Technology
Kirby Farm is located on a 171.3
hectare (ha) livestock property typical
of much of inland eastern Australia.
Productivity of the sheep and cattle
enterprises is dependent on managing
pasture and forage crops, which
provide the main feed source for the
livestock. To determine landscape
variability, we undertook a survey
comprising an electromagnetic induction
(EM38) soil scan, digital elevation
mapping, and a pasture biomass
(active optical sensor) scan, with corresponding
spatial clustering analysis.
We then installed 100 soil sensor
nodes, each representing a locality of
approximate homogeneity, and two
above-ground weather station nodes