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We specialise in providing research for commercial and governmental agencies to develop integrated site-specific solutions to enhance the economic and environmental performance of land use systems.
We have also undertaken smaller projects with internal and external organisations. For example, some work has just been completed on meat quality and another on kiwifruit quality.
If you would like to discuss a possible project or small consultancy with us please contact us.
This project uses hyperspectral sensors to look at nutrients in the landscape. The ultimate goal is to be able to evaluate fertiliser requirements in hill country without having to do traditional soil and pasture testing. This project is under a PGP with Ravensdown and MPI.
Development and refining of variable rate application technologies. This project is looking at improving technologies to deliver fertiliser variability on hill country farms from a fixed wing aircraft. Funded by Ravensdown.
This project uses UAV technologies to look at urine patches on farm. Funded by Lincoln Agritech Ltd.
This project is one part of a wider schedule of work under the same umbrella. NZCPA's part of this project is to take samples and provide data to the contractor to enable analysis of pasture growth and changes over time. Contracted by AgResearch.
This project uses a range of sensors and equipment via UAV to sense nutrients and feed availability on dairy farms.
Funded by CDAX
A selection of published articles from some of the team at the New Zealand Centre for Precision Agriculture.
Grafton, M., & Yule, I. (2015). The role of technology transfer to improve fertiliser use efficiency. Food Security. 7(2), 365-373
[Journal article]Authored by: Yule, I.
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Pullanagari, RR., Yule, IJ., & Agnew, M. (2015). Corrigendum to "On-line prediction of lamb fatty acid composition by visible near infrared spectroscopy" [Meat Science 100 (2014) 156-163]. Meat Science. 105, 136-136
[Journal article]Authored by: Pullanagari, R., Yule, I.
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Eastwood, C., & Yule, IJ. (2015). Challenges and Opportunities for Precision Dairy Faming in New Zealand. Farm Policy Journal. 12(1), 33-41 Retrieved from http://www.farminstitute.org.au/
[Journal article]Authored by: Yule, I.
Grafton, MCE., & Yule, IJ. (2015). Food: The sky high view. www.policyforum.net.
[Journal article]Authored by: Grafton, M., Yule, I.
Pullanagari, RR., Yule, IJ., & Agnew, M. (2015). Corrigendum to "On-line prediction of lamb fatty acid composition by visible near infrared spectroscopy" [Meat Science 100 (2014) 156-163]. Meat Science.
[Journal article]Authored by: Pullanagari, R., Yule, I.
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Grafton, MCE., & Yule, IJ. (2015). Food: The sky high view. www.policyforum.net.
[Journal article]Authored by: Grafton, M., Yule, I.
Grafton, MCE., Yule, IJ., Robertson, BG., Chok, SE., & Manning, MJ. (2015). Ballistic modeling and pattern testing to prevent separation of New Zealand fertilizer products. Applied Engineering in Agriculture. 31(3), 405-413
[Journal article]Authored by: Grafton, M., Yule, I.
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Grafton, M., & Yule, I. (2015). The role of technology transfer to improve fertiliser use efficiency. Food Security.
[Journal article]Authored by: Grafton, M., Yule, I.
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Yule, IJ., Grafton, M., & Manning, M. (2013). Proceedings of the New Zealand Grassland Association. Proceedings New Zealand Grassland Association. 75,, 131-136
[Journal article]Authored by: Grafton, M., Yule, I.
Grafton, MCE., Yule, IJ., Lawrence, HG., Mackenzie, C., Hedley, C., & Pullanagari, R. (2013). Case studies which demonstrate the financial viability of precision dairy. 22nd International Grassland Congress: Revitalising Grasslands to Sustain our Communities. 22, 610-613
[Journal article]Contributed to by: Grafton, M.
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Pullanagari, RR., Yule, IJ., & Agnew, M. (2015). On-line prediction of lamb fatty acid composition by visible near infrared spectroscopy. Meat Science. 100, 156-163
[Journal article]Authored by: Pullanagari, R., Yule, I.
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Kim, I., Pullanagari, RR., Deurer, M., Singh, R., Huh, KY., & Clothier, BE. (2014). The use of visible and near-infrared spectroscopy for the analysis of soil water repellency. European Journal of Soil Science. 65(3), 360-368
[Journal article]Authored by: Pullanagari, R.
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Pullanagari, RR., Yule, IJ., Tuohy, MP., Hedley, MJ., Dynes, RA., & King, WM. (2013). Proximal sensing of the seasonal variability of pasture nutritive value using multispectral radiometry. Grass and Forage Science. 68(1), 110-119
[Journal article]Authored by: Hedley, M., Pullanagari, R., Tuohy, M., Yule, I.
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