Ag360 is web-based software, developed by University of New England (UNE) with funding provided by the former Cooperative Research Centre for Sheep Industry Innovation, that complements a farmer’s grazing knowledge with detailed data about their livestock, pastures, and genetics, and predicts opportunities and threats to their individual business from the weather, pests or disease – the critical information needed for making more precise farming decisions, protecting the well-being of their flock and maximising its productivity.
Ag360 makes timely and accurate predictions of sheep well-being and productivity using weather, stock and pasture information.
By entering farm and production data and monitoring the risk alerts, Ag360 also allows producers and industry to validate the standards of care their animals have received.
Use of Ag360 by Farmers
Ag360 is available for free thanks to support from the Australian Government’s Future Drought Fund. Farmers can access the application as a tool from the AG360 site to assist their management of their enterprise.
Use of Ag360 by Academics and Students
Academics and students can access Ag360 for training/educational purposes. The Ag360 education site was developed with AWET support. It allows academics to provide students with research farms and replicated information, so each student has the same setups and assignments are set with the same inputs.
Training
A series of training tutorials have been produced to help users get the most out of Ag360.