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Nuffield Scholarships
... in Australia.To be eligible for an AgriFutures-funded scholarship, you must be a member of one of the following industries:Chicken MeatExport FodderThoroughbred HorsesHoney Bee & PollinationRicePasture SeedsGingerTea Tree OilKangarooBuffaloGoat FibreDeeror an AgriFutures Australia emerging...
Report
Composition of Australian honey
...In 2021, the Size and scope of the Australian honey bee and pollination industry – a snapshot report found Australia had 1,800 highly skilled commercial beekeepers producing approximately 37,000 tonnes of honey. Honey in Australia is produced from a wide range of native and non-native floral...
AgriFutures Rural Women’s Award Alumni Committee of State Chairs Announced
... Online Heroes competitions.Ann Ross – QLD State ChairAnn has a background in start-ups with a focus on emerging industries and is a regionally renowned bee keeper based on the Sunshine Coast, QLD. Her company Hive Haven specialises in the manufacture of award-winning native bee boxes and the production...
Industry Development Grant – Aidan Whitby
... and have large reoccurring fees. We plan to use off the shelf technology that is relatively affordable to create a durable, ergonomic, and effective product. Agriculture has recently been dramatically advancing in technology and it’s time for the bee industry to move forward...
Consumers to the front as R&D leads the way for Australia’s rural industries
... to boost consumer demand and identify new profitable channels, improving farm productivity to compete with imports, and ensuring uptake of research outputs.Another example of consumer-focused research is around the increasingly popular topic of gut health, which has led the Australian honey bee industry...
Composition of Australian honey
... with the Australian Honey Bee Industry Council (AHBIC), the Honey Packers and Marketers Association (HPMA) and producers to acquire a representative number of honeys from all production areas based on feedback from the industry regarding typical botanical sources and honey volumes from each area. Industry...
Improving the Impact from Current and Future Genetic and Genomic Investments
..., and sustainability. These industries are 1. Amaranth; 2. Cocoa; 3. Coffee; 4. Dragon fruit; 5. Finger Lime; 6. Guayule; 7. Hazelnut; 8. Industrial hemp; 9. Insects (Black soldier fly); 10. Jackfruit; 11. Jujube; 12. Kakadu Plum; 13. Lavender; 14. Moringa; 15. Murray cod; 16. Native bees; 17. Pine nuts...
Media release
Four new Board Directors welcomed to AgriFutures Australia
... Australia is one of 15 Research and Development Corporations (RDCs) that service the Research, Development and Extension (RD&E) needs of Australian rural industries. They represent the research needs for 13 thriving rural industries (chicken meat, rice, honey bee and pollination, ginger, tea tree...
From ideas to budding businesses with Farmers2Founders
... with the AgriFutures Honey Bee & Pollination Program’s objectives to support honey bee industry development,” said Ms Medway.Through its Emerging Industries Program, AgriFutures seeks to identify and support new rural industries, including Indigenous crops, that have the potential to make a valuable...
Agricultural entrepreneur pockets $20,000 at evokeAG Pitch Tent competition
... for our first manufacturing run which is due to start imminently,” said Mr Glover.Danny Le Feuvre from Australia Bee Services took home the prize for the KPMG Producer Problem stream after taking to the stage to expound on pinch points in the honey sector. He says the networking opportunities at evokeAG...
New plant breeding program to grow Australian Manuka Honey market
... program builds on a current project funded by the RIRDC Honey Bee and Pollination Program which identified Australian Leptospermum species with high levels of bioactivity,” said Mr Harvey.“Our aim is to grow the availability of Leptospermum plantations for honey production and provide an alternative...
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... represent the research needs for 13 thriving rural industries (chicken meat, rice, honey bee and pollination, ginger, tea tree oil, pasture seeds, export fodder, thoroughbred horses, kangaroo, buffalo, deer, goat fibre and ratite), delivering research and innovation that aims to give our farmers...
The future of honey: from a pantry staple to the medicine cabinet
.... Research led by the University of Technology Sydney and funded by AgriFutures Honey Bee & Pollination Program aims to provide evidence required by modern medicine to expand honey's role as a staple in the pantry to a health food. The work seeks to use honey as a prebiotic to promote good...
Thoroughbred horse veterinarians and researchers wanted: Applications now open for AgriFutures Thoroughbred Horses Advisory Panel
... to the Advisory Panel. Submissions close at 12 noon AEST Wednesday 31 August 2022 Contact Annelies McGaw Manager, Research – Thoroughbred Horse, Honey Bee and Pollination annelies.mcgaw@agrifutures.com.au 0407 987 738 ...
Producer groups and high schools embrace agtech adoption
... on behalf of 5 Bees Sustainable Horticulture on behalf of Duncan Macadamia Monitoring Hagley Farm School Agricultural Learning Centre Moorabool Catchment Landcare Group Manjimup Senior High School Mallee Sustainable Farming Inc SheepMetriX Coomandook Area School...
A private tour of Google HQ is all in a day’s work for an AgriFutures™ Horizon Scholar
... including an entrepreneur commercialising a technology to make bees more effective pollinators,” said Sam.Sam also was lucky enough to score a private tour of company headquarters including Google, Gigster, Wizeline, Thunkable, Eventbrite and Weebly, plus the esteemed Stanford University, a highlight...
From petri dish to lifesaver – consumers welcome Manuka honey
..., seeds or plants.“Western Australia has very strict biosecurity laws which have worked very well to protect both our bee and plant environments from disease,” said Mr Callander.“We shipped the material from the University of the Sunshine Coast in petri dishes in a controlled environment straight...
AgriFutures Chicken Meat Program welcomes new Manager, Research
..., Thoroughbred Horse and Honey Bee and Pollination Programs and more recently Deer, Buffalo, Goat Fibre and Kangaroo Programs.“The chicken meat industry is very different from the other agricultural industries that I have worked in. I am excited to learn new skills and be involved in delivering high...
Planting innovative ideas for a brighter farming future
... | Condobolin | NSWMr Scott Glover | Agri Ace | Merriwa | NSWProducer Problem: This stream is for primary producers to pitch their industry problem to the audience and judges. These finalists are competing for $5,000 plus in-kind prizes:Mr Danny Le Feuvre | Australian Bee Services | Androssan | SAMrs...