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      What is the difference between the Australian Feedbase Monitor and PastureKey?

      Cibo labs host pasture biomass imagery assessing available feed in the Australian Feedbase Monitor (AFM) at a farm level and PastureKey at a paddock level.

      The Australian Feedbase Monitor (AFM) is a joint MLA/Cibo Labs initiative which provides all LPA accredited red meat producers with free access to pasture biomass imagery for their farm. This tool provides producers with an understanding of feedbase trends across their property with the added ability to look at historical estimates.
       
      The Cibo Labs PastureKey service provides high resolution, paddock level estimates of pasture biomass (kg DM/ha). This is a paid annual subscription service which enables producers to take their forage budgeting and feedbase management to the next level.

       

       

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      Australian Feedbase Monitor (AFM)

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      PastureKey

      Take your forage budgeting to the next level!
      Resolution 80m resolution. 10m resolution.
      Frequency of estimates 5-daily Pasture Biomass Total Standing Dry Matter (TSDM - kg/ha) estimates displayed as a 30-day rolling median.

      5-daily and 15-day rolling median  Total Standing Dry Matter (TSDM) estimates displayed as a 15-day rolling median in the Web interface + All 5-daily TSDM estimates accessible from the data csv spreadsheet file download for any satellite date flyover. Users can choose to download there 5 daily TSDM estimates, including the estimated error range of accuracy of TDSM data for each paddock directly live from there dashboard PastureKey map.
      Cost Free for all LPA accredited producers.  Annual subscription (Price based on size and number of properties). CLICK HERE for more details.
      Level of Information Property level (based on land parcels) analysis for strategic planning and decision making. Property and paddock level (based on fence lines/custom areas) for each farm with a subscription for tactical decision making. 
      Layers Provided Pasture Biomass (TSDM), green pasture biomass and dead standing dry matter, fractional cover, pasture biomass deciles, time-series graphs back to 2017, Total Cover, Woody Cover and satellite view. Single date layer selection or composite (30 day rolling median merged layer) selection displaying layers of pasture biomass - TSDM (kg DM/ha), satellite view, green pasture biomass, dead pasture biomass, total cover, fractional cover and green cover and for the composite layer an additional  pasture biomass change for all paddocks on your property. The property paddock map is now easily obtainable as a GeoJson file download directly from  your webmap and a CSV data file download that can be generated on demand for current or previous satellite overpasses back to 2017 and for TDSM (kg/Ha) values for each paddock on your property. 
      Other View  imagery for every farm in Australia back to early 2017 and the last ~30 years for ground cover and woody cover.

      Integration with Agriwebb, Pairtree and FarmBot.

      Th new Forage Budgeting Calculator Tool is provided in a new easy to use & implementable format directly embedded within the users dashboard.

      Ability to request your TDSM data on demand for your property to integrate with other software programs.

      Ability to 'back process' historical 10m resolution TSDM data.

      Ability to zoom extent down to 100m above ground level across your farm.

      Access to premium support.

      If you have any questions or would like to be talked through the services we offer, please reach out to our Customer Engagement Team. We are here to help!

      Call us today on (07) 4801 2015 or send us an email at support@cibolabs.com.au

      For more information about our PastureKey Service CLICK HERE