Farms of the Future
About the Farms of the Future Program
The Farms of the Future program aims to facilitate tech-enabled production and monitoring through improved connectivity and installation of sensor equipment which support increased productivity, competitiveness, job creation and sustainable use of resources in the selected agricultural sectorsin the agricultural sector, which includes water efficiency, drought preparedness and increasing resilience to climate change.
SWAN Systems is proud to have been selected as a Program Partner for the NSW DPI’s Farms of the Future program which is worth $48 million dollars. You can learn more about the eligibility criteria and grant application process and key dates by visiting their website.
Revolutionise Your Water & Nutrient Management with Us
SWAN Systems is an online water and nutrient management operating system, provided on a subscription basis. The system is designed to aggregate available farm data to provide a platform to make better informed decisions around water and nutrient management.
SWAN Systems has the ability to be used with any irrigation hardware. It has been designed to ingest data from an irrigation operation, analyse it, and then provide daily management insights.
Product |
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Description |
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SWAN Systems Account |
SS-FA |
A SWAN Systems account includes access to the dashboard and the full water, nutrient and imagery modules.
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Site Access |
SS-IMU |
A site is a management unit that is displayed on the SWAN Systems dashboard. A SWAN Systems account can have a single site, or many.
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Setup |
SS-SU |
Each site is setup individually to ensure the characteristics of that site (e.g. soil type, crop type, tree age) are correctly configured in the SWAN Systems account.
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Program Locations
Brochure Download
Agtech Catalogue
Technology & Integration
SWAN uses a mixture of industry-best-practice crop models and tailored models based on your specific crop, variety, soil type, climate, season, irrigation system details and more to determine how much water you need at any given time. As a secure, web-based decision support system that is based on science, you can rest assured that your data is both accurate and safe.
Unlike other irrigation management products, SWAN Systems is designed to work with any hardware. This makes it very adaptable and versatile, enabling you to manage irrigation at the whole farm level in one platform; even with a mixture of infrastructure types.
Information & Benefits
Hardware independent – use your existing hardware
Own and use your data
Streamline management decisions
Improve plant yield and/or quality
Save resources (water, nutrients, energy, time)
Protect the soil and the surrounding environment
The Dashboard
SWAN’s interface is designed to be simple, intuitive and user friendly, allowing less technically-experienced staff to easily manage irrigation and crop fertiliser programs, while at the same time allowing technical people to optimally configure the system as needed.
When users log in to SWAN Systems, they are presented with a dashboard which provides them with the snapshot of their account, including information on site health, a water usage summary, a forecast soil moisture summary and a weather forecast.
To learn more about the SWAN Systems dashboard, click on the features below.
Health Summary
Provides information obtained from high resolution imagery to determine vegetation health indices (such as NDVI) for your sites. This information can be used to help identify potential crop health issues.
Site(s) Water Usage
At a glance water use information displaying which sites are under budget, on target, or over budget.
Systems Alerts
Used to bring your attention to any issues or problems relating to your sites or equipment.
Account Water Usage Summary
Display "Budget" to "Actual" water usage on a weekly basis, and also running totals for all sites in your account.
Site(s) & Locations
Shows total number of sites and groups in your account, including active, suspended and archived sites.
Forecast Soil Moisture Summary
Graphical representation of the soil moisture status of your sites for the next seven days. This allows you to quickly see whether any irrigation schedules will need to be altered.
Nutrients
This displays the recent planned and actual applications of the four major nutrients - nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium and sulphur - allowing you to quickly see if there has been a departure from your nutrient plan.
Account Weather
The dashboard weather forecast represents an average for each day from all weather stations in your account's geographical area, providing insights into upcoming weather events that may necessitate changes to irrigation and nutrient plans.
Data is provided in table and graphical forms for easy interpretation.
Google Map Integration
Displays the location of your sites, their current soil moisture status and crop health indicators.
