ARL News

Packaging the Science

02 Dec 2020

ARL has been working on a visualisation project with AgResearch and Rural Innovation Lab for almost two years now. Creating plenty of buzz when first showcased at Fieldays last year, the refined version 2 prototype of AgResearch's Hyperfarm tool could be available to a select group of users to trial in 2021.

Hyperfarm uses data collected from farms, scientific research and regulators (such as Environment Canterbury) to model changes. ARL developed software that turns the data into a digital simulation, so farmers can see the effects of their decisions over 15 years in a period of just seconds.

Above: AgResearch's Hyperfarm tool to help envisage land use changes