Below the Kangaroo Island map is information on how to get your own log in along with resource materials
To log into the site as an AgKI user:-
User Name: Ag_KI
Password: agki28
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You can save the page to your phone or desktop so you can use it as an 'app'
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See all the respective dashboards for the 13 locations across Kangaroo Island
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Use the mapview and play the live 24hr readings
To request your own personal log-in, which will enable you to set your default location plus set threshold alerts and view long term data - email admin@agki.com.au with
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your name
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mobile
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email address
(please note you must be a current AgKI Member to get a personal log in)
Resources and information
Dashboard Navigation Information Sheet
KI Soil Moisture Probe Graph Interpretation Information
Pop out graphics (more data) - how to guide
Setting alerts to your phone - how to guide (must have personal log in set up)
Exporting historic data - how to guide (must have personal log in set up)
Weather Station data article
Soil probes and associated weather stations are becoming increasingly important in assisting farmers to make better informed farm management decisions.
Three soil probes had previously been established on Kangaroo Island, but given the extensive variation in weather across the island, the data had limited applicability to the district in which they are situated. Thanks to funding by South Australia and Australian Government’s National Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements, an additional seven soil probes were installed across Kangaroo Island through 2021 and 2022 which has made the data readily available to local farmers. In recent years, thanks to funding from the Kangaroo Island Landscape Board's GrassRoots program, three additional soil probes have been installed including one at the Parndana school campus brining to total number of weather station soil probes to thirteen. This expanded soil probe network will enable farmers to make more informed decisions in an increasingly more variable climate, enabling them to maintain production and efficiently.
Over the last two years, AgByte have developed a new data hosting platform as the previous one was slow and has limited development opportunities. While still being developed, the new platform will provide forecasting capabilities for forward planning and the calculation of extension data for alerts on critical areas such as heat stress, fly strike, frost risks and foot-rot conditions. The data also informs on farm decision such as seeding, irrigation, harvest and importantly high fire danger risk days.
In 2024 thanks to funding from Foundation for Rural and Regional Renewal's 'Helping Regional Communities Prepare for Drought Program' thanks to funding from the Federal Governments Future Drought Fund the new weather station dashboard was launched at a Community Demonstration Day along with a suite of fact sheets and user guides.
This project has been delivered in partnership with Livestock SA, Agriculture Kangaroo Island (AgKI), Department of Primary Industries and Regions (PIRSA), Kangaroo Island Landscape Board and Foundation for Rural and Regional Renewal (FRRR).