Precision agriculture (PA) is a broad term used to describe the rapidly developing practices using spatial technologies to measure and strategically manage farming systems from the whole farm to within paddock perspective. The ultimate aim is to deliver economic, management and environmental benefits.

Making use of the NIR tissue test is a key check in the Ricecheck Nitrogen Management Program. In this video, Andrew Schipp, NSW DPI District Agronomist at Hay shows you how to collect rice plant samples for the nitrogen test and how to process those samples in the field.

Topdressing nitrogen in rice achieves the best results when the plant is at the panicle intiation stage (P.I.). In this video, Andrew Schipp, NSW DPI District Agronomist at Hay will show you how to identify P.I. in the field so you will know when to take your plant samples for the nitrogen tissue test (NIR) in preparation for topdressing.

Our project began by looking at both green and brown slime, as both types of slime were thought to be due to nuisance algae. We soon found that farmers can control green slime which is caused mainly by green algae such as Spirogyra and Anabaena.

This Test As You Grow manual is designed to make crop tests as simple and practical as possible. The “Test As You Grow” concept enables you to set up crop tests as you carry out your normal cropping operations, with a minimum of disruption to the cropping program.