New SPAA leadership team The Society of Precision Agriculture Australia (SPAA) has a new leadership team after the recent virtual Annual General Meeting. Environmental & Cropping Technologies Australia director, Western Australia’s Philip Honey is the new president, taking over from Precision Ag agronomist Frank D’Emden. Vice president is North West Local Land Services extension manager Dale Kirby, [...]
We're committed to improving farm connectivity. Updated: 12 September 2019. Environmental & Cropping Technologies regrets to inform you that effective immediately, we have terminated our partnership agreement with Origo.Farm. Environmental & Cropping Technologies Australia is still committed to improving farm connectivity throughout regional Western Australia and is continuing to offer alternative AgTech solutions, [...]
Connectivity a focus for ag technology WORKING with farmers to gain more value out of their data led Esperance's Philip Honey to start up digital technology company, Environmental and Cropping Technologies Australia. Mr Honey was raised on a farm in Esperance and said he had always shown a keen interest in agriculture and [...]
Smart farming the future for Environmental & Cropping Technologies Australia The team at Environmental & Cropping Technologies Australia (ECTA) are bridging the knowledge and scientific technology gap between growers, agronomists and farm machinery dealers. Founded in February 2015, mother-and-son directors Philip Honey and Simone Honey wanted to provide local farmers with local support. They [...]
Getting on track with precision agriculture Posted: 24th May 2019 by Peter Clifton (South West Catchments Council) - Available here Precision Agriculture (PA) aims to optimise management and improve sustainability, but for many farmers, the range of tools and data handling issues result in a large degree of uncertainty about how and [...]
Data Management Minefield: How to manage from zero to too much data & deal with the issue of compatibility Over the years there have been numerous Precision Agriculture apps released to farmers and consultants, all in the aim of making farm imagery & data more accessible. But with so many applications available out there......where [...]
Award-winning technologies Based in Esperance, Environmental & Cropping Technologies Australia (ECTA) offers award-winning, customised precision agriculture and geographic information systems (GIS) support services throughout Western Australia and South Australia. Utilising industry-leading software and technology, ECTA offers data processing and mapping services that help farmers improve operations and efficiencies through a path of continuous improvement. [...]
Perth startups join Combine’s Agtech Space By FLUX (As appeared on August 24, 2018) Perth’s agriculture technology hub has gained five talented teams in its coworking space to further the progress of the burgeoning industry. Since its doors formally opened in February this year, Combine Agtech Hub has been a thriving space for Perth’s agtech startups [...]
Young Esperance business earns big awards already Reported by Andrew Murdoch (Kalgoorlie Miner) - 15 August 2018 http://www.pressreader.com/australia/kalgoorlie-miner/20180815
Excellence awards acknowledge Esperance business achievement Reported by Jake Dietsch (Esperance Express) - 13 August 2018 https://www.esperanceexpress.com.au/story/5580585/best-in-business-celebrated-at-awards-night/#slide=3 The best in local innovation and service was celebrated at the Esperance Chamber of Commerce and Industry Business Excellence Awards. The awards were held on Saturday, August 11 at the Esperance Civic Centre, with categories including [...]
