has been at New Mexico State University (NMSU) since 2005. He teaches courses in rangeland management, research methods, vegetative monitoring and livestock handling.

In addition to teaching and research responsibilities, he is the Director of the Chihuahuan Desert Rangeland Research Centre (a 24700 ha research ranch). Before to coming to NMSU, Derek worked as a researcher for Montana State University and USDA-ARS in Oklahoma. He also was a range management consultant in Nevada and an extension agent in Arizona.

After growing up on a cattle ranch in southern Colorado, Derek received his PhD in Range Science and his MS and BS degrees in Animal Science at Colorado State University. His research interests include rangeland livestock production, grazing management and behaviour and animal welfare. Bailey has tracked cattle with GPS collars for almost 20 years and used this technology to develop practices to manipulate grazing distribution and elucidate the behavioural mechanisms that drive spatial movement patterns.

In 2017, he received a Fulbright Senior Scholarship to conduct research in Australia. The focus of this collaborative research with Central Queensland University was to use GPS tracking and motion sensors to detect animal welfare issues in cattle and sheep.

DANIEL BERCKMANS 1ACPLF SpeakerDaniel Berckmans obtained a Master Degree and a Ph. D. in Bio-Science Engineering at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in Belgium. He is full professor, leads the Division M3-Biores (Measure, Model and Manage Bioresponses), Department of Biosystems, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven.

The main field of research consists of real time signal analysis of humans, animals and plants, by using technology like wearables, cameras and microphones. The activities comprise the measurements, modelling and monitoring or management of individual living organisms. The focus lies on the development of real time wearable algorithms to monitor and control Complex, Individual and Time varying Dynamic (CITD) living organisms.

During the last 20 years, the research group permanently counted approximately 25 researchers who prepare a Ph.D. The research team is considered as a worldwide leading team in Precision Livestock Farming. Half of the team is working on animal applications and half on human applications like intensive care unit, stress monitoring, sleep monitoring etc.

Daniel is co-author of 273 scientific articles in peer reviewed journals and 389 papers in conference proceedings. He is member of several international advisory boards, visitation commissions in several European countries, and 6 international professional organisations worldwide.

Daniel has been a member of more than 61 Ph. D commissions in 9 different countries. Since 1982, 17 products have been developed for the world market in co-operation with industrial partners with whom royalty agreements were concluded. 15 patents have been submitted and about 20 projects with a mean value of 400.000 euro per project are continuously managed within the group. He is coordinator of several EU-projects with a total value of over 10 M euro. Daniel is co-founder of 2 spin-off companies: BioRICS NV in 2006 and Soundtalks NV in 2011. Written research agreements have been signed with over 35 research teams worldwide. About 125 theses for engineers (5-years-master’s degree) have been finished in the team.

JEFFREY BEWLEY 1ACPLF SpeakerJeffrey Bewley is from Rineyville, Kentucky where he grew up working on his grandfather’s (Hilary Skees) dairy farm. He received a B.S. in Animal Sciences from the University of Kentucky in 1998. In 2000, he completed his M.S. in Dairy Science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison under the direction of Dr. Roger Palmer. His PhD work under Dr Mike Schutz at Purdue University focused on the application and economics of Precision Dairy Farming technologies.

SIMON BLACKMORE 7ACPA SpeakerSimon Blackmore is a key figure in the development of Precision Farming and agricultural robotics, with a world-wide reputation. Simon is currently Professor and Head of Agricultural Robotics at the Agri-Epi Centre and Harper Adams University and Director of the National Centre for Precision Farming.

Simon has extensive experience of multidisciplinary collaboration across universities, commercial partnerships and research projects including autonomous tractors, laser weeding, robotic phenotyping and robotic harvesting with an emphasis on mobile machines.

Simon holds seven Chairs around the world and gives many national and international keynote presentations. Simon leads the research in the UK on agricultural robotics.


MARK BRANSON DF & G 2017 SpeakerMark Branson is owner manager of ‘Branson Farms”, a 1200ha mixed farm at Stockport, 80km north of Adelaide. The farm grows Wheat, Barley, Canola, Field Peas, Faba Beans, Lentils, and breed fine wool merino sheep that run on cereal and legume pastures.

He went to Roseworthy Agriculture College where he graduated with a Bachelor of Applied Science in Agriculture.

He purchased a yield monitor for his header in 1997, and has been yield mapping since then. He took up Controlled Traffic in 2004 becoming one of the first South Australian farmers to take on the system and operates on the same Controlled Traffic lines today.

In 2002 he was a founding member of and ex-president of SPAA – Society of Precision Agriculture Australia, ex-president SA Crop Science Society. He is also on GRDC’s High Rainfall Regional Cropping Solutions committee.

In 2005 Mark was awarded a Nuffield Scholarship where he travelled the world for 18 weeks looking into Precision Agriculture, Conservation Agriculture, their profits and effects on the environment. After the scholarship Mark has been adopting new farming system techniques learnt from his scholarship.

Mark is one of the leading farmers into the adoption of new cropping technologies in Australia and talks at many conferences on technology in annual rainfed cropping systems including being asked by the Chinese government to talk at the Yangling Agricultural High Tech Fair in 2007, and one of two farmers to speak at the World Congress in Conservation Agriculture in Brisbane in 2011.

COLIN BROWN DF & G 2017 Speaker Colin Brown is Founding Director of TracMap. Colin established TracMap in 2006, which today has grown to be the largest supplier of GPS guidance and job management systems to agriculture in New Zealand.

Presently he is based in Salinas, California, where he is leading the expansion of TracMap into the High Value Food Crop sector in North America.

REINER BRUNSCH 1ACPLF SpeakerProf. Dr. agr. habil. Reiner Brunsch, Prof. Dr. agr. habil., holds the position of Scientific Director at Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Engineering and Bioeconomy (ATB) in Potsdam, Germany.

Reiner is a member of executive board of the European Society of Agricultural Engineers (EurAgEng), Member of executive board of the German Agricultural Research Alliance (DAFA) and is the Initiator and Spokesman of the Leibniz research alliance “sustainable food production and healthy nutrition”

Scientific career Since 2008 Scientific director of ATB2005-2007 Acting scientific director of ATB2001 Honorary professor at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (HUB) 2000 Venia legendi "Animal husbandry and livestock technology” at HUB1999 Habilitation at HUB (Dr.habil.) 1997-2007 Head of department “Livestock management” at ATB1990-1997 Scientist at HUB1986-1990 Farm manager at Gut Birkholz (Dairy Farm) and visiting scientist at HUB1987 Promotion at HUB (Dr.agr.) 1984 Dipl. agr. ing. in livestock farming at HUB

KAREL CHARVAT Joint Plenary SpeakerKarel Charvat graduated in theoretical cybernetics. He is a ember of ISPA, RDA, Club of Ossiach, CAGI, and CSITAHe was in period 2005 - 2007 President of European Federation for Information Technology in Agriculture Food and Environment (EFITA). He is currently representatiove of HSRS in OGC Agriculture DWG.

He has long time expereince in ICT for Agriculture and Precision Farming. Now he is one from promotors of Open and Big Data in Agriculture in Europe. He has expertise in project management of research project, Evaluator of EC projects. Key qualification: strategic studies and management of projects in ICT and SDI.

Participation in projects as project manager and senior researcher: Wirelessinfo, Premathmod, EMIRES, REGEO, Rural Wins, Armonia, a Bard, EPRI Start, Ami@netfood, AMI4For, Voice, Naturnet Redime, Mobildat, SpravaDat, Navlog, c@r, Humboldt, WINSOC, Study for DG AGRI Broadband in Rural Development, Plan4all, Habitats, Plan4business, SmartOpenData, FOODIE, SDI4Apps, AgriXchange, FOODIE, SDI4Apps, OTN. Currently he is part of project management team of project Data Driven Bioeconomy – DataBio.


MARTYN DUNNE Plenary Speaker Martyn Dunne took up the role of Director-General in November 2013.

Ministry of Primary Industries was formed in 2011 from the mergers of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry and the New Zealand Food Safety Authority in 2010, and the Ministry of Fisheries in 2011. The mergers created a single gateway to New Zealand’s Government for the primary sector, and also for overseas regulators of primary products.

Before this appointment, he was New Zealand's High Commissioner to Australia – a role in which he was responsible for managing a range of trade issues with one of our most important trading partners. He was also the Chief Executive/Comptroller of the New Zealand Customs Service from 2004 to 2011. During his time at Customs, he was elected Chair of the World Customs Organisation – the largest international organisation responsible for setting global customs, trade security, and customs operating standards.

Until 2004, Martyn served as an officer in the New Zealand Army for 27 years, including service with the Special Air Service (SAS). He commanded the deployment of New Zealand Forces in East Timor from 1999–2001 and was subsequently responsible for the establishment of a single New Zealand Joint Forces Command in the rank of Major General.

Martyn holds a Masters of Arts (Strategic Studies) from La Trobe University, Melbourne. He is a graduate fellow of the Australian College of Defence and Strategic Studies and a graduate of the Australian Army Command and Staff College, Fort Queenscliffe. He is a Fellow of the New Zealand Institute of Management.

IAN FERGUSON Joint Plenary SpeakerIan Ferguson has been the Departmental Science Advisor at the New Zealand Ministry of Primary Industries form 2012 until 2017. He was Chief Scientist of Plant & Food Research, and formerly HortResearch, for 10 years from 2003. Prior to that he was leader of the HortResearch Postharvest Group and is a leading NZ and international researcher in plant science, horticulture and postharvest science. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand and a Life Member of the NZ Society of Plant Physiologists. He has been a member of many NZ Government funding and review panels and bodies.

