Insights from INCYT

When it comes to Australian agriculture, ‘The North’ surely has to be one of the most exciting regions when it comes to developing new opportunities. From Northern WA and the NT to Northern Queensland, farming in Northern Australia, our ‘Last Frontier’ is not for the faint of heart. Witnessing the emergence of a cotton industry around Kunnunnurra, Katherine and Julia Creek shows the extent of the opportunities but, at the same time, also the unprecedented challenges that growers face in the North.

Operational efficiency is essential for Incitec Pivot Fertilisers (IPF) to maximise product usage and ensure timely delivery to customers. To support this, IPF's EASY Liquids has introduced tank monitoring sensors to streamline operations and improve fertiliser delivery and stock management, ensuring farmers have fertiliser supplies readily available, particularly during peak seasonal demand.

Monitoring soil moisture and local weather conditions is common practice for many farmers as both factors are instrumental in growing crops or raising livestock. Few crops however are as susceptible to small changes as grapes. And with table grapes the looks matter just as much as the quality, leaving very little room for error for growers to produce a marketable product.

Retrofit kits now available from INCYT. Soil moisture probes are a classic example: the majority of this market is serviced by three manufacturers: AquaCheck, Sentek and EnviroPro. Whether a farmer decides to partner with an ag retailer, agtech provider or one of the manufacturers of soil moisture probes directly, chances are they’ll end up with a soil moisture probe of one of these three brands in their field. And why would you want to pay to buy the same product again, just because you’ve got a new preferred organisation with a better platform to visualise your data from the exact same sensor on? 

In 2021, CRDC led a challenge to innovators across Australia to help solve one of cotton’s most persisting problems by posing the question ‘Is it possible to revolutionise agricultural spray application?’

You might have recently seen the news that NNNCo has appointed voluntary administrators. NNNCo provides LowRaWan network services to certain areas in Australia, and part of their clientele is in the agricultural sector. This news has caused a bit of confusion and worry with some people, and so I thought it useful to clarify this situation and its consequences a bit further.

I had the pleasure of chatting with a lot of different growers at the recent cotton conference and one of the interesting things for me was to hear how every cotton growing operation works just a bit differently than the next. Not coming from a (cotton) farming background myself, I find it fascinating to see how everyone tackles the same challenge (growing cotton) in their own way in order to optimise results. Something that almost every cotton grower mentioned to me however, is that they’re constantly working on pushing their profitability margins and thinking about where they can gain the ‘next 1%’ in their business.

Irrespective of the industry you work in or which products you’re working with, chances are that there’s something on your wishlist for remote monitoring. For a long time, the remote monitoring of liquids and gases has been just that: ‘a wish’, and for many people it still is, as adoption of monitoring solutions can be a slow process in many organisations. But what slows this process down, and which monitoring solution should be considered first?

The farm of the future is the focus of the latest episode in the AgTech Revolution series. The multi-part documentary, produced by Lightbridge Productions, explores the cutting-edge innovations in agtech that are being used to drive agriculture forward.

How agtech adoption can be accelerated is the focus of the latest episode in the AgTech Revolution series.

Every Australian cotton grower grows their crop differently, adapting practices to suit local conditions and optimised through years, or sometimes even generations of experience. What all cotton growers have in common however is the goal to grow as many bales as possible, as efficiently as possible. With a 60% increase in yield per hectare from 1997 and a nearly 100% increase in productivity per megalitre of water in that same time, both plant breeding and water management have played major roles in creating yield and productivity increases. So what is the next big challenge for one of Australia’s most innovative industries?

Adoption of IoT Solutions is the focus of the latest episode in the AgTech Revolution series. Internet of things (IoT) solutions are helping farmers maximise their productivity on farm and the benefits of this technology are being explored in episode three of the AgTech Revolution.

The Andromeda is an industry defining, battery powered tracker that uses hybrid connectivity between the LTE-M network and a direct-to-satellite fallback. It enables accurate, reliable tracking of assets and goods, across a supply chain even in areas with no cellular connectivity.

Government sponsored grants and programs are not a new concept. They have been prevalent across almost all industries nationally, and Agriculture is no different. It is important to note however, that no grant or program is the same. Each has their own criteria, duration, limit and application process. With each of these factors tending to vary heavily from industry to industry.

An asset tracking solution is a software application that enables businesses to track and manage their assets efficiently. However, choosing the right asset tracking solution can be a daunting task. Below are 7 key factors to consider when choosing an asset tracking solution for your business.

Throughout Australia and around the globe there are a variety of IoT networks available for connectivity. Like most things, each come with their own pros and cons.

With the help of asset tracking technology, businesses can gain better visibility into their assets and streamline their operations, leading to cost savings and increased productivity. In this article, we'll explore 5 ways asset tracking can reduce costs for your business.

Selecting the right connectivity and IoT network for your farm can be a challenging task. There are many factors to consider when making the choice, as no two operations are the same.

IoT or the ‘Internet of Things’, relates to the expansion of the internet and its power beyond well-known computing devices such as smartphones and laptops. In short, IoT is an interconnected network of physical devices or objects that have the ability to record and transmit data across a given network.

An ever-evolving competitive landscape, variable weather conditions, and increasing operation costs have left modern-day farmers with the challenge of how to increase their productivity, whilst remaining sustainable.

‘Smart farming’ is the term used to describe farming operations that incorporate modern day technologies in order to improve their overall operation. Technologies utilised on smart farms can include things such as sensors, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Augmented Reality (AR), Drones, and Farm Management Softwares (FMS), just to name a few. The goal of these technologies is to increase output in the most efficient and effective way possible.