Queensland, Australia  ·  Est. 2008

Practical Application
of Technology

Morgan Rural Tech Pty Ltd provides a range of technology consulting and development services. — specialising in Web applications, Drone and data management, Machine Learning and Object Detection.

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30+ Years in Ag & Tech
AI Powered Detection
Aerial view of a Queensland rural property at sunrise
2008
Since
About Us

Practical Solutions for
Rural Australia

Morgan Rural Tech is a Queensland-based consulting company with over 30 years of combined experience in agriculture and technology, delivering practical solutions that make a real difference on working properties across Australia.

We understand the challenges of remote connectivity, extreme environments and tight budgets. Every solution we build is designed to be robust, low-maintenance, and genuinely useful — not technology for technology's sake.

From custom web portals and IoT platforms to AI-powered animal detection and remote camera systems, we bridge the gap between cutting-edge technology and practical rural operations.

  • End-to-end solution design, build and support
  • Custom AI models for object detection
  • Local Queensland support you can actually reach
Cropping & Agronomy

Deep Roots in
Australian Agriculture

Our director Dan Hickey spent eight years as a practicing agronomist before founding Morgan Rural Tech Pty Ltd — giving us a genuine understanding of cropping systems, best practice programs and what growers actually need from technology.

That background directly informed the development of the cotton and cane industry BMP platforms, and now shapes how we approach drone data capture and precision agriculture applications for cropping operations.

Cotton Sugarcane Drone Mapping Precision Ag BMP Platforms Agronomy
Australian cotton field ready for picking
Cotton seedlings at planting
Aerial view of sugarcane fields
Our Platform

Drone & Data  ·  Machine Learning  ·  Object Detection

DMO is our purpose-built platform unifying drone data capture, machine learning inference and real-time object detection — giving you complete visibility across every device, camera and sensor on your property from anywhere in the world.

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Real-Time Device Telemetry

Monitor battery levels, signal strength, GPS location, temperature and custom sensor readings from every connected device in real time via Message Queuing Telemetry Transport (MQTT) messaging.

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Live Map Dashboard

Visualise all your devices on an interactive map. See which are online, offline, or flagging alerts — at a glance across your entire property network.

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Live Video Streaming

Detection images and events are transferred via SFTP to the DMO platform — keeping power consumption low for solar deployments. Live video streaming to a local edge device or server is available where power budget allows, giving you flexibility to match the solution to your site.

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Rules-Based SMS Alerting

An SMS fires the moment a feral animal is detected — no app, no manual checking. Rules target specific animal classes, time windows, confidence levels or detection counts. Also triggers on device offline events and sensor threshold breaches, so you always know what's happening on your property.

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Historical Analytics

Class detection event charts, battery voltage and state-of-charge trending, and device history — all queryable over configurable time ranges. Spot patterns, prove compliance, and track remote battery health between site visits.

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Secure Multi-Tenant Access

Role-based access control with secure HTTPS, certificate-based MQTT and Cloudflare protection. Multiple users, one platform — each seeing only what they need.

DMO Platform — dmo.morganruraltech.com.au
DMO battery voltage monitoring chart DMO class detection analytics chart Aerial property overview Aerial paddock overview
Battery Voltage & State of Charge — 7-day LiFeO₄ monitoring per device Class Detection Analytics — 30-day object detection event history Property Drone Mapping — integrated into the live device map Paddock Coverage — solar camera and sensor placement overview
AI & Computer Vision

Livestock, Feral Animal
& Other Object Detection

Our object detection models detect, count and classify animals — livestock, feral pigs, cats, foxes, wild dogs and more. By default, detection images and events are transferred via SFTP to the DMO platform, keeping power consumption low for solar-powered remote deployments. Live streaming to a local edge device or server is available where power budget allows.

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Feral Animal Detection

Night-vision and daytime models detect and count feral pigs, cats, foxes and wild dogs in yards, paddocks and around water infrastructure. Detection images are SFTP'd to the DMO platform with bounding-box overlays and per-class confidence scores — no continuous streaming required.

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Livestock Monitoring

Automated headcount and movement monitoring from fixed cameras at gates, troughs or yards. Reduce mustering labour and get daily stock movement summaries without leaving the office.

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Edge & Server-Side Inference

The default mode uses Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) to send results to the platform — power-efficient for solar deployments. Local edge device streaming is an option where power is available. Server-side inference via video stream is also possible but draws significantly more power — suited to mains-powered or high-capacity battery setups.

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Rules-Based SMS Alerts

When a feral animal is detected, an SMS fires instantly — no app, no internet on your end, just a text message to your phone. Rules are configurable by animal class, confidence threshold, time of day or detection count, so you only hear about what matters.

