Report: Real-time remote sensing-based monitoring for the rice industry
This project delivered real-time rice crop monitoring tools using satellite imagery and weather-driven models to support Australian rice growers. Grounded in decades of agronomy research,...
Fact sheets: Techno-economic assessment of emission-reduction pathways for the Australian chicken meat industry
Explore chicken meat emission pathways to 2050, with costs, feasibility and offsets across net zero, SBTi and floating targets.
Report: Understanding and developing a response to bluegreen aphid chemical resistance
Bluegreen aphid resistance now threatens pasture and legume crops across southern Australia. The project mapped resistant populations, confirmed spread into SA, NSW and Victoria, and...
The National Winner and Runner Up of the 2026 AgriFutures Rural Women’s Award will be announced at a Gala Dinner at the Great Hall, Parliament House in Canberra on Tuesday, 8 September 2026.
Thoroughbred Horses The ratio of live foals to mares covered has sat at 66% for some time, but researchers at the University of Newcastle and University of Sydney have identified a gene that causes early pregnancy loss and are developing a tool to help breeders make more informed breeding decisions.
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Chicken Meat Emerging animal welfare researcher Amelia Sofra has been named the 2026 AgriFutures Gary Sansom Scholarship recipient, with her PhD research focused on advancing management approaches that support the welfare, productivity and sustainability of Australia’s chicken meat industry.
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