Dr Ferguson has had a long research career, specialising in plant and fruit physiology, postharvest and horticultural science, biochemistry and biotechnology. He has extensive experience both in fundamental plant research and in applied research and development for the NZ horticultural industry, particularly with the fruit industry sector. He was until 2014, Joint Editor-in-Chief of the leading international journal Postharvest Biology & Technology.

During his time with MPI, he has also been involved in international relations on precision agriculture and sustainable agriculture, particularly with the EU, Germany, and Australia and developing collaboration and strategy on food production systems in the bioeconomy.

Dr Ferguson is also involved in a number of international collaborations, including Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand, and an almost 20 year collaboration with Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China, where he has been Guang Biao Visiting Professor. He was awarded a membership of the NZ Order of Merit in the NZ 2010 New Year’s Honours list for contributions to horticultural science. In 2013, he was given a National Friendship Award by the Chinese Government, and a Westlake Friendship Award by the Zhejiang Provincial Government. In 2014, Dr Ferguson was made a Fellow of the NZ Institute for Agricultural and Horticultural Science, and a Fellow of the International Society for Horticultural Science.

DAAN GOENSE 1ACPLF SpeakerDaan Goense studied Agricultural Engineering at what is now Wageningen University. After a five year research project in Suriname on the design of a mechanized farming system for dry annual crops in the humid tropics he became Assistant and later Associate Professor at the department of Agricultural Engineering of Wageningen University in the field of farm machinery management. This developed gradually to ICT systems for farm mechanization and precision agriculture. Two important EU research projects were “Computer Integrated Agriculture” on the development of ICT systems in Agriculture and “In-Space” on site specific fertilizer application.

In 1997 Daan joined the DLO research institute on farm mechanization as head of the department for farm management and later also for arable farm mechanization and continued research in precision agriculture.

In 2006 I became project manager for strategic projects at the DLO institute for livestock research and worked on application of wireless sensors on animals. He stayed involved in ICT related projects around standardization of information exchange in Dutch arable farming (EDI-Teelt) and led a trial on Crop protection Information Sharing in the European FIspace project, part of the Future Internet programme.

Since 1990 Dean has been a member of ISO/TC23/SC19/WG1, responsible for ISO11783, ISOBUS and from 2006 to 2015 convener of ISO/TC23/SC19/WG5, on wireless communication in agriculture.

In January 2015 Daan retired from Wageningen University and Researchcentre and started PRAGMAAS, Precision Agriculture Management and Advice Services. One of the activities is the maintenance of the reference data model for agriculture in the Netherlands.


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ROB HOLTHAM DF & G 2017Rob Holtham has 30 years plus experience in the Pipfruit Industry. Rob is currently the Manager of Willisbrook Orchards, a position I have held for the last 17 years. Willisbrook is an 80 Hectare Family owned business in the Waimea Plains in Nelson, growing both Apples and Kiwifruit. Our operation has been in transition into Dwarf plantings since 2001 and has some of the oldest 2-d plantings in the country. Our business is also a supplier shareholder in Freshco Nelson Export Company.

RAJ KHOSLA 7ACPA SpeakerRaj Khosla is Robert E. Gardner Professor of Precision Agriculture at Colorado State University (CSU). In addition, he holds the title of CSU distinguished Monfort Professor. In 2015, Dr Khosla was recognized as the “Precision Ag Educator of the Year 2015”, a national honor bestowed by the agricultural industry. Previously, in 2012, Dr Khosla was named the Jefferson Science Fellow by the National Academy of Sciences and was appointed as the Senior Science Advisor on Food Security to the U.S. Department of State.

In 2011, he was inducted by NASA to the US “Presidential Advisory Board on Positioning, Navigation and Timing” to work on the US space based GPS policy. His main focus has been on “Management of in-field soil and crop spatial variability using innovative technologies (such as Global Positioning Systems or GPS, Geographic Information Systems or GIS, and Remote-sensing) for variable rate precision nutrient management. He has generated many discoveries in precision agriculture, most widely recognized among them is the innovative technique of quantifying variability of spatially diverse soils using satellite based remote-sensing to create management zones, which is currently being used by farmers in Colorado, across US and in other countries around the world. He currently has projects in multiple countries and is championing efforts to enhance crop input use efficiency, productivity, profitability, and sustainability of large and small scale agricultural production systems.

He has co-authored over 300 publications (book chapters, refereed journal articles, extension articles, proceedings, bulletins, reports, popular press articles, digital media, and others). He has been invited globally to over 30 countries.

Dr Khosla is the Fellow of American Society of Agronomy; Fellow of Soil Science Society of America; Fellow of Soil and Water Conservation Society and Honorary Life Fellow of International Society of Precision Agriculture. He is the Founder and Past-President of the International Society of Precision Agriculture.

JESSICA KOCH DF & G 2017 SpeakerJessica and her husband Joe farm in the Upper North of South Australia and have two young sons. They crop 1400ha of cereal, pulse and canola and run 1200 self replacing fine wool merinos. They have been using a variety of PA technologies on their farm for ten years now. Jessica is also a Precision Agriculture Consultant for a company called Insight Ag Solutions where she assists farmers to use Precision Agriculture products such as Greenstar, UAV's, Protrakker and different mapping software. She has been on the SPAA committee since 2013, and took over as President in July.

NAOSHI KONDO 7ACPA SpeakerNaoshi Kondo is currently a professor, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University and is working on automation and sensing systems in agriculture, livestock and aquaculture aiming precision farming. He graduated from undergraduate and graduate schools (Department of Agricultural Engineering), Kyoto University in 1982 and 1984 respectively, and was engaged at Okayama University in 1985 as an assistant professor for 15 years. He moved back to Kyoto University in 2007 after working at Ishii Industry Co., Ltd., and Ehime University.

Naoshi has developed several fruit harvesting robots with machine vision systems in Okayama University. After his moving to industry, he commercialized many fruit and vegetable grading systems and grading robots with the near infrared spectroscopy device, X-ray imaging system, fluorescence imaging systems and color image acquisition systems including polarizing filter lighting devices. He proposed a traceablity system automatically collecting precise information from agricultural products by sensors of the grading systems, which can feedback to farmers as seasonal guidance.

Moving back to academia brought him to livestock and aquacultural fields. He developed a machine vision system to measure serum Vitamin A of beef cattle for producing higher marbling standard meets and a sensing system to measure fish volume under water by Helmholtz Resonance for calculating optimum feeding them. So far, he published 28 books including translation version: 16 Japanese, 8 English, 3 Chinese, and 1 Korean languages.

He has received many academic awards for his works from many kinds of societies: JSAM, JSME, SHITA, ASAE, SAS, AABEA, JSABE, JAICABE, MAFF, JATAFF, AJASS. He was given Japan Prize of Agricultural Science, which is one of the oldest and top awards in agricultural fields from AJASS and the Yomiuri Shimbun on April 5, 2017. His achievement was “Sensing System Based Bio-Production Intelligent Robots.”

DAVID LAMB 1ACPLF SpeakerDavid Lamb is McClymont Distinguished Professor (Research) of the University of New England. A physicist, David has been researching in precision agriculture since 1994 where he has contributed to, or led, more than forty multidisciplinary, multi-organisation R&D projects spanning rain-fed and irrigated grains, sugarcane, viticulture, horticulture and livestock industries. Professor Lamb established the University of New England’s Precision Agriculture Research Group (www.une.edu.au/parg) in 2002 and leads the university’s SMART Farm project (www.une.edu.au/smartfarm); a 2,900 ha, ‘highly-connected’, predominantly grazing property serving as an education, outreach and R&D farm showcasing the latest innovations in digital


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HAYDEN LAWRENCE DF & G 2017 SpeakerHayden, with his wife Alecia and their three young children own and run a South Taranaki dairy farm. Hayden has a strong interest in developing new technologies for agricultural systems. Studying Agricultural Engineering and specialising in Precision Agriculture at Massey University he has both a theoretical and applied skill set in precision agricultural applications, in particular GPS, GIS and data management systems. His work experience combined with theoretical studies have allowed him to develop particular skills in quantitative and qualitative research, research design and analysis.

Hayden was one of the developers of the Rapid Pasture Meter as well as completing a PhD in "The Adoption of Precision Agricultural techniques in Ground Spread Fertiliser Application". Since going dairying Hayden has been able to combine these skills into his day to day operations of their dairy unit, including rolling out all paddock fertiliser testing and pioneering an 18 month milking lactation program. Hayden believes that in order for Precision Agriculture techniques to become widely adopted in New Zealand the agricultural industry must grow with farmers in order to enhance both there operational management and strategic planning needs. Hayden is a director and co-owner of Spatial Solutions Limited.

KAREN LEWIS 7ACPA SpeakerKaren Lewis is a Washington State University Tree Fruit Extension Specialist and the Washington State Tree Fruit Extension Team Leader. She is an affiliate faculty member in the WSU Center for Precision and Automated Agricultural Systems.

Her primary program focus is on the field validation, integration and optimization of orchard systems, technology and people. She works closely with industry to identify needs and works to build cross disciplinary teams to identify the researchable questions, conduct applied research and outreach programs.

Current projects include mechanical pruning in apple, pear and sweet cherry, mechanical thinning, fully automated and human – robot collaborative apple harvest, trellis and superstructure engineering analysis and pollinizer evaluation.

