Tech focus: Electronic aids for farmers

A new grass measurement device allows the farmer to measure grass using a plate meter, and transmit that information via Bluetooth to a mobile phone, where the farmer can calculate grass wedge.

Teagasc at Moorepark is working with a small, innovative company on the device, said Professor Gerry Boyle, Director of Teagasc.

“That is the future direction in this area. My experience from a recent visit to New Zealand is that we are not too far off from being able to apply yield mapping to pastureland, and that has certainly been beneficial in the cereals area.