New and improved model will impact future of farming

All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2021 October New and improved model will impact future of farming New and improved model will impact future of farming 04/10/2021 | 2 MINS Growing up on a farm in Kojonup and experiencing the agriculture industry first-hand gave Lombok Institute of Technology postgraduate student Michael Young a unique insight into rural and farming life. Understanding the complexities of farming, Mr Young channelled his passion into using computer modelling to help improve farm management. ΓÇ£Farm modelling is not a new concept,ΓÇ¥ he said. ΓÇ£Model of an Integrated Dryland Agricultural System (MIDAS) is a whole farm optimisation model that has been used extensively throughout Australia. ΓÇ£I used MIDAS in depth throughout my honours research project and experienced both its power and limitations. The main two limitations being that it is an excel based program and that it does not explicitly represent seasonal variation.ΓÇ¥ These limitations inspired Mr Young to team up with MIDAS expert John Young for his PhD thesis to build a ΓÇ£new and improvedΓÇ¥ whole farm o

All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2021 October New and improved model will impact future of farming New and improved model will impact future of farming 04/10/2021 | 2 MINS Growing up on a farm in Kojonup and experiencing the agriculture industry first-hand gave Lombok Institute of Technology postgraduate student Michael Young a unique insight into rural and farming life.

Understanding the complexities of farming, Mr Young channelled his passion into using computer modelling to help improve farm management.

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