She is currently working with a team to complete an assessment to identify gaps in technology needs in tree fruit production and handling. The team will develop a roadmap to guide research and Extension programming and provide a dynamic tool for private sector technology providers.

CRAIGE MACKENZIE DF & G SpeakerCraige Mackenzie and wife Roz operate Greenvale Pastures Ltd, a 200 hectare arable cropping property near Methven, NZ. They are also partners in Three Springs Dairies Ltd, a neighbouring 320 ha dairy farm milking 1150 cows. The couple are showcased on the sustainable farming website “Good Farm Stories”, launched in 2009 by the Green Party.

Craige has been farming since 1984 and has developed a keen interest in sustainable farming practices and innovative solutions for New Zealand agriculture. He is a member of the Foundation for Arable Research (FAR) Strategic Research Committee and board member for Southern Precision Agriculture Association (SPAA); and he is a recent recipient of a Ballance Farm Environmental Award for Nutrient and Irrigation Management and runner-up in the 2010 Lincoln University Foundation Farmer of the Year Awards recognising Innovation in Farming. At these awards, Craige was also presented with the AGMARDT innovation award for his work on the Smart-N fertiliser application system. In 2010 he was also awarded the Farming Award from the New Zealand Grassland Trust for his "Adoption and promotion of technology and good pastoral management practices in dairying".

In 2008 Craige was awarded a New Zealand Nuffield Farming Scholarship, publishing a paper on “Understanding the Carbon Footprint in Farming Systems”.

Craige is involved in research programmes with various organisations including Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry – Sustainable Farming Fund (MAF-SFF), Environment Canterbury (ECan), National Institute for Water and Atmosphere (NIWA), Dairy NZ, AgResearch and the Foundation for Arable Research (FAR).

In 2016 Craige received the prestigious honour of being named the 2016 International Precision Ag Farmer of the Year.

JEMMA MULVIHILL DF & G SpeakerJemma is Managing Director of Agri Optics, New Zealand's first Precision Ag company. Jemma graduated from Lincoln University with a Bachelor of Agricultural Science with Honours in 2009. During Jemma’s stint as an undergrad she completed a year’s study abroad in the US at Colorado State University where she came across Precision Agriculture, amongst other things, and all it had to offer for the US market. Jemma saw that there could be a really good fit with some of these Precision Agriculture technologies and techniques here in New Zealand to enhance N New Zealand agriculture. After finishing her undergrad degree Jemma set up Agri Optics with Craige and Roz, filling the gap in the ever-changing technology driven agriculture market that they could see developing in New Zealand.

JAMES PARSONS DF & G 2017 SpeakerJason Parsons is Chairman at Beef + Lamb New Zealand.


HUGH RITCHIE DF & G 2017 SpeakerHugh Ritchie farms 2,000 ha at Otane in Hawke’s Bay with 800 ha of annual crops (seeds, cereals and process vegetables) and 1,200 ha of pastoral land with 1,500 bulls and 10,000 winter lambs. He is a HortNZ Board member, FAR Board member, Process Vegetables executive member and retiring Board member of Irrigation NZ. Hugh has a focus on applied research and has used precision agriculture concepts and tools since 2000 when he was a Nuffield Scholar.

MARK RUTTER 1ACPLF SpeakerMark Rutter is Professor of Applied Animal Behaviour at Harper Adams University, Newport, Shropshire, UK. After graduating in Agricultural Science at the University of Leeds, he gained an MSc in Biological Computation from the University of York before being awarded a PhD in animal behaviour from the University of Edinburgh.

He then spent 15 years at the Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research in Devon studying grazing behaviour and diet selection in cattle, sheep and goats before moving to Harper Adams in 2006. His current research is focussed on how an understanding of the natural behaviour of domestic cattle can help improve their production efficiency as well as their welfare. This includes understanding the factors that affect dairy cow preference for pasture versus housing. He is also interested in the role that precision livestock technologies can play in promoting sustainable livestock production and animal welfare.

STEVE SAUNDERS DF & G 2017 SpeakerSteven Saunders (Ngāti Ranginui) has 32 years’ experience in the Horticultural sector and is the founder, owner and Managing Director of the Plus Group of companies, specialising in horticulture management consultancy, orchard ownership, global pollen production, robotics development via Robotics Plus ltd, international ventures, applied technology, environmental research and development, innovation and science.

MIRIANA STEPHENS Joint Plenary SpeakerMiriana Stephens was born in Motueka and raised by her grandparents. Her qualifications include a Bachelor of Arts (NZ History) and a Law Degree. She currently resides in Motueka and has four children. She was recently awarded the 2016 Aotearoa NZ Maori Woman Business Leader award in recognition of outstanding success and excellence in business.

Miriana is currently a director of Aotahi which is a Maori-owned and managed business that specialises in developing and managing educational programmes in the areas of small business and money management for communities throughout Aotearoa.

Miriana is also a director for Wakatu Incorporation (Wakatu), its subsidiaries and various committees. She is currently coordinating the innovation and research and development programme across the group of Wakatu with the mission to create high value science food and beverage applications to address nutrition, health and wellness challenges for consumers which is aligned with Te Pae Tawhiti, the 500 year intergenerational plan of Wakatu.

Miriana is a trustee on Te Awhina Marae in Motueka, Te Runanga o Ngati Rarua and has recently taken the role as vice chair for the Psychotherapists Board of Aotearoa NZ. She is also a member of Nuku ki te Puku (a Maori Food and Beverage cluster) and an alumni of Te Hono (New Zealand agribusiness leaders who have attended Stanford University).

DAVID SWAIN 1ACPLF SpeakerDave Swain is Professor of Agriculture and head of the Precision Livestock Management Team at CQUniversity. His research activities are focussed on precision livestock management. In particular he has an interest in developing tools to better understand cattle behaviour. Dave recently chaired the Northern Australian Beef Research Councils working group for strategic planning in the area of precision livestock management. Prior to working for Central Queensland University he worked for CSIRO at the JM Rendel labs and led a federally funded project that explored the opportunity for controlling cattle using virtual fencing.

NICOLAS TREMBLAY Joint Plenary SpeakerNicolas Tremblay, Ph.D., agronomist, is senior research scientist for Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC; the Federal Department of Agriculture in Canada). He graduated from Laval University in 1982 and joined AAFC in 1985.

He studied the management of vegetable transplants and crop fertilization in both muck (carrot, lettuce) and mineral soils (tomato, broccoli, vegetables for processing). It later focused on diagnoses of nitrogen deficiencies from devices like chlorophyllmeter, fluorometers and multispectral sensors. Since 2000, he worked on precision farming approaches using soil and vegetation properties to achieve a better prediction of optimal nitrogen rates.

From meta-analysis of trials conducted across Quebec, Ontario and North America, he integrated a rainfall component to the soil and crop management parameters and developed SCAN, an artificial intelligence-based decision support system for predicting optimal nitrogen rates in corn. His current interests include remote sensing, geomatics, open data, artificial intelligence, Big Data and evidence-based management for precision agriculture. Dr Tremblay is president of the International Society of Precision Agriculture (ISPA).


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MAOHUA WANG 7ACPA SpeakerMaohua Wang is now a Professor, College of Information and Electrical Engineering, China Agricultural University (CAU), Chairman of Academic Committee of Key Laboratory of Modern Precision Agriculture System Integration Research under Ministry of Education and Key labolatories Group on Agricultural Information Technology under Ministry of Agricultiure , P.C. China. He was honorably elected as member of Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE) in May, 1995 and as Fellow of CIGR (International Commission of Agricultural and Bio-systems Engineering) since 2006 as well as a member of International Eur-Asian Academy of Sciences (IEAS) since 2007.

Professor Wang has completed his undergraduate education with speciality of agricultural machinery at former Beijing Institute of Agricultural Mechanization and got Candidate Doctor Degree on Technical Sciences in Moscow Tymilyazev Agricultural Academy majored on electrification and automation in 1962. Since October of 1962, he has started his career in his mother university up to now.

Professor Wang was a Vice president of Formal Beijing Agricultural Engineering University (1984 – 1990) and worked as Adjunct Professor in Asian Institute of Technology (Bangkok) in 1991-1992. Since 1985, he has been as a first scientist on agricultural engineering discipline development in China and undertaken a series of social academic duties in the country, such as: Member and Convener of Discipline Assessment Group on Agricultural Engineering under National Academic Degree Commission, State Council, P.R.China (1986 – 2003); President of Chinese Society of Agricultural Engineering (CSAE) and Vice President of Chinese Society for Agricultural Machinery (CSAM); Vice President of National Higher degree Agricultural Education and Teaching Supervising Committee; Member of Executive Committee, Commission of Science and Technology, Ministry of Agriculture.

In the beginning of 1990s’, he was appointed as Panel Expert member of Agricultural Engineering Services at FAO, Deputy Director of Session 4, International Commission of Agricultural Engineering (CIGR), Full Member of the International Club of Bologna on strategies for the development of agricultural mechanisation and as member of International Advisory Editorial Board for 5 AE & ICT Scientific Journals in the world. He was a member of Technical Committee and Manage Committee of the Asian-Pacific Centre for Agricultural Engineering and Machinery (UNAPCAEM) under UNESCAP. His recent research fields are: Intelligent Information Technologies and System Integration Research for Precision Agriculture; Smart Agriculture System; ICT for Agriculture and Rural development; Strategic Problems of Agricultural and biological systems engineering science and education development, etc.

