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18.04.24

2024 AgriFutures Rural Women’s Award State Announcement – NSW/ACT

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Workforce and Leadership

Report calls for a crucial new perspective on career opportunities in agriculture

A new report released by AgriFutures Australia aims to understand the perceptions, knowledge and awareness of NSW teachers and careers advisors of agricultural careers and explores the support and resources needed to provide high quality and accurate advice to secondary school students.

4 min read

Emerging Industries

Brewing new opportunities for Australia’s emerging coffee industry

Australians love their coffee, with more than six billion cups consumed annually.

4 min read

Goat Fibre

Future Fibre Farming: Transforming Australia’s goat fibre industry

The AgriFutures Australian goat fibre extension and industry development program has just been launched with the aim of transforming the hobbyist niche into a mainstream commercial animal fibre.

4 min read

Men in field
National Challenges and Opportunities

How to break down the barriers to carbon farming

In findings that could have a profound impact on the understanding of how farmers approach carbon management, research funded by AgriFutures Australia has found they are less motivated by the allure of carbon credits than the improvement to farm productivity that comes from increasing soil organic carbon.

4 min read

Workforce and Leadership

Looking to the horizon for the next generation of Australian agricultural leaders

To support the future prosperity of Australian agriculture and rural communities, the 2024 AgriFutures Horizon Scholarship, which aims to support the next generation of industry leaders, is now open for applications.

3 min read

Buffalo

Ensuring best practice in the buffalo supply chain

A new research project by AgriFutures Australia and the Cooperative Research Centre for Developing Northern Australia (CRCNA) is set to examine the wild-harvest buffalo supply chain in the Northern Territory (NT).

4 min read

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Current projects

national challenges and opportunities

Producer Technology Uptake Program

Cross sector

1 January, 2021 - 31 December, 2022

kangaroo

Determining optimal management strategies for four large macropods in New South Wales

The University of Sydney

6 October, 2022 - 29 April, 2026

thoroughbred horses

Rapid diagnosis of strangles to improve horse health

University of the Sunshine Coast

19 September, 2022 - 19 January, 2024

national challenges and opportunities

Community Perceptions and Worker Experiences

Cross sector

1 January, 2022 - 31 December, 2022

Propagation and testing of novel agave species for challenging Australian conditions

Vircura R&D Pty Ltd

3 December, 2023 - 26 May, 2025

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Beneficial plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) as bio-controls against ginger soil pathogens, Fusarium and Pythium, and effectiveness as bio-fertilisers.

SoiLife / Sustainable Solutions Hub

30 November, 2023 - 30 December, 2024

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