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Review

A Review of Precision Technologies for Optimising Pasture Measurement on Irish Grassland

by
Darren J. Murphy
1,2,
Michael D. Murphy
2,
Bernadette O’Brien
1 and
Michael O’Donovan
1,*
1
Teagasc, Animal & Grassland Research and Innovation Centre, Moorepark, Fermoy, Ireland
2
Department of Process, Energy and Transport Engineering, Munster Technological University, Cork, Ireland
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Agriculture 2021, 11(7), 600; https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture11070600
Submission received: 7 June 2021 / Revised: 17 June 2021 / Accepted: 18 June 2021 / Published: 28 June 2021
(This article belongs to the Special Issue New Technologies and Spatiotemporal Approaches in Precision Agriculture)
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The development of precision grass measurement technologies is of vital importance to securing the future sustainability of pasture-based livestock production systems. There is potential to increase grassland production in a sustainable manner by achieving a more precise measurement of pasture quantity and quality. This review presents an overview of the most recent seminal research pertaining to the development of precision grass measurement technologies. One of the main obstacles to precision grass measurement, sward heterogeneity, is discussed along with optimal sampling techniques to address this issue. The limitations of conventional grass measurement techniques are outlined and alternative new terrestrial, proximal, and remote sensing technologies are presented. The possibilities of automating grass measurement and reducing labour costs are hypothesised and the development of holistic online grassland management systems that may facilitate these goals are further outlined.
Keywords: pasture-based agriculture; precision agriculture; remote sensing; spectroscopy; grass measurement; grassland sampling pasture-based agriculture; precision agriculture; remote sensing; spectroscopy; grass measurement; grassland sampling

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Murphy, D.J.; Murphy, M.D.; O’Brien, B.; O’Donovan, M. A Review of Precision Technologies for Optimising Pasture Measurement on Irish Grassland. Agriculture 2021, 11, 600. https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture11070600

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Murphy DJ, Murphy MD, O’Brien B, O’Donovan M. A Review of Precision Technologies for Optimising Pasture Measurement on Irish Grassland. Agriculture. 2021; 11(7):600. https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture11070600

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Murphy, Darren J., Michael D. Murphy, Bernadette O’Brien, and Michael O’Donovan. 2021. "A Review of Precision Technologies for Optimising Pasture Measurement on Irish Grassland" Agriculture 11, no. 7: 600. https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture11070600

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Murphy, D. J., Murphy, M. D., O’Brien, B., & O’Donovan, M. (2021). A Review of Precision Technologies for Optimising Pasture Measurement on Irish Grassland. Agriculture, 11(7), 600. https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture11070600

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