Weed & crop variability mapping, digital farming & drones€¦ · VARI Crop Health Grid...

Marcus Bulstrode: DAF Development Officer

Weed & crop variability

mapping,

digital farming & drones

Department of Agriculture and Fisheries

~ Queensland .. Government

Content of talk

• The evolution of drone technology over the last few years

• What drones are doing in farming systems

• Mapping a range of variability and comparing methods

• Where is the technology heading

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Content of talk

Digital farming…the not so distant future!

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Some background into dronesEarly on if you were interested in this “new” technology you had to build your own from a box of bits!

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The difference a few years can make!Consumer level drones…..ready to fly straight out of the box

Most come out of china and are of excellent quality

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The difference a few years can make!Consumer level drones…..ready to fly straight out of the box

& with great cameras already attached!

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The difference a few years can make!

Multi spectral cameras

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Flight planning software

The difference a few years can make!Pixels……lots of them triangulated into a point cloud! -~

Flight planning & image processing software$10,000

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What we can do now….sugarcane

RGB Orthomosaic output, 50 ha mapped, 371 images, two flights, 3 cm pixel, 100 m alt

VARI Plant Health output, 50 ha mapped, 371 images, two flights, 3 cm pixel, 100 m alt

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Intra-paddock variability

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What we can do now….legume fallow

RGB Orthomosaic output, 32 ha mapped, 313 images, 3.3 cm pixel, 100 m alt

VARI Plant Health output, 32 ha mapped, 313 images, 3.3 cm pixel, 100 m alt

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VARI Plant Health Zones output, 32 ha mapped, 313 images, 3.3 cm pixel, 100 m alt

VARI Plant Health Grid Zones output, 32 ha mapped, 313 images, 3.3 cm pixel, 100 m alt

What we can do now….weed mapping

RGB Orthomosaic output, 8.36 ha mapped, 150 images, 1.6 cm pixel, 75 m alt

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RGB Orthomosaic output, zoom in, 11.8 ha mapped, 100 m alt

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field area: 8.33 Hectare

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Additional infosmation: (or recommendation)

What we can do now….Grub mapping

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What we can do now….pest mapping

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Other crops & vegetation….Pawpaw

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What we can do next…Bellyache bush?Department of Agriculture and Fisheries

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Where to next…..?

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