Mar 12, 2018
Video - MLA a step closer to automating feedbunk refilling
With an innovative solution developed from strategic partner Manabotix, Dr Joe McMeniman of MLA, with support from the Australian Lot Feeders Association, is a step closer to automating feedbunk refilling.https://youtu.be/9gz71IUNQ0I
Mar 11, 2018
Podcast - Matthew Pryor on building an Aussie Ag Tech ecosystem
Welcome to season two of the Bushtech Podcast! We kick off this season with a serial entrepreneur, Matthew Pryor, who is one of very few agtech founders with a successful exit. In 2016, Observant, a business Matthew co-founded, was…
Mar 11, 2018
Future Farms Automated from Seeding to Harvest
Swarms of drones buzz overhead, while robotic vehicles crawl across the landscape. Orbiting satellites snap high-resolution images of the scene far below. Not one human being can be seen in the pre-dawn glow spreading across the land.This…
Mar 11, 2018
Helping transform Agriculture...by sensing and connecting data
By Laurie BonneyThe Australian Research Council Pathways to Market Industrial Transformation Research Hub at the University of Tasmania (UTAS) is interested in how 'big data' and the Internet of Things affect the way our premium produce…
Mar 11, 2018
9 Producers join forces to test IoT devices
9 Producers, 26,000 head (sheep and beef), 19,000 hectares, all with 3G, want your IoT devices.A group of nine mixed farming producers running beef cattle, sheep and fodder crops in Western Australia have formed a Technology Innovation…
Mar 11, 2018
Smart Farmer: Ashley Wiese
For Ashley Wiese, who owns and manages 5,000 hectares in Western Australia, sustainable farming is the smartest way to secure optimum output and food quality, but also to survive as a business in a challenging industry.Ashley Wiese…
Mar 09, 2018
Video - Watch David Rubie talk about global expansion for SmartShepherd
https://www.facebook.com/unesmartri/videos/770159276528727/Dave Rubie is the co-founder and CEO of SmartShepherd and one of our very first founders in the UNE SRI.SmartShepherd is a system designed for sheep farming which tracks the…
Mar 09, 2018
How New Zealand are preparing to feed the masses
How New Zealand can meet the challenge of feeding some of the predicted global population of 10 billion by 2050, will be a major focus at a Techweek event in Tauranga in May.World-leading meat, dairy and horticultural industries have…
Mar 09, 2018
Myth Busting Farmer Demographics...
By James Finlay - NeilClarke ServicesTo help celebrate International Women's Day, NeilClark Business Intelligence has unearthed interesting facts that may help re-frame thinking and perceptions relating to women in agriculture, and…
Mar 09, 2018
EMI down 52 cents clean for the week
By Mark Dyson Quality WoolThe record wool values delivered over recent times for the Merino sector could not be sustained this week, with the Eastern Market Indicator (EMI) falling 52 cents clean to finish at 1778 cents per kilogram…
Mar 09, 2018
What a difference a rain event makes.
A good dumping of rain in Queensland over the week has seen East coast cattle throughput fall back toward more normal levels, led by declines in Queensland. The rain and lower supply has provided some support to northern cattle prices…
Mar 08, 2018
Weak La Nina a fizzer - NAB Commodities wrap
The NAB Rural Commodities Index gained 1.2% month on month in February, following a drop of 1.8% in January. On a year on year basis, the index was down 2.9% in February. The gain was driven by higher grain, fruit and dairy prices,…
Mar 08, 2018
Want to make a difference to Grain Growing in WA?
“If you really care about your industry and co-operative, the GAC is a great opportunity for growers to demonstrate their passion and have direct input into their co-operative."I strongly encourage growers of all ages and agricultural…
Mar 07, 2018
Changing face of agribusiness creates new opportunities
The American poet Ralph Waldo Emerson is credited with saying ‘build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door’. But he didn’t live in a world where there are more new ideas than people and more markets than ever…
Mar 07, 2018
The trunk technique- driving business into the future
By Robert Herrmann - http://www.mecardo.com.au/Agriculture is in a fortunate position, it produces a non-discretionary consumer product, that is the need for food sits at the very top of the consumer spending decisions. This is good,…
Mar 07, 2018
Driving digital transformation across Ag to unlock growth worth $20 billion
* Report released to drive digital transformation across agriculture * Has found it could be worth more than $20 billion to Australian agricultureA new report released today has outlined a way to drive digital transformation…
Mar 07, 2018
How do you prioritise risk?
By Alastair Rayner - RaynerAgIts vey common to hear how much risk there is in agriculture. I know I hear the phrase “farming is a risky business” fairly frequently. To some degree that’s true. There are risks with the weather and…
Mar 06, 2018
ABARES - Five key point for continued Ag success
Five key challenges will be central to Australian agriculture’s continued success, according to ABARES Executive Director, Dr Steve Hatfield-Dodds.Speaking at the Outlook 2018 Conference in Canberra today, he listed the five key areas…
Mar 06, 2018
ABARES - Quality the key to Horticulture growth
Meeting the expectations of consumers who are increasingly discerning about the quality of the fresh produce they purchase is key to the ongoing competitiveness of Australia’s horticulture industry.That was the message for delegates…
Mar 06, 2018
Camera's to replace manual MSA grading at Teys
Teys Australia are planning to introduce objectively-measured MSA and AusMeat chiller assessment grading in the near future. While some measurements like ossification will continue to be assessed manually, chiller assessment criteria…
