The NSW Government has committed $48 million for the Farms of the Future program.
The program is being delivered in partnership with DPI (Department of Primary Industries) in five target regions across 11 local government areas. The program will deliver both on-farm connectivity and support to assist farm businesses to adopt AGTECH to boost productivity and improve resource management, including water and drought preparedness.
Schedule-it is currently servicing the following areas: Griffith, Carrathool, Leeton, Orange, Cabonne
In order to apply for the grant growers are required to attend a training day or complete an online course. The course is a pre-requisite to apply for a Farms of the Future Grant that is being offered to eligible primary producers in January 2023. This course focuses on the process of developing a Monitoring plan for your business including a farm map, identification of pain points and addressing connectivity and AGTECH device needs. In order to apply for the grant, growers a required to attend a training day or complete a online course.
For producers that have an existing capability in understanding AGTECH there is an online version of the course available.
Monitoring your farm with Agtech
Monitoring your farm with Agtech
Schedule-it offers distinctly developed software combined with IoT sensor packages and specialized irrigation scheduling service.
As a Program Partner, Schedule-it supplies, installs and supports all products available through the Farms of the Future grant.
Use your grant for something that will make a real difference on your farm. An AGTECH solution that tells you what to irrigate in mm or h in realtime to your phone or PC. A solution that gives you, the farmer the answer and saves you time and money while optimising yield.
