Weather and Networked Data (WAND)
Australia
Developed by Goanna Ag, WAND is a spray drift hazardous weather warning system that provides real-time weather data for growers and spray operators about the presence or absence of hazardous temperature inversions. It consists of a world-first network of 101 profiling inversion towers located across the grain and cotton regions of New South Wales and Queensland. The inversion towers have remote sensing capability and new proprietary software to provide growers and spray contractors with a two-hour forecast of real-time weather data that is updated every 10 minutes. This data can accurately identify whether a hazardous inversion or hazardous conditions are present, allowing farmers to understand whether they can spray or not against their label requirements. This information reduces the spray drift risk for growers and spray contractors.
Digital Solution (DS) Category
Digital Agriculture
Digital Solution Type (sub-category)
Weather forecasting, Farm advisory services
Delivery type (format)
Internet of Things / sensors
Mobile app
Web based platform
DS supplier-user category
Business to business
Business to consumers
Type of entity (ICT developer-supplier)
Agritech company
Name of supplier/developer
Goanna Ag
Primary Users
Farmers
Digital Solution Development Stage
Commercial stage (broad use use locally)
Number of users or subscribers
Measurable positive impact(s) by Digital Solution (DS) on target users and/or audience
Digital Solution Geographic scope
All over Australia
Name of Digital village(s), districts, communes where DS is used/deployed
On-line resource links (Web-page links, links to videos, links to reports, etc)
DS Links to FAO, UN and other Development agencies projects, initiatives and programmes