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Multiple industries
Cross industry Vegetables
Organisation

AUSVEG

AUSVEG is the peak industry body representing vegetable and potato growers, and is run by growers, for growers.
  • Location

    Australia

  • Organisation type

    Industry body, Research service providers

Multiple industries
Alternative protein Cereal grains Fruits Oilseeds Pasture, fodder & feed Pulse grains Vegetables
Organisation

Australian Plant Phenomics Facility

The Australian Plant Phenomics Facility is a distributed national research infrastructure delivering world-leading plant phenomics technologies to support crop research and development.
  • Location

    Australia

  • Organisation type

    Research service providers

Sheep & lamb
Multiple technology areas
Animal technology Automation Processing & packaging Robotics
Research project

Calibration and accreditation of the SOMA device to measure IMF in sheepmeat

Soma Optics, Ltd is a Japanese supplier of near infrared technologies to assess meat quality characteristics in livestock. This project will support the final calibration of three SOMA devices to predict intramuscular fat (IMF) in Australian sheepmeat, which is an indicator of eating quality.
  • Funded by

    Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA)

  • Project date

    30 Oct 2021 -
    29 Dec 2023

  • Research organisations

    FHK FUJIHIRA INDUSTRY CO., LTD

Multiple industries
Aquaculture Beef cattle Cereal grains Dairy Forestry Fruits Oilseeds Pasture, fodder & feed Pork Pulse grains Sheep & lamb Vegetables Wine Wool
Organisation

South Australian Drought Resilience Adoption and Innovation Hub

The South Australian Drought Resilience Adoption and Innovation Hub has been established to facilitate and foster increased drought preparedness and resilience within the State’s farming systems and regional communities.
  • Location

    South Australia

  • Organisation type

    Accelerator or Incubator, Industry body, Research funding body

Multiple industries
Beef cattle Cereal grains Cotton Forestry Fruits Nuts Pasture, fodder & feed Pulse grains Vegetables Wine
Organisation

AirborneLogic

AirborneLogic is a South Australian company that uses remote sur-vey and advanced analytics to help growers cost effectively map and analyse entire crops at individual plant level so applications, interventions and change precisely when and where its needed.
  • Location

    South Australia, Australia

  • Organisation type

    Startup or Scaleup or SME

Multiple industries
Beverage Cereal grains Essential oils Fruits Oilseeds Other rural industries Packaged food Pasture, fodder & feed Vegetables Wine
Organisation

Bowen Gumlu Growers Association

Bowen Gumlu Growers Association (BGGA) represents the interests of horticultural growers, producers and associated agribusinesses in North Queensland.
  • Location

    North Queensland

  • Organisation type

    Industry body

Beef cattle
Multiple technology areas
Animal technology Automation Robotics
Research project

Regulatory requirements and risk assessment framework for use of automated vehicles in feedlots

The use of autonomous or driverless vehicles in feedlots is a new and emerging field. This project will engage the Australian Road Research Board (ARRB) to develop an appropriate risk assessment framework for the incorporation of these technologies into the operation of feedlots.
  • Funded by

    Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA)

  • Project date

    1 Oct 2021 -
    15 Apr 2023

  • Research organisation

    ARRB Group Ltd

Multiple industries
Alternative protein Aquaculture Beef cattle Beverage Cereal grains Cotton Dairy Eggs Essential oils Forestry Fruits Game Honey bees Nuts Oilseeds Other rural industries Packaged food Pasture, fodder & feed Poultry Pulse grains Sugar Vegetables Wild catch fisheries Wine Wool
Organisation

Department of Industry, Science, and Resources (DISR)

The Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources is committed to driving economic growth and job creation for all Australians.
  • Location

    Australia

  • Organisation type

    Government agency

Multiple industries
Alternative protein Aquaculture Eggs Forestry Packaged food Pork Poultry Vegetables Wine
Organisation

Bardee

Bardee is on a mission to reshape the global food system. To do this we're transforming food waste into protein and fertiliser with insects.
  • Location

    Melbourne, Global

  • Organisation type

    Startup or Scaleup or SME

Multiple industries
Beef cattle Cross industry Fruits Packaged food Vegetables
Organisation

LYRO Robotics

LYRO Robotics is solving the labour shortage in the food supply chain by creating robots that work. More than 60% of food is left to rot because they were unable to source labour.
  • Location

    Global

  • Organisation type

    Startup or Scaleup or SME

Multiple industries
Alternative protein Cereal grains
Organisation

Grain Producers Australia

Grain Producers Australia (GPA) represents Australia's broadacre, grain, pulse and oilseed producers at the national level. GPA was created to ensure grain producers had a national body with a representative producer focused structure.
  • Location

    Australia

  • Organisation type

    Industry body

Multiple industries
Beef cattle Cereal grains Cotton Cross industry Dairy Eggs Forestry Fruits Honey bees Oilseeds Other rural industries Pasture, fodder & feed Pulse grains Vegetables Wine Wool
Organisation

Grower Group Alliance

The Grower Group Alliance is a thriving state-wide network of over 60 local grower groups with a collective membership base exceeding 4,000 Western Australian farm enterprises operating across all sectors of the agriculture industry at all different levels of scale and purpose. GGA’s vision is a producer-led system of agricultural innovation, adoption and collaboration and GGA currently works within the agriculture ecosystem locally and nationally partnering in multiple R&D projects aligned to priorities of our stakeholders.
  • Location

