Brett Whelan undertook a small farm management course at TAFE before completing a BScAgr (Hons) at the University of Sydney (1992). In 1995, he was involved in the establishment of the Australian Centre for Precision Agriculture (ACPA), an internationally recognised research and teaching entity within the now Faculty of Agriculture and Environment. He subsequently attained a PhD in Precision Agriculture (PA) in 1998 from the University of Sydney under the supervision of Prof. Alex McBratney. Since then, Brett has continued pioneering research in the field of PA, with the help of numerous commercial farmers, commodity research and development organisations and research colleagues. He remains a co-convener of the annual Symposium on Precision Agriculture in Australasia, first held by the ACPA in 1997, and now one of the world’s longest running national forums for developments in PA. In 2012 the ACPA evolved into the Precision Agriculture Laboratory (PA Lab) through which Brett continues to provide research, information and instruction for the wider national and international agricultural communities. A comprehensive set of PA education and training modules for the Australian grains industry is freely available at the PA Lab website. Brett is the co-author a book, published by CSIRO Publishing, exploring in detail the application of Precision Agriculture