AusFarm Documents
Articles and other information.
PDF files
- AusFarm tutorial.
- Designing AusFarm simulations.
- Template for building representative farming systems.
- Common Modelling Protocol Specification.
- Linking GrazPlan models with APSIM models.
- Developing component models.
- Developing managed code component models.
- Structure of the CSIRO implementation.
Publications
Anwar, M.R, Badgery, W.B., Mwendwa, J., Herrmann, N.I., Moore, A.D., Modeling the effects
of mixed farming systems on soil carbon and crop-livestock productivity in central-west NSW.
Proceedings of the 17th ASA Conference, 20 – 24 September 2015, Hobart, Australia.
Web site proceedings
Broadfoot, K.M, Badgery, W.B, Millar, G.D, (2017) Post-experimental modelling of
grazing systems to improve profit and environmental outcomes using AusFarm.
Animal Production Science. 57(9) 1849-1858.
Herrmann, N., Mayberry, D., Hochman, Z. and MacLeod, N., Modelling Mixed Farming
Enterprises using AusFarm. 21st International Congress on Modelling and Simulation,
Gold Coast, Australia, 29 Nov to 4 Dec 2015, MODSIM 2015
Kennedy, A.J., Ferguson, M.B., Martin, G.B., Thompson, A.N., Pannell, D.J., (2014)
Different mature ewe sizes require different stocking rates and lamb slaughter weights
to maximise whole-farm profit. Conference: Association for the Advancement of Animal
Breeding and Genetics, Volume: 19, 339-342.
Lilley, J.M, Moore, A.D., (2009) Trade-offs between productivity and ground cover in mixed
farming systems in the Murrumbidgee catchment of New South Wales. Animal Production Science
49, 837-851
McGrath, S.R., Virgona, J.M., Friend, M.A., (2014) Modelling the effect on stocking rate
and lamb production of allowing ewes to graze a dual-purpose wheat crop in southern
New South Wales. Animal Production Science 54, 1625-1630
Moore, A.D., 2001. FarmWi$e: a flexible decision support tool for grazing systems management, In:
Gomide, J.A., Mattos, W.R.S., DaSilva, S.C. (Eds.), 19th International Grassland Congress: Sao
Pedro, Brazil, pp. 1045-1046.
Moore, A.D., 2009. Opportunities and trade-offs in dual-purpose cereals across the southern Australian
mixed-farming zone: a modelling study. Animal Production Science 49(9-10) 759-768.
Moore, A.D., Donnelly, J.R., Freer, M., 1997. GRAZPLAN: decision support systems for Australian
grazing enterprises. III. Pasture growth and soil moisture submodels, and the GrassGro DSS.
Agricultural Systems 55(4) 535-582.
Moore, A.D., Holzworth, D.P., Herrmann, N.I., Huth, N.I., Robertson, M.J., 2007. The Common
Modelling Protocol: A hierarchical framework for simulation of agricultural and environmental
systems. Agricultural Systems 95(1-3) 37-48.
Moore, A.D., Holzworth, D.P., Herrmann, N.I., Brown, H.E., de Voil, P.G., Snow, V.O.,
Huth, N.I. (2014) Modelling the manager: representing rule-based management in farming
systems simulation models. Environmental Modelling & Software, special issue.
Moore, A.D., Salmon L. and Dove, H. (2004).The whole-farm impact of including dual-purpose
winter wheat and forage brassica crops in a grazing system: a simulation analysis.
New directions for a diverse planet: Handbook and Abstracts for the 4th International
Crop Science Congress, Brisbane, Australia: 153. www.cropscience.org.au
Robertson S.M., Friend M.A. (2013) Modelling complex sheep systems using AusFarm.In ‘Revitalising
grasslands to sustain our communities. Proceedings of the 22nd international grasslands
conference, 15–19 September 2013, Sydney, Australia’. (Eds DL Michalk, GD Millar,
WB Badgery, KM Broadfoot) pp. 627–628. (NSW Department of Primary Industry)
Robertson S.M, Southwell A.F., Friend M.A. (2014) Modelling the risk of different joining
times and lamb sale policies. Animal Production Science 54, 1694-1698