    Western Australia

  • Organisation type

    Industry body

Multiple industries
Alternative protein Aquaculture Beef cattle Beverage Cereal grains Cotton Cross industry Eggs Essential oils Forestry Fruits Game Honey bees Nuts Oilseeds Packaged food Pasture, fodder & feed
Organisation

Main Sequence Ventures

Main Sequence Ventures aims to help Australia’s most ambitious deep tech founders build the industrial giants of tomorrow. Our …
  • Location

    Australia wide

  • Organisation type

    Investor

Multiple industries
Aquaculture Fruits Packaged food Vegetables
Organisation

P&C Automation

P&C Automation works with clients within the post-harvest sector offering a range of services to help clients grow and improve their fruit and vegetable processing/packing facilities. We are proud to provide a full suite of capabilities to support clients, including equipment supply, custom engineering and design, equipment installation and after-sales service/support.
  • Location

    Australia

  • Organisation type

    Startup or Scaleup or SME

Sugar
Multiple technology areas
Automation Food processing technology Processing & packaging Robotics
Research project

Use of a purge sensor to improve performance and reduce the need for supervision of batch centrifugals

Batch centrifugals that operate like a spinning washing machine are used widely to separate raw sugar crystals from the mother molasses. This project will trial a Danish-made sensor to show when and how long to add wash water to the batch centrifugal, to purify the raw sugar crystals - a job that is usually done by a worker at the sugar mill.
  • Funded by

    Sugar Research Australia (SRA)

  • Project date

    15 Sep 2021 -
    30 Jul 2022

  • Research organisation

    Bundaberg Sugar

Beef cattle
Multiple technology areas
Automation Food processing technology Machinery & hardware Processing & packaging Robotics
Opportunity

Waterless knife sterilisation for meat processing plants

Opportunity for

  • Solution providers wanting to develop new solutions for sterilisation of knives and other tools for Australian red meat abattoirs. Participants may be: 
    • Wishing to brainstorm and evaluate (without substantially building) new approaches (this can be initially focussed and limited to knife sterilisation) 
    • Ready to build and evaluate designs for new approaches 
  • Led by

    Australian Meat Processor Corporation (AMPC)

  • Opportunity type

    Seeking interest, Research partner, Field trial, Innovation challenge, Seeking solutions

  • Readiness
    Early (TRL 1-4)
    Describes the challenge or opportunity being pursued and undertakes preliminary R&D to determine if the concept is feasible.
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Multiple industries
Alternative protein Aquaculture Beef cattle Beverage Cereal grains Cotton Cross industry Dairy Eggs Essential oils Forestry Fruits Game Honey bees Natural capital assets Nuts Oilseeds Other rural industries Packaged food Pasture, fodder & feed Pork Poultry Pulse grains Sheep & lamb Sugar Vegetables Wild catch fisheries Wine Wool
Organisation

FreshChain Systems Pty Ltd

FreshChain is a fully integrated, blockchain enabled, paddock to plate assurance system that verifies the food you eat. Consumers can scan a unique serialised QR code using any smartphone to learn about product provenance, pick and pack date, storage conditions, recipes, new varieties and other key information.
  • Location

    Global

  • Organisation type

    Industry consultant, Startup or Scaleup or SME

Multiple industries
Alternative protein Aquaculture Beef cattle Beverage Cereal grains Cotton Cross industry Dairy Eggs Essential oils Forestry Fruits Game Honey bees Natural capital assets Nuts Oilseeds Other rural industries Packaged food Pasture, fodder & feed Pork Poultry Pulse grains Sheep & lamb Sugar Vegetables Wild catch fisheries Wine Wool
Organisation

BlueMount Food and Agriculture

BlueMount Food and Agriculture, a subsidiary of BlueMount Capital (Vic) Pty Ltd, is the catalyst successfully linking investors and Australian food and agricultural businesses to create world class investment opportunities within the Australian food and agricultural sector.
  • Location

    Australia and global

  • Organisation type

    Investor, Industry consultant, Other

Multiple industries
Beef cattle Fruits Nuts Oilseeds Pork Vegetables Wine
Multiple technology areas
Automation Data and AI Food processing technology Harvest technology Imagery IoT & smart-farming Machinery & hardware Robotics Traceability
Opportunity

Rubens Technologies: Real time and non destructive fruit quality testing

Opportunity for

  • Partners or investors with potential distributor networks with an initial focus on Australian and south east Asian markets
  • Partners looking to integrate this product (real time, non-destructive fruit quality testing device and analytics) within an established agricultural data platform
  • Investors to support the commercialisaiton of the devices and provide full time support for customers 

^This opportunity is only for professional and sophisticated investors.

  • Led by

    Rubens Technologies

  • Opportunity type

    Seeking interest, Seeking investment, Licensing, Seeking partners

  • Readiness
    Mid (TRL 5-7)
    Proof of concept in the laboratory then in the field resulting in the development of a minimum viable product (MVP).
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Multiple industries
Alternative protein Aquaculture Cereal grains Cross industry Dairy Eggs Essential oils Fruits Nuts Oilseeds Other rural industries Packaged food Pasture, fodder & feed Pork Poultry Pulse grains Vegetables
Organisation

AgFood Fund

The AgFood Opportunities Fund is an alternative and defensive investment fund based in Melbourne, Australia. Our investment objective is to provide shareholders with 8-10% p.a. returns across the agribusiness and food cycles by identifying under-valued investment opportunities both locally and globally through listed and unlisted companies.
  • Location

    Australia and global

  • Organisation type

    Investor

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