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BRISBANE, QLD 19.02.25

Seeds of Opportunity: ASIDA Industry Breakfast on Australian Sesame

Join the Australian Sesame Industry Development Association (ASIDA) to network with key stakeholders across the sesame supply chain, gain insights into emerging market trends, and discover collaborative opportunities to shape the future of this thriving industry.

Thoroughbred Horses

Championing thoroughbred welfare: Investing in best practices, workforce safety, and environmental sustainability

The AgriFutures Thoroughbred Horses Program invests in research, development and extension (RD&E) that improves the sustainability, productivity and competitiveness of the Australian thoroughbred industry. The Program has 13 research projects currently underway across the priority areas, with six of these projects addressing the first priority area on thoroughbred horse welfare, workforce safety and environmental sustainability.

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Chicken Meat

Protecting chicken meat with an innovative biosecurity solution

As biosecurity threats increasingly overshadow Australia’s agricultural landscape, Australian biosecurity technology company ExoFlare and the AgriFutures Chicken Meat Program have been working together to address the rising biosecurity threat landscape that is facing Australian chicken meat producers.

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Our vision is to grow the long-term prosperity of Australian rural industries. Since our inception in 1990, AgriFutures Australia, formerly RIRDC, has grown and developed alongside our 13 levied industries and we’re honoured to continue this important role in supporting the growth and overall success of Australian agriculture.

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