u/Constance200

Guys I have instense cervical pain (which isnt abnormal for me) but its moved to my clitoris!! What do i do!! The glands? On each side are like burning help!!

I’ve been looking at some recent canola field monitoring from Victoria and southern NSW, and it raised a product question that seems relevant to ag robotics and sensing companies.

Pest detection is getting pretty good.

Cameras can identify insects. Models can classify them. Systems can count them.

But a grower still has to answer a different question:

What should I do next?

Cesar Australia reported unusually early and widespread parasitoid activity in canola this winter.

Aphid mummies were detected at more than 80% of surveyed trial sites across Northern Victoria, Southern NSW and Southwestern Victoria.

Why does that matter from a product perspective?

Imagine two paddocks showing roughly the same aphid count.

In one, beneficial activity is limited.

In the other, parasitoids are already active.

Add crop stage, frost, temperature and management history, and the same pest count can mean very different things operationally.

That makes me wonder whether the next useful step for field robotics and sensing is less about squeezing another percentage point out of classification accuracy, and more about connecting observations to decisions.

Not “there are 100 aphids here”.

But:

“What does this combination of signals mean for the grower?”

That doesn’t mean automating the agronomist out of the loop.

It means making the monitoring system more useful than a camera that reports a number.

For companies trying to build technology for Australian agriculture, I think this distinction matters.

Growers ultimately pay for reduced labour, fewer unnecessary interventions, earlier warnings or better decisions — not for AI accuracy in isolation.

There is also an important caveat here: early parasitoid activity does not guarantee aphid suppression later in spring.

But that uncertainty is exactly what makes this an interesting sensing and decision-support problem.

For people working in ag robotics, crop sensing or decision support:

How far does your product go today — detection, measurement, or actual decision support?

Source: Cesar Australia, 18 Sep 2026

Jumped on a live last night and told someone I read lenormand. They told me thats not tarot and ill never be a real witch. Should I curse them or accept that as the truth??

I’m starting to see agriculture as way more than farming—smart labs, modern equipment and hands-on learning have honestly changed my perspective.

Whats your favourite way to heep track of bills and paperwork? Are you a spreadsheet person? (What else is there really)

Anyone else have a border collie who just wants to be a heeler? Just me?

We've all heard some old tale of what tell you if a dog will be good or bad. I want to know how many youve heard or how true you think they are. I was always told left legged dogs and dogs thay have their tongue out the side are useless. What other ones have you heard?

We have a heap of sheep going lame from having constantly wet feet. This is usually not a problem for us, but this season has been unusually wet. Some developing ulcers and some just tendered footed. We are moving them to spray topped paddocks hoping to get them out of the tall medic but does anyone have any treatments for the ones that are down with really bad ulcers and nail wall problems??

As the Southern hemisphere is thinking about getting ready for harvest, Im interested to hear how the Northern Hemisphere is doing. It seems so weird that you are having to harvest before it gets cold while we harvest before we can go on summer holidays 😂

We have a heap of sheep going lame from having constantly wet feet. This is usually not a problem for us, but this season has been unusually wet. Some developing ulcers and some just tendered footed. We are moving them to spray topped paddocks hoping to get them out of the tall medic but does anyone have any treatments for the ones that are down with really bad ulcers and nail wall problems??

There has been a lot of talk recently about el nino. I have a theory (that I have done exactly 0 research on) that el nino affects the oceans and Fisherman more than it does the land. This is just from my experience, so I am looking for some commercial (or not) Fisherman to weigh in!

Im a grow wheat, barley, and Australian merino sheep! What about you? Id love to see what sort of diversity we have here

We just hit 30 members! Dont forget to keep the conversations flowing! We are so grateful to have you here regardless and hopefully we can keep showing you what you want to see!!

Every. Single. Year. Is it really as big of a problem as they news makes it out to be? Im not near the cities so i dont see it as often.

You hear on the news all the time of the influencers trying to get photos in Canola and it got me thinking. I dont do all that much for biosecurity (mostly because there's no one around) but what should I be doing? Should I probably have more signs up? I feel like they dont do anything anyway

As we are starting out, I want to hear from you what you would like to see more of. What do you want to see discussed or would you rather see photos and research from various fields?