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Automated Trap Triggering

When a target animal is detected, an MQTT relay signal can activate a connected trap — closing it remotely and automatically, without human intervention. The system can be retrofitted to most existing traps, making it a cost-effective upgrade to infrastructure you already own. Combine with SMS alerts to be notified the moment a trap fires.

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Custom Model Training

We can build and train custom object detection models tailored to your specific detection requirements — whatever the animal, object or environment.

Night-vision pig detection with AI bounding boxes
● LIVE DETECTION
Night Vision — Feral Pig Detection · 16 detected
Daytime pig detection camera feed
● DETECTED
Daytime Pig Detection
Night-vision feral cat detection
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Night Vision — Feral Cat
Sheep livestock monitoring camera feed
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Livestock Monitoring — Sheep

End-to-End Model Training Pipeline

We manage the full cycle — raw footage capture, frame extraction, dataset curation, bounding-box annotation, model training and deployment. Every model is trained on your own footage for maximum accuracy on your animals, your cameras, your conditions.

Multi Class Support
Edge Object Detection
Annotation dataset browser showing labelled feral animal images
Dataset Dataset browser — Annotated frames across night-vision and daytime footage
Bounding box annotation interface with multi-class labels
Annotation Bounding-box labelling — multi-class support (pig, cat, fox, wild dog, sheep, cattle, vegetation and more)
Remote Monitoring

Always On,
Always Connected

Solar-powered cameras and edge devices keep you informed about what's happening on your property — connected via 4G or Starlink, even when you're hundreds of kilometres away.

Aerial view of paddock monitoring coverage

Solar-Powered Camera Deployments

Self-sufficient camera units running on solar and lithium battery require zero grid power. Designed to survive Australian heat, dust, and remote terrain with minimal maintenance.

Solar Powered Night Vision 4G/LTE Starlink
Remote property sensor coverage

IoT Sensor Networks — Coming Soon

We're bringing IoT sensor integration to the DMO platform — water trough levels, gate open/close events and environmental monitoring connected via MQTT over 4G or Starlink. Everything time-stamped and logged for historical analysis.

MQTT 4G / Starlink Coming Soon
Wide aerial view of monitored rural property
What We Offer

Our Services

From initial consulting to long-term support, we cover hardware, software, cloud, AI, API integrations and full-stack web development — all under one roof.

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IoT Device Management

Design, deploy and manage IoT sensor networks across your property. MQTT broker setup, device provisioning, live dashboards and alert configuration included.

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AI Livestock Detection

Custom object detection models trained on your footage. Deployed on edge hardware (Jetson Nano, Raspberry Pi) or server-side on the DMO platform — whichever suits your connectivity and budget.

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Remote Camera Systems

End-to-end solar camera installations with night vision, motion recording and remote access — designed for the harshest rural environments. Detection images are SFTP'd to keep power consumption low, with live streaming available where power budget permits.

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Custom Web Applications

Bespoke web portals, dashboards and management systems. We have delivered solutions for agronomy, cane farming, livestock and rural supply chain operations.

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Cloud Infrastructure

Azure cloud deployments, Cloudflare CDN and security, Docker containerisation, HTTPS everywhere, automated backups and disaster recovery planning.

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Rural Tech Consulting

Not sure where to start? We assess your current setup, identify practical technology opportunities, and build a roadmap that fits your budget and timeframe.

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ASRS & Robot Integration

We have built production integrations with Automated Storage and Retrieval Systems (ASRS) and robotic palletisers in abattoir environments — connecting industrial automation hardware to business systems, reporting dashboards and third-party APIs via custom middleware and data pipelines.

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Full-Stack Web Development

End-to-end web application development using modern frameworks — from database design and REST APIs through to responsive front-end interfaces. We build, host and support the full stack.

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API Design & Integration

Custom REST and WebSocket APIs connecting your hardware, third-party services and business systems. Secure, documented, and built to scale as your operation grows.

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Smart Trap Automation

Retrofit your existing feral animal traps with AI-triggered MQTT relay control. When the camera detects a target animal, an SMS fires immediately and the trap can be triggered automatically — no manual monitoring required. Works with most existing trap infrastructure, day or night.

Technologies We Work With

.NET / C# React Python Docker MQTT / Mosquitto SMS Alerting MQTT Relay Control Object Detection LibreYOLO TensorRT Jetson Nano Raspberry Pi Azure Cloudflare PostgreSQL SFTP Transfer RTMP / HLS REST API WebSocket ASRS Integration Robot Palletisers 4G / LTE Starlink HAProxy FTPS Nginx
Get In Touch

Let's Talk

Whether you have a specific project in mind or just want to explore what technology could do for your operation — we're happy to have a no-obligation conversation.

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Email
info@morganruraltech.com.au
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Phone
0474 526 666
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Location
Queensland, Australia