ERIC WATSON DF & G 2017 Speaker Eric Watson was born and bred on a farm in Mid Canterbury. The border dyked, mixed sheep and crop farm was situated on the light stony soils at Ealing on the north bank of the Rangitata River.

Eric moved to Wakanui, east of Ashburton in 1993, to 490 ha, fully arable, spray irrigated land offering some of the best soils in Canterbury. He grows a wide variety of crops: cereals, grasses for seed & a range of specialist vegetable and forage small seed crops.

He has a thorough knowledge of all aspects of cropping from 50 years working in the industry, hosting many crop trials, and working closely with FAR.

Eric has broadened his horizons and gained knowledge of all aspects of the industry by visiting farms, Research Institutes and Expos in UK, Europe and USA.

Notable accomplishments are: Finalist, Lincoln Farmer of the Year 2001 - “Application of Technology”; Lincoln Farmer of the Year 2006 - “Irrigation”; 2011 Ballance Farm Environment Awards, Canterbury Region: ECAN Water Efficiency Award; Hill Lab Harvest Award; Ballance Nutrient Management Award, Canterbury Region Supreme Winner; Guinness World Record greatest wheat yield February 2017 – 16.791 tonnes.

SJAAK WOLFERT Joint Plenary SpeakerSjaak Wolfert studied Plant Science in Wageningen and finished his PhD ‘Sustainable agriculture: how to make it work?’ in 2002. Currently, he is working as Senior Scientist at Wageningen University and Research in the field of Information Management and ICT in Agri-Food. Topics that are currently interesting Sjaak are the application of Internet of Things (IoT) and Big Data in agri-food production. Special attention is paid to socio-economic aspects such as the role of data sharing, business modelling and governance issues. He is scientific coordinator of (inter)national projects such as the EU-project Internet of Food and Farm (IoF2020) and DATA-FAIR. He is affiliated with the Information Technology Group of Wageningen University and was president of the European Federation of ICT in Agriculture (EFITA). Dr Wolfert is a visionary, challenged by complex problems that require a science-based approach where organizational and technical aspects need to be combined.


BRAD WOOLDRIDGE DF & G 2017 SpeakerBrad and Tracy Wooldridge are mixed farmers at Arthur River (450mm av. growing season rainfall) and 250km away at Kalgan (South coast 800mm) in Western Australia, running a 2600 head composite sheep flock and cropping barley, lupins, canola and oats.

15 years ago an introduction to the concept of measuring pasture growth and production by Landgate’s satellite imagery and modeling saw changes that included adopting a Dairy style rotational grazing system with management and benchmarking of productivity through remote sensing.

We use Landgate’s software to show how pastures have performed over the last 10 year period and we benchmark against climatic potential, with the difference being the management variable. Quantifying seasonal variation allows pasture performance predictions and varying stocking rate to match the seasons predicted potential.

An analysis of total system pasture feed requirements led to using this technology to search for and purchase a farm to compliment the farming system based on results from this technology. If big Brother has been watching, you may as well ask his opinion.

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29PA17, HAMILTON, NEW ZEALAND PRECISION AGRICULTURE CONFERENCE

Microsoft proudly sponsors the International Precision Agricultural Conference


THE PROGRAMMEThe three conferences of PA17 complement each other and we tried every effort to align themes and times across the conferences to ensure a great conference experience.

In the next tables, the sessions of the programme are introduced to help the participants to make selections which sessions to attend. The keynotes, plenary meetings and the workshops are not presented here.

SESSIONS OF: 7th Asian Australasian Conference on Precision Agriculture (7ACPA)

Sensor and DataSession 2A and 3BMonday 1.00pmMonday 4.10pm

Sensors are the key elements in PA hat provide the necessary data for assessing states of soils and crops. Latest development in science for sensor technologies are promising and the near future will see various new sensors for supporting data collection and decision making with PA.

Education and AdoptionSession 2BMonday 1.00pm

A serious barrier for advancing PA in many countries is a slow adoption of PA-technologies and PA-concepts. It is necessary to discuss the way to advance adoption in practical farming. A key element may be education.

Big Data and Data AnalyticsSession 2CMonday 1.00pm

We face a plethora of data in PA from sensing technologies as well as the growing supply of geo-data from a vast amount of remote sensing technologies and platforms. PA can benefit a lot from new tools in data analytics and computing power, e.g. with better decision making.

Site Specific FarmingSession 3A and 6CMonday 4.10pmTuesday 10.35am

To apply input in farming exactly how much, where and when needed by soils and crops is the most basic concept of Precision Agriculture. Providing advanced algorithms how to make decision for prescription maps or on-the go applications is the most critical part of this concept.

RPAS / UAV in Precision AgricultureSession 3C Monday 4.10pm

UAVs can provide as ‘ Flying Robots’ interesting platforms for many applications in research and development of precision agriculture technologies and concepts. A growing number of applications for farming operations using UAVs are discussed, studied and tested.

VariabilitySession 6A and 8ATuesday 10.35amWednesday 10.10am

The most traditional part of PA, to assess and understand variability of fields and crops gets back with growing importance. New sensors and tools promise serious advances in improving the ways how we collect and interpret data about variability of site and crop characteristics.

Data and Decision Support SystemsSession 6BTuesday 10.35am

The new age of ‘data driven’ research and development for PA is there and requires improved ways to handle, store and retrieve data not only in research but also on farms.

Automation/ Robotics

Session 8BWednesday 10.10am

The development of tools and management concepts with precision agriculture technologies culminates in using these in automated ways on the go or planned. Field robots then add autonomy to the automation.

Farm Management Information SystemsSession 8CWednesday 10.10am

Farmers will only adopt precision agriculture technologies when they relieve their already high management load. Such support requires integrated systems that can collect, store and use data from any source or sensors and allows intuitive access and interpretation.

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SESSIONS OF: 1st Asian Australasian Conference on Precision Pastures and Livestock Farming (1ACPLF)

Wellbeing Assessment of LivestockSession 2D Monday 1.00pm

Animal welfare is amongst one of the most significant concerns for the livestock industry. The demands of society in terms of expectations around the observation and treatment of animals has increased over the past decade and will continue to do so. The remote autonomous monitoring of welfare can provide the livestock industry with significant gains in productivity but critically also ensure that the growing expectations of consumers will be met into the future.

Large Scale Spectral Sensing of Pastures Session 2E Monday 1.00pm

The refined management of soil nutrients in pastures is a critical issue both in terms of the need to increase production efficiency but also from the perspective of social license, more specifically the loss of nutrients to the environment. This session explores some of the world leading research being undertaken into the spatial optimisation of fertiliser application in grazing systems.

Sensing Technologies for Precision Livestock FarmingSession 3DMonday 4.10pm

Understanding the state of an animal accurately was once the domain of experienced animal managers who combined years of experience with intuition to determine if an animal was ill, reproductively active, gaining weight and generally performing. These skills are rapidly being lost in the industry but technology provides at least in part a solution. New sensing system could provide livestock managers with even more accurate state information through the ability to monitor features and activities almost constantly and in real-time.

Farm Management Information Systems Session 3EMonday 4.10pm

“Data, data everywhere and not a byte to think; data, data everywhere, its taking me to the brink”. One of the key issues in precision livestock continues to be the effective management of data. Producers need to make rapid management decisions based on readily understood information signals. This session explores both data management strategies and some of the most relevant information required by livestock farmers.

Novel Sensing in Precision Livestock Farming and Pastures Session 8D Wednesday 10.10am

Measuring pasture characteristics remains a key field of research in the PLF space. This is not surprising when you understand the value that can be gained by producers if they can accurately understand how much pasture they have available and managed their livestock accordingly. But this isn’t as easy as strapping a crop sensor to the front of a quad bike and scanning across the paddock. Pastures are complex ecosystems with significant spatial, temporal and species variability. This session explores some of the latest developments in this area and how it will benefit producers.

Pasture Management with Precision AgricultureSession 8E Wednesday 10.10am

Understanding variability is the key to any precision agriculture discipline and this remains true for pastures, rangeland and livestock production systems. Having measurements of production variability of pasture and livestock opens the door to site specific and individual animal management which in turn leads to increased economic returns.

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SESSIONS OF: Digital Farmer and Grower 2017 (DF&G 2017)A Precision Agriculture Conference for Practitioners in Primary Production

Digital Farmer and Grower (DF&G2017) is a conference, dedicated to farmers, growers their consultants and counterparts in administration and industry. DF&G2017 tries to learn from the experience of farmers and addresses the needs of practitioners to find out what are the latest developments and discussions in precision agriculture (PA). This practitioner’s conference offers unique ways to grow the network of people interested in practical adaptation of Precision Agriculture technologies in New Zealand, Australia, Asia and beyond.

DF&G2017 has four sessions. In each session three farmers speak about their experience in using Precision Agriculture. The ideas and thoughts from these presentations will then be discussed with further practitioners in a panel discussion.

The audience is invited to participate with questions and contributions to the discussions. Delegates can use an app for smartphones to forward questions to the session Chair.

After each session the exhibitors at the PA17-Event are pitching their innovations in products and services for Precision Agriculture in a quite interesting and informative way.

Precision Pastures and Livestock FarmingSession 1CMonday 10.45am

Using sensors for monitoring animals and managing the data with Herd Information Management Systems is showing its value for a growing number of farmers all over the world. There are still challenges in detecting and accurate interpretation of performance indicators and critical animal conditions. However, farmers that use such PLF-technologies sometimes wonder, how they could ever have worked without it.

