Virtual fencing and drone monitoring: enhancing rangeland management through AgTech

In this episode, we hear about new technologies in landscape management in the rangelands. Our guests are Megan Willis, Senior Research Officer from the South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI) and Richard Marver, landscape ecologist and director of Contour Environmental and Agricultural Consulting. Megan shares insights from her project exploring the use of virtual fencing to manage livestock across rangelands, with benefits including enhanced, real-time herd monitoring and improved mustering efficiency. Richard shares the potential use of drones to generate landscape-scale data to show pasture health and to help inform decision making for grazing management.Together, they highlight how new technologies such as these might be integrated into existing agricultural systems to assist producers and landholders manage their livestock operations.  This episode is brought to you by theSouth-West WA Drought Resilience Adoption and Innovation Hub and is hosted by Shannon Beattie.SA Drought HubCommercialisation of virtual fencing for livestock - DPIR, SARDIContour ConsultingHub news - Drought Hub