Zondii
Zondii is unlocking the true value of food and fibre. Their mission is to give farmers and consumers the tools, data, and science to determine the quality of food and fibre produce. Zondii’s patented multispectral technology delivers the world’s first real-time food and fibre verification tool, using a smartphone or handheld device. Their global team...
Inaugural AgriFutures Rural Women’s Acceleration Grant recipients announced
Seven female innovators have been announced as recipients of the inaugural AgriFutures Rural Women’s Acceleration Grant.
Boosting rambutan productivity through improvements in fruit set.
Book
Finding and Reporting Varroa Poster
Horizon scan for new market opportunities in emerging industries
Book
BeeBox Application User Manual
Pilot production and sales of red bayberry in Australia
A private tour of Google HQ is all in a day’s work for an AgriFutures™ Horizon Scholar
You’re heading into your first year of university and are daunted yet excited about the year to come. You have no clue what is in store but let your mind wander over the possibilities on the horizon. What comes to mind? The places you might get to see on work placement? The friends and future...
Webinar
Community Trust in Rural Industries webinars
These online events are part of the Community Trust in Rural Industries program, which aims to strengthen relationships between AgriFutures Australia’s levied industries and the Australian community.
HAL-BeeForce: developing the regional model (MT09087)
Long-term flowering patterns of south-east Australian melliferous flora
Agricultural entrepreneur pockets $20,000 at evokeAG Pitch Tent competition
Close to 1,200 international delegates packed Melbourne’s iconic Royal Exhibition Building on Wednesday, 20 February to cheer on the four Pitch Tent winners announced at the inaugural, sold-out evokeAG event.
Lachlan Bryant
Hi, I’m Lachlan Bryant and I grew up in a small town called Kenilworth, a small farming town about two hours north of Brisbane. I have lived on my Mum’s 900-acre dairy, poultry, and beef farm for most of my life. I love everything farm-related and, over the years, have had multiple farm-related hobbies, including...
Report
Prospects for Australian emerging industries
Emerging industries play an important role in the Australian agricultural landscape, contributing to the national economy and helping meet changing global demand.
This prospectus is a compendium to the detailed final report of a horizon scan of emerging rural industries. It begins with a broad overview of the composition of emerging industries and looks at the various macro trends influencing their development.
The prospectus then summarises the current state and prospects for eight nominated emerging industries: the broad category of Australian native foods, industrial hemp, insects, native bees, pomegranate, seaweed, sesame and truffle. The strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats that have been identified for each industry help predict how they might grow over the next 10 years.
Report
Community Trust in Levied Industries- Year 1 National Survey 2024
Australia’s levied and emerging industries are a diverse set of industries that play a key role in Australian Agriculture. From creating the food that helps grow our livestock, to breeding animals that support sport and recreation to playing a pivotal role in pollination, these industries are pivotal in growing the future of Agriculture in Australia. In this report, we publish the findings of the first national survey of the levied industries program.
New South Wales’ Jo Palmer named the 2019 AgriFutures™ Rural Women’s Award National Winner and Victoria’s Claire Moore awarded National Runner-Up
New South Wales remote work advocate, Jo Palmer, founder of Pointer Remote Roles, has been named the 2019AgriFutures™ Rural Women’s Award National Winner, with Victoria’s Claire Moore the National Runner Up.
Thea Walker
Thea is a recipient of the 2023 AgriFutures Rural Women's Acceleration Grant.
Report
Industrial Hemp Variety Trials 2021–22 to 2023–24: Summary Report
Australia’s agricultural landscape has long been shaped by the emergence of new crops that transition into staples of the farming system through research, policy reform and market development. The Industrial Hemp Variety Trials (IHVT) echo earlier efforts to establish crops like canola1 and chickpeas in Australia, each of which faced initial hurdles before becoming commercially viable. Hemp (Cannabis sativa L.) is an annual herbaceous, wind-pollinated flowering plant indigenous to eastern Asia, but is now of cosmopolitan distribution due to widespread cultivation. It has been cultivated throughout recorded history, with the earliest human uses going back 6,000–10,000 years, and its harvest has been used as a feedstock for manufactured products such as rope, textiles, paper and oil. While industrial hemp has been cultivated for a long time, it has not been subjected to the same intensive agronomic breeding and post-harvest research and development that has driven improvements in other now-major crops over the last 50–60 years.
Improving ginger to future proof the industry against pests and diseases
The 38 innovative agrifood tech startups you need to know about now
They don’t need breaks, are small and nimble and come trained and ready to work. The future of agriculture is autonomous and it’s robotic. Addressing this opportunity is SwarmFarm Robotics who develop high-accuracy fleets of robots and to date, have sold $1.1 million worth of machines and are committed to another $5.5million in orders. They...