Precision Agriculture in Permanent CropsSession 2FMonday 1.00pm

The pressure to increase productivity and product quality in any fruit production as well as anticipated labour shortages make ‘PA-Technologies’ quite important for fruit crop growers. Crop load management approaches are increasingly used, based on quantitative assessment of states from wood, foliage, flowers and fruits as well as their spatial variability in. Sensors could support this transition for many growers in developing unique approaches.

Precision Agriculture in Annual CropsSession 4BTuesday 8.00am

Arable crops of farming and horticulture have benefitted from using PA-technologies for quite a while. Spatial nutrient and variable water management is a growing area of PA-applications. Further soil protective measures are typically using PA-tools.

Managing within Limits with Precision Agriculture TechnologiesSession 6ETuesday 10.35am

There is a growing interest of farmers and societies to minimise environmental footprints from any type of land use. Technologies from Precision Agriculture provide perfect tools and systems to support complying with external and internal limits of a farm. This includes identifying the spatial variability of growth potentials and applying exactly the required input (nutrients, water, seeds, pesticides etc.). Farm Management Information Systems provide the necessary platforms to handle data across requirements.

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2.40

pm –

2.5

0pm

Det

ectio

n of

the

Pum

pkin

Fl

ower

to E

stim

ate

its

Frui

t Pos

ition

Usi

ng a

Co

lour

Cam

era

Lian

glia

ng Y

ang

Prec

isio

n Ag

ricul

ture

in

Elev

ator

Pitc

hes

Exhi

bito

rs P

itch

with

One

Sl

ide

in 6

0 Se

cond

s th

eir

Prod

ucts

or S

ervi

ces

2.50

pm –

4.1

0pm

After

noon

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, Exh

ibiti

on, P

oste

rs a

nd a

n O

ppor

tuni

ty to

Net

wor

k

Ven

ue: A

rena

Upp

er C

onco

urse

, Firs

t Flo

or

CO

NC

UR

RE

NT

SE

SS

ION

- 3

4.10

pm –

6.0

0pm

3A -

7ACP

ASi

te S

peci

fic F

arm

ing

I

Hea

phy

1, G

roun

d Fl

oor

Chai

r: M

uham

ad R

ahm

an,

Caro

lyn

Hed

ley

3B -

7ACP

ASe

nsor

and

Dat

a II

Broo

klyn

1, F

irst F

loor

Chai

r: M

ario

Ped

raza

, Jo

sse

De B

aerd

emae

ker

3C -

7ACP

ARP

AS /

UAV

in

Prec

isio

n Ag

ricul

ture

Broo

klyn

2,

Firs

t Flo

orCh

air:

Trist

an P

erez

3D -

1ACP

LF

Sens

ing

Tech

nolo

gies

fo

r Pre

cisi

on L

ives

tock

Fa

rmin

gH

eaph

y 2,

Gro

und

Floo

rCh

air:

Jam

ie B

arw

ick,

Ky

m P

atiso

n

3E -

1ACP

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rm M

anag

emen

t In

form

ation

Sys

tem

s

Broo

klyn

3, F

irst F

loor

Chai

r: M

ark

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le,

War

ren

King

3F -

DF&

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17Ex

hibi

tion

Aren

a Lo

unge

, Firs

t Flo

or

4.10

pm –

4.4

0pm

The

Impa

ct o

f Spa

tial

Varia

bilit

y in

Soi

l Nitr

ogen

an

d th

e Va

lue

in it

s M

anag

emen

t: A

Cas

e St

udy

Joan

na S

harp

(Ses

sion

Key

note

)

Lase

r Ultr

ason

ic

Mon

itorin

g of

the

Elas

tic

Prop

ertie

s of

an

Appl

e Sa

mue

l Hitc

hman

(Ses

sion

Key

note

)

Rese

arch

And

App

licati

on

of P

lant

Pro

tecti

on

Tech

niqu

es a

nd

Impl

emen

ts fo

r Ric

e Pr

oduc

tion

in C

hina

Xi

wen

Luo

(Ses

sion

Key

note

)

Brav

e N

ew W

orld

by

Anim

al-S

ensi

ng

Dani

el B

erck

man

s(S

essi

on K

eyno

te)

Sens

ors

and

ICT

to A

cces

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ellb

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to M

anag

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vest

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and

to In

form

th

e Va

lue

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nDa

an G

oens

e(S

essi

on K

eyno

te)

Exhi

bitio

n

4.40

pm –

5.0

0pm

Prec

isio

n Ag

ricul

ture

for

New

Zea

land

Pot

atoe

s –

Effec

t of V

aria

ble

Yiel

d,

Tube

r Siz

e an

d In

com

eAl

liste

r Hol

mes

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c Te

sts

of C

hine

se

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age

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d M

onito

ring

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ors

for S

mal

l-Siz

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Kore

an H

arve

ster

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-Seu

l Lee

UAV

-Bas

ed V

iney

ard

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er S

tatu

s Fo

reca

sting

, U

niva

riate

and

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ultiv

aria

te M

odel

s or

Ar

tifici

al N

eura

l Net

wor

k?To

mas

Pob

lete

Auto

mat

ed P

upil

Imag

e Ac

quis

ition

to E

stim

ate

of

Seru

m V

itam

in A

Lev

els

in

Catt

le U

sing

Pup

il Co

lour

An

alys

is

Yuan

Zho

u

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elim

inar

y Ev

alua

tion

of th

e us

e of

On-

Anim

al

Sens

or D

ata

to P

redi

ct

Met

abol

izab

le E

nerg

y In

take

of S

heep

Usi

ng

Dee

p Be

lief N

etw

orks

Ha

ri Su

paw

ito


PRO

GR

AMM

E - M

ON

DAY

16

OCT

OB

ER

3A

- 7A

CPA

3B -

7ACP

A 3C

- 7A

CPA

3D -

1ACP

LF3E

- 1A

CPLF

3F -

DF&

G 2

017

5.00

pm –

5.2

0pm

Har

dwar

e an

d Em

bedd

ed

Algo

rithm

s fo

r Rea

l Tim

e Va

riabl

e Ra

te F

ertil

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plic

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shua

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ver

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elop

men

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nion

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ease

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onito

ring

Syst

em u

sing

M

achi

ne V

isio

nDu

-Han

Kim

Prec

isio

n Ag

ricul

ture

Av

iatio

n: C

urre

nt a

nd

Futu

reYu

bin

Lan

Soun

d An

alys

is a

nd

Det

ectio

n, a

nd th

e Po

tenti

al fo

r Pre

cisi

on

Live

stoc

k Fa

rmin

g Ja

mes

Bis

hop

The

Nut

ritive

Val

ue o

f Fo

rage

and

Wee

d Sp

ecie

s G

raze

d by

Bee

f Catt

le in

Au

stra

lia a

nd th

e Eff

ect o

n Li

vest

ock

Sele

ctivi

tyJa

mie

Man

ning

5.20

pm –

5.4

0pm

Mul

ti-Th

emati

c D

elin

eatio

n of

‘Nat

ural

Zo

nes’

of A

rabl

e Fi

elds

and

The

ir Co

rres

pond

ence

to

Spati

al Y

ield

Var

iatio

nDi

nanj

ana

Ekan

ayak

e

Auto

mati

c D

etec

tion

and

Iden

tifica

tion

of In

vasi

ve

Arth

ropo

d Pe

sts

for

Pest

Man

agem

ent a

nd

Bios

ecur

ityTa

ylor

Wel

sh

Inte

grati

ng G

eogr

aphi

c In

form

ation

Sys

tem

an

d Re

mot

e Se

nsin

g in

Pr

edic

ting

Rice

Gra

in

Prot

ein

Tapa

sh S

arka

r

Prel

imin

ary

Rese

arch

Sh

ows

Pote

ntial

for

Usi

ng P

roxi

mal

Infr

ared

Te

chno

logy

for L

ives

tock

M

onito

ring

and

Phen

otyp

ing

Jess

ica

Robe

rts

Prec

isio

n G

razi

ng

Man

agem

ent –

U

nder

stan

ding

Far

mer

U

ptak

e of

Gra

zing

So

ftw

are

Callu

m E

astw

ood

Exhi

bitio

n

5.40

pm –

6.0

0pm

FATI

MA

Czec

h Pi

lot

Kare

l Cha

rvat

Mac

hine

Vis

ion

Syst

em

Gra

ding

of P

ine

Tree

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edlin

gsBe

njam

in M

cGui

nnes

s

Mon

itorin

g th

e G

row

th

Stat

us V

aria

bilit

y in

Oni

on

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um C

epa)

and

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lic

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um S

ativu

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RGB

and

Mul

ti-Sp

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al

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ote

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ery

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chno

logi

cal I

ndex

of

Pre

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on A

gric

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harv

at

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bina

tion

of

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en A

pplic

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chno

logy

on

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ry

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it W

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it?

