Australian technology transforms how farmers will manage fields

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The Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture is trialling a new machine, which uses 'optical sensors' to analyse pastures. The hand-held devices could revolutionise the way farmers evaluate their fields. Will Green, farmer: "At the moment, we go out and do an eyeball estimation of the property to get a feed budget together to see if we can get through the spring with all our animals." "It's only as accurate as I think it is," adds farmer Richard Johnston, "and I guess the problem with that is tha… READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2015/10/12/australian-technology-transforms-how-farmers-will-manage-fields euronews knowledge brings you a fresh mix of the world's most interesting know-hows, directly from space and sci-tech experts. Subscribe for your dose of space and sci-tech: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=euronewsknowledge Made by euronews, the most watched news channel in Europe.

Published 2015-10-12 · Watch on YouTube ↗
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