Things are moving for Swarm Farm Robotic Agriculture, but founder and chief executive officer Andrew Bate is adamant the business will stay true to its bush roots…Read More
Terry Sim, February 22, 2019
Young agtech entrepreneur Sam Duncan has made a pitch at the evokeAG conference in Melbourne for funding support for an app he’s developed to simplify and streamline soil testing…Read More
Terry Sim, February 20, 2019
Australian grain growers are set to reap benefits of a $50 million venture capital fund to draw the best and brightest tech start-ups from across the globe to focus on innovative solutions for grain growers’ hardest to solve problems…Read More
Grain Central, February 19, 2019Sheila Elder from Manitoba and David Ricardo from Walgett have built apps to help improve the efficiency of their farming operations on opposite sides of the planet.
Sarah Hoffman, GrainsWest magazine, Canada, February 6, 2019A new weed identification mobile app developed for the cotton industry could have wider application across a range of other crops in the broadacre farming sector…Read More
Grain Central, January 23, 2019
CSIRO and rural technology start-up, Digital Agriculture Services (DAS), have launched an innovative new platform that combines artificial intelligence, machine learning and cloud-based geospatial technology that will comprehensively assess and monitor rural land anywhere in Australia,..Read More
Grain Central, January 22, 2019In a year of mixed fortunes for Australian grain growers, Grain Central takes a look back over the stories that led the news in the cropping world in 2018…Read More
Grain Central, January 16, 2019With the recent landing on Mars of NASA’s InSight lander, bringing closer the prospect of humans one day visiting the planet, scientists are puzzling over how to grow the food to feed them there…Read More
Briardo Llorente, December 7, 2018
Barley growers should act now to get winter crop ready and reduce costly disease issues, like barley stem rust, by taking action to control weeds and crop volunteers, according to QDAF pathologist Lisle Snyman…Read More
Grain Central, February 18, 2019
A Western Australian inquiry into compensating farmers for economic loss caused by contamination from genetically modified (GM) material has found there is no case for changing existing laws…Read More
Neil Lyon, February 15, 2019
South Australian scientist Kenton Porker has been recognised as one of the grains industry’s most influential young leaders, receiving the Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) Southern Region 2019 Emerging Leader Award at this week’s Adelaide GRDC Update…Read More
Grain Central, February 15, 2019