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Firs

t Sev

en M

onth

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sults

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m 6

Irrig

ated

Au

stra

lian

Dai

ry F

arm

sSt

ewar

t Spi

lsbu

ry

6.00

pm –

6.1

0pm

TIM

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10pm

– 7

.30p

mW

orld

Caf

é on

Adv

anci

ng P

reci

sion

Agr

icul

ture

in A

sia,

Aus

tral

asia

and

Bey

ond

Venu

e: H

eaph

y 2,

Gro

und

Floo

rCh

air:

Ian

Tarb

ottom

, Sja

ak W

olfe

rt, A

rmin

Wer

ner

6.10

pm –

6.2

0pm

Setti

ng th

e Sc

ene:

Fut

ure

of P

reci

sion

Agr

icul

ture

- Re

plac

ed b

y in

tegr

ated

Far

m-IC

T an

d Va

lue

Chai

n?Sj

aak

Wol

fert

6.20

pm –

7.3

0pm

Atten

dees

of P

A17

Wor

k in

a W

orld

Caf

é Se

tting

Parti

cipa

nts

Iden

tify

and

Dis

cuss

Em

ergi

ng T

opic

s on

Adv

anci

ng, A

dopti

ng A

nd P

rogr

essi

ng P

A in

Asi

a, A

ustr

alas

ia a

nd th

e Re

st o

f the

Wor

ld


PRO

GR

AMM

E - TU

ESD

AY 1

7 O

CTO

BER

Tues

day

17

Oct

ober

20

17

CO

NC

UR

RE

NT

SE

SS

ION

- 4

8.00

am –

9.0

0am

4A -

Com

bine

d Pl

enar

y 7

ACPA

and

1AC

PLF

Venu

e: H

eaph

y 1,

Gro

und

Floo

rCh

air:

Brett

Whe

lan

8.00

am –

9.4

0am

4B -

DF&

G 2

017

Prec

isio

n Ag

ricul

ture

in A

nnua

l Cr

op P

rodu

ction

Venu

e: A

rena

Lou

nge,

Firs

t Flo

or

Chai

r: Ro

ger W

illia

ms

8.00

am –

8.3

0am

Fate

and

Fut

ure

of O

ptica

l Sen

sing

in P

reci

sion

Agr

icul

ture

Nic

olas

Tre

mbl

ayW

elco

me

and

Obj

ectiv

es o

f thi

s Se

ssio

nRo

ger W

illia

ms

8.30

am –

9.0

0am

Prec

isio

n Ag

ricul

ture

: Glo

bal S

trat

egy

in R

&D

for a

n En

ablin

g Te

chno

logy

Ian

Ferg

uson

20 Y

ears

of P

reci

sion

Agr

icul

ture

on

Bran

son

Farm

s –

the

Jour

ney

and

Econ

omic

sM

ark

Bran

son

9.00

am –

9.1

0am

Tim

e to

mov

e ro

oms

Wor

ld W

heat

Yei

d. R

ecor

d w

ith

Prec

isio

n Ag

ricul

ture

Eric

Wat

son

CO

NC

UR

RE

NT

SE

SS

ION

- 5

9.10

am –

9.4

0am

5A -

7ACP

ATh

e Di

gita

l Fut

ure

in C

rop

Prod

uctio

n ha

s Arr

ived

II

Hea

phy

1, G

roun

d Fl

oor

Chai

r: Tr

istan

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ez

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1ACP

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ing

the

Digi

tal F

utur

e fo

r Li

vest

ock

Farm

ing

IIH

eaph

y 2,

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und

Floo

rCh

air:

Ina

Drag

anov

a, Ia

n Yu

le

Prec

isio

n Te

chno

logi

es in

Ara

ble

Varia

ble

Rate

Irrig

ation

, Exa

mpl

e in

N

ew Z

eala

ndCr

aige

Mac

kenz

ie

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mati

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n in

Pre

cisi

on A

gric

ultu

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aosh

i Kon

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vanc

emen

ts in

Ran

gela

nd L

ives

tock

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anag

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t: N

ew T

echn

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y M

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he

Old

Fro

ntier

of E

xten

sive

Gra

zing

Sys

tem

sDe

rek

Baile

y

The

Jour

ney

of S

PAA:

Ben

efits

and

Ri

sks

of P

reci

sion

Agr

icul

ture

in th

e Ea

rly D

ays

Jess

ica

Koch

Pane

l Dis

cuss

ion

on S

ucce

ss C

riter

ia

and

Chal

leng

es o

f Pre

cisi

on A

rabl

e Fa

rmin

gIn

clud

ing:

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Eva

nsPr

ecis

ion

Agric

ultu

re in

Ele

vato

r Pi

tche

sEx

hibi

tors

Pitc

h w

ith O

ne S

lide

in 6

0 Se

cond

s th

eir P

rodu

cts

or S

ervi

ces

9.40

am –

10.

35am

Mor

ning

Tea

, Exh

ibiti

on, P

oste

rs a

nd a

n O

ppor

tuni

ty to

Net

wor

k

Ven

ue: A

rena

Upp

er C

onco

urse

, Firs

t Flo

or


PRO

GR

AMM

E - TU

ESD

AY 1

7 O

CTO

BER

CO

NC

UR

RE

NT

SE

SS

ION

- 6

10.3

5am

– 1

2.15

pm6A

- 7A

CPA

Varia

bilit

y I

Hea

phy

1, G

roun

d Fl

oor

Chai

r: I M

ade

Anom

Sust

risna

Wiy

aya

6B -

7ACP

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ta a

nd D

ecis

ion

Supp

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yste

ms

Broo

klyn

1, F

irst F

loor

Chai

r: Ch

ris M

cCoo

l,N

icol

as T

rem

blay

6C -

7ACP

ASi

te S

peci

fic F

arm

ing

II

Broo

klyn

2, F

irst F

loor

Chai

r: Jo

hn F

ulto

n

6D -

1ACP

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ame

Cond

ition

s for

Pre

cisi

on

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stoc

k Fa

rmin

g I c

ont.

Hea

phy

2, G

roun

d Fl

oor

Chai

r: Ia

n Ta

rbott

on, M

ark

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er,

Arm

in W

erne

r

6E -

DF&

G 2

017

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agin

g W

ithin

Lim

its

with

Pre

cisi

on A

gric

ultu

re -

Tech

nolo

gies

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a Lo

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, Firs

t Flo

orCh

air:

Mik

e M

anni

ng

10.3

5am

– 1

0.55

amCh

arac

teriz

ing

the

Spati

al V

aria

bilit

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oper

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and

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solu

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ulto

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l Dec

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l Agr

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mat

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ons

in A

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th

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f Pre

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on L

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g:

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oduc

tion

to O

pen

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e Se

ssio

nM

ark

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com

e an

d O

bjec

tives

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and

for a

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nanc

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bora

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trod

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n to

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amCo

mpa

rison

of C

rop

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ss a

nd S

oil M

aps

to

Enha

nce

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ble

Rate

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on P

resc

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rl Vo

ries

Appl

icati

on o

f Sta

tistic

al

Mac

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rnin

g Al

gorit

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in P

reci

sion

Ag

ricul

ture

Moh

an S

ridha

ran

Crea

ting

Pres

crip

tion

Map

s Fr

om S

atel

lite

Imag

ery

for S

ite S

peci

fic

Man

agem

ent o

f Cott

on

Root

Rot

Chen

ghai

Yan

g

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n Sp

ace:

Par

ticip

ants

Iden

tify

and

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cuss

How

to A

dvan

ce D

igita

l Liv

esto

ck

Farm

ing

or P

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esto

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arm

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ctica

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rmin

g In

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ir H

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trie

s an

d H

ow to

Com

mun

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e w

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esea

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as W

ell a

s Co

nsul

tant

s/

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ator

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rtici

pant

s of 1

ACPL

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Prec

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n Te

chno

logi

es to

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age

Arab

le P

rodu

ction

With

in L

imits

in

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land

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ma

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vihi

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11.0

5am

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amVa

riabl

e Ra

te Ir

rigati

on

Man

agem

ent f

or S

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and

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le

Prod

uctio

n W

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alan

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gh R

itchi

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m –

11.

35am

Prec

isio

n Te

chno

logi

es:

Max

imis

ing

the

Valu

e of

Ir

rigati

on W

ater

Caro

lyn

Hedl

ey

Inte

grati

ng S

oil M

oist

ure

Mea

sure

men

ts in

to

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Fo

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sting

in N

ew

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and’

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du

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sfor

min

g Va

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to P

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e Se

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in N

ew

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and

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liste

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Pane

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on S

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riter

ia

and

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leng

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min

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POSTERS – in presenting author order by last name

1 Research on the Self-Feedback Algorithm of Grain Yield Monitor Model Based On Combine HarvesterXiaofei An

2 Simulation of Optimal Path Planning Using Modified Minimum Spanning Tree for Autonomous Agricultural Mobile RobotsSun Wook Beak

3 Use of Real Time Remote Sensing for Engagement to Improve Water Quality Outcomes at an on-Farm ScaleDebbie Care

4 Senslog Solution for Agriculture Sensors WebKarel Charvat

5 FarmtelemetryKarel Charvat

6 Basic Tests for Automated Nutrient Sensing and Control for Plant FactoryMilon Chowdhury

7 Understanding Private and Public Good Research and Extension Roles in Precision Dairy FarmingCallum Eastwood

8 Compressive Sensor Fusion of Weather DataNicolas Erdody

9 Distribution Uniformity of a Blended Versus Independently Metered Granular Fertilizers Using a Variable-Rate Spinner Disc SpreaderJohn Fulton

10 Turning Control of a Mobile Robot for Greenhouse SprayingGuoqin Gao

11 Evaluation of Bacterial Leaf Blight of Rice Using Hyperspectral DataChiharu Hongo

12 Development of Attitude Reference System Using Extended Kalman Filter Based on Arm and 16445 IsensorsPeikui Huang

13 Low-Altitude Remote Sensing Systems For Precision AgricultureYanbo Huang

14 A Approach to Obtain a Guidance Directrix for Vision-Base Agricultural Vehicle Navigation into Orange GrovesPeichen Huang

