VegNET Regional Development Officer (RDO) Jessy Logan has had a busy start to 2025, with new trials established, workshops delivered, and researchers actively working in the region. One of the standout initiatives has been a collaborative weather station trial designed to bring cutting-edge AI-powered forecasting directly to farmers.
Weather Station Trial - A Collaborative Success
Closing out 2024 on a high note, a groundbreaking weather station trial was launched on a farm in Goomboorian. This initiative brought together the expertise of the VegNET project, a local producer, and leading AgTech companies - including Internet Innovators, AxisTech, and Jane’s Weather. The project saw the installation of new on-site hardware integrated into Jane’s Weather’s advanced AI Forecast platform.
Already, the trial has delivered significant benefits to growers, including:
- Real-time decision-making – Temperature alerts enabled timely irrigation when temperatures exceeded 32°C, helping cool crop canopies.
- Improved irrigation efficiency – More precise, hyper local forecasts for rainfall, wind and temps and evapotranspiration for optimised water use.
- Enhanced spray efficiency – Real-time Delta T data improved the accuracy of spray applications.
- Better disease management – Monitoring and forecasting relative humidity, temperature, and rainfall allowed for better-timed fungicide applications.
- Fertiliser efficiency – Avoiding high rainfall events and utilising the Jane’s Weather spray forecaster helps optimise fertilising.
- Compliance improvements – Spray planning and past records are updated with precise real-time data instead of relying on a weather station 30 km’s away.
- Long-term crop insights – Hyper local weather data will help better analyse crop responses to weather over time.
Empowering Farmers with AI-Driven Forecasting
For growers, access to hyperlocal weather data is transforming decision-making. Jane’s Weather’s AI-driven platform offers high-resolution forecasts tailored to individual farm locations, ensuring more precise and actionable insights. Farmers using the app weather Australia services can stay informed with real-time updates to optimise their farming operations.
A Future of Smarter Farming
With many agricultural weather forecasting companies now investing in AI, the future of precision forecasting is brighter than ever. VegNET remains committed to supporting producers in maximising the benefits of AI-powered forecasting. As Jane’s Weather’s predictive model continues to evolve, its accuracy will forever improve, offering major value to the agricultural sector.
By integrating advanced AgTech solutions with real-world farming expertise, collaborations like this are paving the way for smarter, more efficient and more resilient farming practices.
For more information on how AI-driven weather forecasting can benefit your farm, visit the Jane’s Weather Agriculture Industry page. To explore the best app weather Australia solutions for farmers, visit Jane’s Weather today.
Jane’s YouTube Weather Forecast for Australia
Founder and CEO Jane Bunn also delivers farmers weekly weather forecast updates via her YouTube channel, providing Australian farmers with a more localised weather forecast in agriculture.
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