Having shown Merino sheep can be trained to respond to a combination of sights and sounds, researchers at the University of New England (UNE) in northern NSW were keen to see if these skills could be passed from trained to untrained sheep in a paddock situation. Pamela Lawson talks to Dr Donnalee Taylor about the trials and their findings.
During 2009, researchers from UNE conducted trials which showed most of the Merino ewes in a trial could be successfully trained to respond to audio and visual cues for a food reward (see Farming Ahead...
Delivering high-value research and information on best practices to help improve farming productivity, efficiency and profitability.
Sheds play a vital role in farming, offering shelter and protection for people, machinery, livestock and valuable inputs like chemicals and fertiliser.
The Report includes a round up of commercially-available batching plants as well as farmer-made approaches.
Kondinin Group’s Mark Saunders, Ben White and Josh Giumelli went to Agritechnica, Germany. This report covers the key award winners from the event and some of the latest autonomous platforms displayed.
This Research Report looks at harvester fronts including research and expertise from Kondinin Group’s Ben White, with input from harvesting specialists Brett Asphar, Kassie Van Der Westhuizen, Murray Skayman and Martin Reichelt.
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