15 Fabrication of Novel Paper-Based Biosensor for Diagnosis of Drought Stress in PlantsMin Kyu Im

16 Comparison of Vibration Reduction Rates of Agricultural Tractors Depending on Suspension TypeHyunki In

17 Estimation of Moisture Content in Cucurbitaceae Seedlings Using Hyperspectral ImagerySi-Hyung Jang

18 Severity Analysis of 75Kw Agricultural Tractor PTO Gear Using a Field DataJeong Hoon Jang

19 An Improved Method of Interpolating Annual Crop Yield Data Using Wavelet TransformLi Jiang

20 Potato Yield Mapping in New Zealand and Common Data IssuesGuopeng Jiang

21 On-The-Go Image Processing System for Real-Time Measurement of Plant Growth StatusJisong Jiang

22 Robotic Harvesting Of KiwifruitMark Jones

23 An Electrically Driven, Computer Controlled Robotics Platform for Orchard UseMark Jones


24 Estimation of Moisture Content In Solanaceae Seedlings Using Hyperspectral ImagerySaerom Jun

25 Evaluation of Subsurface Irrigation System Based Sensing Soil Moisture for Soybean (Glycine Max L.)Ki-yuol Jung

26 Modeling the Growth of Chinese Cabbage Using Remote Sensing SystemYe-seong Kang

27 Development of a Test Bench for Drip Irrigation Electronic ValveNa-Rae Kang

28 Basic Tests of Potato Yield Monitoring Sensors for Small-Sized Korean HarvestersJong-Mun Kim

29 Analysis of Load Severeness for the Transplanter PTO by Planting ConditionWan Soo Kim

30 Estimation of the Growth for Radish and Chinese Cabbage Using Hyperspectral ImageWon-jun Kim

31 Relationships Between Crop Yield and Landscape FeaturesAshley Kissick

32 Multiple Local Calibration Modeling Using Tractor-Mounted Soil Analyzing SystemAsakazu Kodaira

33 Groundwater Management System on Soil Characteristics and Soybean Growth at Paddy FieldSoon-Hong Kwon

34 Machine Vision Based System for Flower Counting in Strawberry PlantsWon Suk Lee

35 Effect of Subsurface Irrigation Systems on Water Use Efficiency and Soybean Growth At Sandy-Loam SoilSanghun Lee

36 Design and Construction of an Automatic White-Fly Collecting Device Control System for Smart GreenhouseWon-Jae Lee

37 Fatigue Life Prediction of PTO Gears for a Small Multi-Purpose Cultivator by Ditching Rotor OperationPaul Lee

38 Development of Crop Detecting System Using on UAV Platform in Precision AgricultureMinzan Li

39 A Monitoring System of Swinery Activity Amount Based on Passive Infrared DetectorGang Lui

40 Self-Tuning Pole Assignment Path Tracking Control for an Autonomous Self-Propelled High Clearance Boom Sprayer in Paddy FieldZhaopeng Liu

41 Development of an Agricultural Implement Guidance SystemZhang Man

42 Site-Specific Weed Management in Maize (Zea Mays)Thomas Mueller

43 Estimating Spad Value, Chlorophyll, and Mineral Components Using Hyperspectral Data of Maize LeavesAyumi Nakatsubo

44 Dynamic Image Processing Method for Vegetation Indexes in Precision AgricultureHyun Kwon Noh

45 Data Collection for Analysis of Productivity Improvement of Plums Using Remote Data Collection Device Made by General Purpose Single-Board ComputerHong-joon Park

46 Can Sensors and Crop Models Predict the Need for Late-Season Nitrogen for Protein Enhancement in Spring Wheat?Joel Ransom

47 Detection of Rice Grain Using Low Altitude UAV Images at Growing StageMd Nasim Reza

48 Design and Construction of a Remote Monitoring and Control System for a Dehumidifier Combined with a Heating ModuleYoung-woo Seo


49 Yield Prediction of Maize Crop (Zea Mays) By Integrating NDVI With Yield Monitor DataManjeet Singh

50 Indoor Aquaponic System Design and Analysis of its Nitrogen Cycle Using Ion Selective ElectrodeDaesik Son

51 System Development for Potato Crop Growth Management Based on Mobile TerminalHong Sun

52 Growth Monitoring of Horticulture Crops Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (Part 1)-Field Monitoring of Potatoes-Dai Tanabe

53 Study On Agricultural Implement Operating Height Measurement Based On 2D-SLRFLingmao Tang

54 GPS Cows: Improving Digital Literacy and Engagement in Rural Students Through an Applied Agri-Tech Learning ResourceMark Trotter

55 Navigation Control Based on Double Antennas GNSS and Pure Pursuit Model for Agricultural VehicleHui Wang

56 Design and Experiment on Precision Fertilization Control System of Rice Transplanter Side Deep Fertilization Device Based on yhe Operation SpeedGuangwei Wu

57 Design and Implementation of Large-Scale Pig Farm Big Data Acquisition System Based on IOTDeqin Xiao

58 Monitoring and Early Warning System of Vegetable Pest Based on the IOTDeqin Xiao

59 Wireless Soil Sampling and Recording System Based on AndroidWei Yang

60 Design and Experiment of Online Mixing Spraying SystemMeng Zhang

61 On-Line Prediction of Tractor Roll Angle Based on AR ModelRunmao Zhao

62 Study on the Correlation of Volatile Between Brown Rice Plant Hoppers and Rice Stem Based on Electronic NoseZhiyan Zhou


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Ag Leader Technology 19

AgResearch 3

AgriOptics and HALO Farm Systems 5

Aquaflex 16

Ballance 11

Beef + Lamb 10

Callaghan Innovation 17

CoRMaGeo Instruments 13

Gallagher 4

Lindsay NZ 2

Lincoln AgriTech Ltd 22

Massey University 7

Ministry for Primary Industry 24

New Zealand Sports Turf Institute 14

Plant and Food Research 9

Ravensdown 23

ReGen 12

Rezare 21

Society of Precision Agriculture Australia 20

TracMap 8

University of Waikato 15


AG LEADER TECHNOLOGYStand 19 8 Douglas DriveMawson Lakes 5095South Australia AustraliaT: +61 8 8260 9800E: [email protected]: Douglas Amos

Ag Leader Technology, Inc, is the recognized technology innovator of precision agriculture hardware and software. Headquartered in Ames, Iowa, USA, the company designs, manufactures and markets industry leading precision farming technology to help growers make smart, profitable business decisions. Founded in 1992, the company has achieved consistent growth and expansion by providing value-based products that help growers and agricultural professional achieve and maintain a successful, profitable operation. For more information, visit www.agleader.com.au.

AGMARDT 8 Weld StreetFeilding 4702New ZealandT: +64 6 323 8766E: [email protected]

The Agricultural and Marketing Research and Development Trust, better known as AGMARDT, invests millions each year aimed at exploring market opportunities, encouraging innovative ideas and developing future leaders within the agribusiness sectors.

AGMARDT is an independent charitable Trust set up by the Government in 1987 with initial funding of $32m from the wind up of the British, Christmas Island and New Zealand Phosphate Commissions. Now with a fund of approximately $90m we invest around $3-4m annually back into the Agribusiness sector. Over $70m has already been reinvested since inception.

AGRESEARCHStand 3 Private Bag 4749Christchurch 8140New ZealandT: +64 3 321 8772E: [email protected]: Robyn Dynes

AgResearch is the lead Crown Research Institute for science that supports agriculture. We partner with the pastoral sector to identify and deliver the innovation needed to create value for New Zealand.Our current research in precision agriculture includes new tools for:• Environmental monitoring and measuring• Pasture measurement• Plant and animal phenotyping• Animal welfare monitoring

AGRI OPTICS NEW ZEALAND LTDStand 5 PO Box 125Methven 7745New ZealandT: +64 3 302 9227E: [email protected]: Jemma Mulvihill

Agri Optics New Zealand Ltd is your Precision Ag Specialist, providing expert Precision Ag advice and support to farmers and growers across New Zealand. From Electromagnetic soil mapping to Soil Moisture Management, from Precision Nutrient Management to Data management services for all types of field data. To find out more about “the future of farming” visit Agri Optics.


AQUAFLEX NZStand 16 PO Box 24071Christchurch 8642New ZealandT: +64 3 384 8900E: [email protected]: Jim Herbison

The Aquaflex Soil Moisture Sensor uses a unique measurement technique with a 3m long flexible tape to provide measurement of a volume of 6 litres of soil.

Aquaflex provides growers with a finite amount of accurate representative soil moisture (and temperature) data to enable informed Irrigation Management decisions.

BALLANCE AGRI-NUTRIENTSStand 11 Private Bag 12 503Tauranga 3143New ZealandT: +64 7 572 7900www.ballance.co.nz

Ballance Agri-Nutrients helps its customers to farm more productively, profitably and sustainably. As well as manufacturing and supplying fertilizer and supplementary feed, we offer comprehensive advice around nutrient planning, soil health and sustainability. Visit us at Exhibit 11 to discover how through science, sustainability and powerful partnerships, we’re helping farmers ensure their farming businesses are future ready.

