13 March 2026

Global pressures on fertiliser and fuel supply are again highlighting the vulnerability of agricultural supply chains. In the following media release, the Society of Precision Agriculture Australia (SPAA) discusses how precision agriculture tools and better on-farm understanding can help growers manage input efficiency and risk.

24 July 2025

Article by Dr Rohan Rainbow, Managing Director Crop Protection Australia. Based on his RACT 2025 presentation, this article examines how $5 billion of global investment is accelerating the adoption of autonomous technologies in agriculture.

10 July 2025

SPAA is proud to share that Patrick Filippi, Lecturer at the University of Sydney, has been appointed as one of Australia’s Country Representatives to the International Society of Precision Agriculture (ISPA), joining Professor David Lamb in the role.

21 February 2024

Experimenting at scale: grape growers shape spatial approaches to trials

19 October 2023

More than 50 delegates attended the break-out workshop Roadmap to Interoperability on 5 September as the SPAA Symposium concluded following two very engaging days.

19 October 2023

Variable rate gypsum reduces costs, improves yields on Queensland sugarcane farm

11 October 2023

Bindi Isbister from Agrarian Management was recently interviewed by Anvil Media on precision ag and variable rate technology.

26 May 2023

The SPAA GRDC Variable Rate Technology Webinar proves widely popular

03 March 2023

The Society of Precision Agriculture Australia (SPAA) has welcomed two new committee members following the Annual General Meeting on 2 March 2023.

The executive is:

President Philip Honey, Environmental & Cropping Technologies Australia Director (Albany, WA) Vice president Dale Kirby, North West Local Land Services Extension Manager (Gunnedah, NSW)

28 January 2022

A celebration of the life of our late Executive Officer, Wendy Weston, will be held at the Drouin Cemetery, Longwarry Road, Drouin, Victoria, on Wednesday, February 2.

20 January 2022

It is with deep sadness that we inform you of the passing of our Executive Officer, Wendy Weston, unexpectedly at home in Victoria on January 17.

05 October 2021

After the success of last year’s virtual event, the 2021 Precision Ag Symposium will also be staged online. Our aim is to ensure it is accessible to all attendees right

03 October 2021

Hands on Precision Ag Workshops have been made available with funding from: The second round of interactive Hands on Precision Agriculture Training

29 October 2020

Matt Notley, SPAA committee member and Precision Ag Lecturer at Tocal College in NSW is part of an exciting project this season trialling the latest in agricultural drone technology. Matt is the right man for the project, having developed and implemented multiple courses for Tocal College including the Precision Agronomy skills set, Certificate 4 Cropping and Technology units, and the Certificate 3 Precision Agriculture unit.

29 September 2020

The Annual South Australian Grains Industry Trust (SAGIT) Forum was held on 23rd September. The event marked the official launch of the ‘Conversations with Farmers’ booklet, produced by SPAA and Ag Communicators, with funding from SAGIT. Despite the challenges that the Covid-19 pandemic has presented this year (delaying the event from July to September), it was exciting that the event could still be held face to face at the Wayville

14 January 2020

SPAA, in collaboration with the Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries will host a ‘Getting Started with Precision Veg’ event in Gatton, South East QLD on February the 5th. Julie O’Halloran, newly elected SPAA committee member and Senior Horticulturalist involved in the project says ‘we are anticipating a positive response to the event, there are many growers looking for information on how to get started with PA technology in vegetable production as this is still a relatively new space’.

19 November 2019

Nicole Dimos (SPAA EO) and Matt Nottley (SPAA committee member) have been selected as ‘Subject Matter Experts’ (SME’s) in an initiative to develop new subject matter for the redesign of the ‘Diploma of Applied Agronomy course’ for registered training organisations. The redesign of the training materials includes subjects on Precision Agriculture run by ‘Skills Impact’. Skills Impact is a not-for-profit organisation that works across Australia to benchmark learning and skills standards for industry.

01 October 2019

SPAA in collaboration with Riverland Wine funded by the Murray Darling Basin NRM will host a Precision Viticulture workshop with the key focus – ‘PA tools for efficiencies and savings’. SPAA Executive Officer Nicole Dimos said the workshop is a opportunity for farmers to learn about technologies that will help them make efficiency gains and savings.’

24 September 2019

SPAA held its annual AGM in Tasmania at the Launceston Symposium which saw a changing of the guard in the executive committee and a new committee member. Mark Branson formally thanked Jessica Koch, outgoing president, who has had an extremely busy and extended 2.5-year term. Jessica has remained on the committee which remains strong with a total of 16 committee members based all over the country in various sectors and roles.

23 September 2019

SPAA committee member Rohan Rainbow presented at this years SPAA Symposium as a Grain Producers Australia (GPA) representative about the next steps to commercialise autonomous machines in Australia. Sophisticated agricultural technologies have revolutionized the ag industry, and now there is a need for social adjustment; consideration needs to be given to the impact on regional communities, skills requirements and training needs before the introduction of driverless vehicles.

16 September 2019

The 22nd Symposium for Precision Agriculture, a collaboration between SPAA and the University of Sydney’s PA Laboratory was held at the Tramsheds Function Centre on the 9th and 10th of September. Executive Officer Nicole Dimos said, ‘we were thrilled with the attendance of 129 delegates, given this was the first time we have held the event in Tasmania it was really positive to see so many new delegates.’

15 February 2017

Did you see the article in the February issue of The Weekly Times Crop Gear magazine about Weed Sensing Technology? Did you want to learn more about this, download our factsheet now filled with a list of benefits and case studies!