— 11 IREC Farmers' Newsletter No. 201 — Autumn 2019 — 11 IREC Farmers’ Newsletter No. 201 — Autumn 2019 Mapping rice for better crops and product MapRice GIS is a secure, flexible mapping system introduced by SunRice in 2015. It provides each rice grower with greater visibility of all aspects of on-farm operations. It is a geographic information system (GIS) developed and maintained by Agtrix. The Agtrix platform has been implemented across a number of Australian primary industries. The system developed for SunRice requires growers to record their on-farm operations in MapRice GIS. The information is instrumental for analysis, planning and accountability of rice production, enabling SunRice Grower Services to: l forecast crop sizes and prepare for crop intake logistics l establish industry input and yield benchmarks l analyse important rice growing trends l develop management guidelines to assist growers l plan milling, packaging and distribution programs l assure SunRice customers of the traceability and accountability of the quality and purity of Australian grown rice. Figure 1. Pictured is the home page of MapRice GIS, which can be accessed by rice growers on the SunRice Growers Web at https://growersweb.sunrice.com.au