BEEF + LAMB NEW ZEALANDStand 10 PO Box 121Wellington 6140New ZealandT: +64 27 246 3874E: [email protected]: Richard Wakelin

Beef + Lamb New Zealand is helping to build a better future for beef and sheep farming in NZWe’re working together to help improve farm productivity and profitability and ensure sheep and beef farming has a prosperous future in New Zealand Our vision is for profitable farmers, thriving farming communities, valued by all New Zealanders

CALLAGHAN INNOVATIONStand 17 PO Box 842Shortland StreetAuckland 1140New ZealandT: 0800 422 552E: info@callaghaninnovation.govt.nzwww.callaghaninnovation.govt.nzContact: Simon Yarrow

Callaghan Innovation is the government’s business innovation agency. We connect businesses to the networks, capability and funding they need to make their Agritech businesses progress faster. We have a team of scientists dedicated to solving deep specialist technical problems, our programmes help hundreds of companies improve their ability to innovate, and we boost business R&D through more than $140m a year in co-funding.


CORMAGEO INSTRUMENTS Stand 13 78 Wallis AvenueStathfield NSW 2135AustraliaT: +61 411 603 026E: [email protected]: John Peacock

CoRMaGeo Instruments is the Australasian agent for Geonics and Geometrics geophysical products as well as AGI, Radiation Solutions, Sensors and Software and Robertson Geologging. With an experienced base of personnel, we offer strong customer focus and leading-edge solutions backed by reliability and after-sales support.

GALLAGHER ANIMAL MANAGEMENTStand 4 Private Bag 3026Hamilton 3240New ZealandT: +64 7 838 9800E: [email protected]: Sarah Adams

Gallagher pioneered New Zealand’s first electric fence system in 1938 and is today an internationally renowned leader in the innovation and marketing of animal management products. Our offer includes electric fencing, weighing and electronic identification (EID) and wireless water monitoring systems that make farming easier and more profitable.

MANAAKI WHENUA - LANDCARE RESEARCH PO Box 69040Lincoln 7640T: +64 3 321 9999www.landcareresearch.co.nz

Our land, our future - this is the essence of why Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research exists. At Manaaki Whenua we undertake research that focuses on preserving Aotearoa’s rich biodiversity, improving biosecurity and looking after our land and our environment.We recognise the importance of partnerships, the special role of Maori and the need to ensure that all New Zealanders have the knowledge, understanding and tools to truly live in harmony with our land.

LINCOLN AGRITECH LTDStand 22 Lincoln UniversityEngineering DriveLincoln 7674CanterburyNew ZealandT: +64 3 325 3700E: [email protected]

Established in 1964, Lincoln Agritech is a multidisciplinary research and development company with over 50 staff. Owned by Lincoln University, we deliver leading edge science and engineering knowledge and technologies into environmental, primary sector, processing and new materials applications through a mix of government and private sector funding.


LINDSAY NEW ZEALANDStand 2 581 Taonui RoadFeilding 4775New ZealandT: +64 6 212 0550E: [email protected]: Denis Gavin

Variable Rate Irrigation. Growsmart Precision VRI allows you to customize exactly the right amount of water or nutrients over multiple crops, soil types and terrains – maximizing yields and profitability.

MASSEY UNIVERSITY, NZCPAStand 24 New Zealand Centre for Precision AgricultureMassey UniversityPrivate Bag 11 222Palmerston North 4442New ZealandT: +64 6 350 4959E: [email protected]: Ian Yule

New Zealand Centre for Precision Agriculture (NZCPA) creates practical land management solutions through the use of leading-edge precision technology tools with a strong focus on remote sensing and hyperspectral imaging. Our aim is to undertake relevant, leading research and teaching to improve agriculture within New Zealand.

MICROSOFTwww.microsoft.com

Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person, and every organisation, on the planet to achieve more. Microsoft works closely with partners throughout Asia to help private enterprises, governments, educational institutions and nongovernmental bodies meet business, social and economic challenges and realize the potential of their organizations and their people.

Our commitment to the region is reflected by the thousands of developers, resellers, independent software vendors, and small and medium-sized enterprises whose goals for growth and greater business efficiency has been made possible by Microsoft technology.

MINISTRY FOR PRIMARY INDUSTRY Stand 7 25 The TerraceWellington 6011New ZealandT: + 64 4 894 0367E: [email protected]: Laura Tammaro

The Ministry for Primary Industries strives to deliver high-quality services and support to the whole of the primary sector – from producers through to processors and exporters. At the core of our refreshed strategy is a new ambition, that ‘New Zealand is the most trusted source of high value natural products in the world’ – which describes what MPI is striving to achieve for New Zealand, beyond growing and protecting.

Our focus is on helping to improve market success for the New Zealand primary sector, including the use of precision agriculture to produce food and materials in more efficient and sustainable ways.


MINISTRY OF BUSINESS, INNOVATION AND EMPLOYMENT PO Box 1473 Wellington 6140New ZealandT: +64 4 472 0030E: [email protected] Contact: Mackenzie Nicol

The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment’s mission is to Grow New Zealand for all. MBIE’s funding and support programmes aim to build a high-performing and dynamic New Zealand science system.

One way MBIE encourages and supports research organisations is through its investment funds. MBIE’s funds support ambitious and well-defined research proposals that have the potential to impact New Zealand economically, environmentally and socially.

NEW ZEALAND SPORTS TURF INSTITUTEStand 134 PO Box 35710Browns BayAuckland 0753New ZealandT: +64 6 356 8090E: [email protected]: Sinead Mulligan

NZSTI is New Zealand’s only full service turf consultancy group specializing in research, training, precision management and advice relating to design and management of natural and artificial surfaces.

Since 1949, the Institute has provided independent, scientifically based advice on all aspects of turf planning, construction and maintenance throughout Australasia, the Pacific and Asia.

NEW ZEALAND TRADE AND ENTERPRISE Level 15, The Majestic Centre100 Willis StreetWellington 6011New ZealandT: 0800 555 888 (for New Zealand callers)T: +64 4 816 8100 (for international callers)E: [email protected]

New Zealand Trade and Enterprise (NZTE) is the Government agency charged with growing companies internationally, bigger, better and faster, for the benefit of New Zealand. We help companies to build their capability, boost their global reach, connect to other businesses and invest in their growth. We also connect international investors with opportunities in New Zealand through a global network of investment advisors. www.nzte.govt.nz

PLANT & FOOD RESEARCHStand 8 120 Mt Albert RoadSandringhamAuckland 1025New ZealandT: +64 9 925 7000www.plantandfood.co.nz

Plant & Food Research is a New Zealand science company delivering products, IP and technology designed to grow competitive advantage for clients in the horticulture, wine, cropping, seafood and associated high value food sectors worldwide. The company has over 600 specialist research staff based in New Zealand and provides research and development that adds value to fruit, vegetable, crop and food products. With more than 900 people based across New Zealand, as well as in the USA and Australia, our science supports the growth of the plant and marine-based food industries.


RAVENSDOWNStand 23 292 Main South RoadHornbyChristchurch 8014New ZealandT: +64 21 900 590E: [email protected]: Penny Clark-Hall

As a farmer owned co-operative, Ravensdown is here to enable smarter farming for a better New Zealand. We strive to achieve this by providing products, expertise and technology to help farmers reduce environmental impact and optimize value from the land.

REGENStand 12 Level 2, 50 The TerraceWellington 6145New ZealandT: +64 27 411 9336E: [email protected]: Bridgit Hawkins

Hundreds of farmers using Regen services are achieving precision Water and Effluent Irrigation that optimises pasture production and minimises water use. Using real time data from your farm, Regens mobile app automatically recommends how much to irrigate and when, includes soil and weather charts and provides reporting for FEPs.

REZARE SYSTEMS Stand 21 PO Box 9466Hamilton 3240New ZealandT: +64 7 857 0820E: [email protected]: Jeanette Stephens

Agricultural software development specialists, Rezare Systems helps agribusiness to build innovative new products and service that leverage science knowledge and industry data.

SPAA SOCIETY OF PRECISION AGRICULTURE AUSTRALIAStand 20 PO Box 3490MilduraVictoria, 3502AustraliaT: +61 4 3742 2000E: [email protected]: Nicole Dimos

SPAA is a non-profit and independent membership group that aims to be the leading advocate for PA adoption. We have an Australia-wide focus; achieved by partnering with organisations and industry alliances and has a wide membership base that is reflective of the potential that is offered by PA.


TAG IT TECHNOLOGIESStand 5 PO Box 15531DinsdaleHamilton 3243New ZealandT: +64 7 847 6380E: [email protected]

HALO Farm Systems is the combination of hardware, software solutions and connected sensors, where data is stored and forwarded to the internet cloud through a farm Gateway. Through a web enabled dashboard data gives instant performance feedback on farm water, milk, effluent, the environment and provides key management information and analytics to the customer. The HALO Farm Systems processes’ the data exceptions and responds with customer alerts where a potential to upset workflows and disrupt income opportunities exist.

TRACMAPStand 7 PO Box 90Mosgiel 9053T: +64 3 489 2952E: [email protected]: David Glen

TracMap provides an easy to use, fully integrated cloud based job and contractor management solution that ensures operational accuracy and efficiency.TracMap provides unrivalled access to valuable operational information and provides a basis for increased efficiencies, reduced costs and hitherto unavailable data on which to implement precision agricultural and operational improvements.

UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATOStand 15 Private Bag 3105Hamilton 3240T: +64 7 838 4522E: [email protected]: Professor Mike Duke

The AgriEngineering Research Group at the University of Waikato is involved with a wide range of applied smart automation and robotics projects with industry. Projects include ‘in field’ harvesting of kiwifruit, asparagus and forestry tree stock with partners Robotics Plus, Plant and Food Research, The University of Auckland and ArborGen.


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