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Remote water monitoring slashes onsite man hours

<p>A carefully planned, remotely monitored livestock watering system has enabled one family to successfully manage their rangeland goat and merino sheep operation from their home base, six hours away, as Pamela Lawson discovers.</p>

Jessica Strauss
Remote water monitoring slashes onsite man hours

  About six years ago, Stephen Dunbar and his family began a total redevelopment of their 23,000 hectare property near Wilcannia, in northwest NSW. The property supports about 12,000 rangeland goats,...

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A growing series of reports, each focused on a key discussion point for the farming sector, brought to you by the Farming Ahead team.

A growing series of reports, each focused on a key discussion point for the farming sector, brought to you by the Farming Ahead team.

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Research Report: Agritechnica 2023

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Research Report: Fronting Up

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