AusFarm paper in Environmental Modelling and Software

July 31st, 2024

We have just published a paper in Environmental Modelling and Software that describes the AusFarm modelling tool, with a particular focus on its use for simulating integrated crop-livestock systems.

Some key points:

  • The wide range of research applications for AusFarm
  • Composition, hierarchical structure, and explicit representation of human activities are necessary for complex agroecosystem simulations
  • The importance of direct software support for the build-test-analyse-interpret cycle
  • Conceptual decompositions of “mixed farming system management” and of “livestock management” within it

Herrmann, N.I., Moore, A.D., & Zurcher, E. (2024). Integrating animals, pasture, and crops within AusFarm for modelling mixed farming. Environmental Modelling & Software 179, 106115. DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2024.106115