Dr. Ian Yule

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Position: Industry

Ian Yule is Professor in Precision Agriculture at Massey University. He has worked at Massey since 1997 in the role of developing precision agriculture capability. He has been involved in a large number of research projects associated with cropping, viticulture and pasture production. He was one of the developers of the C-Dax Pasturemeter and has continued his interest in pasture measurement methods including remote sensing. He also brought electromagnetic soil mapping to New Zealand, a method which can rapidly assess soil type and soil moisture holding capacity. With others this work has been fundamental to the successful adoption of precision irrigation both here in New Zealand and overseas. Professor Yule has a passionate interest in improving agricultural production and making our farming systems more efficient. As well as commissioned research he has supervised a range of PhD projects with those objectives in mind.