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From affordable carbon measurement to accurate yield forecasting, the Food Agility CRC’s agile research approach is accelerating innovation – and gearing Australian farmers for the future.

The Australian Meat Processor Corporation's (AMPC) agile approach to solving industry problems is lowering barriers to new players and increasing the potential for solutions to be rapidly developed and implemented. 

Over the years, cotton has been a major presence in the Australian farming and export industries. Accounting for up to 60% of the agricultural output in regions in which it is grown, the Australian cotton industry exports around $2 billion worth of cotton each year to China, Bangladesh, Vietnam, India, Indonesia, Turkey and Thailand. 

Simply put, cotton is big business. 

With the launch of its $20 million second investment round, Australia’s Food and Beverage Accelerator, FaBA is seeking new partners and projects with ‘strong innovation potential’ to drive Australia’s food and beverage manufacturing sector forward.

A German-Queensland science program is set to nurture innovator and researcher networks. Grants of up to $250,000 are available to Queensland research organisations and partners to work together with German counterparts to co-develop bioeconomy solutions.

Buoyed by the success of their first fund, champions of Australian agrifood innovation, Tenacious Ventures, are taking their proven high conviction, high support investment model to the world – with a $70 million fund that opens the door to co-investors and founders beyond Australia who share the company’s passion for delivering climate impact through agricultural innovation.  

AgriFutures Australia Managing Director, John Harvey shares the vision behind the online platform grow^AG., its critical role in driving Australian agrifood innovation and global opportunities, and its powerful success. 

It is a great time to be in rural research and innovation. There is a landslide of activity across agriculture, fisheries and forestries, all designed to deliver new technologies and opportunities to Australian farmers.

Each year, the Australian government, universities and industry invest billions of dollars in research to support agriculture, fisheries and forestry. There are 15 Research and Development Corporations (RDCs), 43 universities and hundreds of industry organisations and peak bodies, that currently house thousands of research projects. But, in order to find them, you need to know what you are looking for and where to look. Until now.

More than 2300 agrifood businesses, technology giants, startups, corporates, research institutions and investors gathered in San Francisco in March for the World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit – and AgriFutures grow^AG.  was on the ground to make new connections, David Lord, Manager Engagement, grow^AG., reflects on the experience and what it means for the Australian agritech sector. 

Bayer Crop Science has extended its partnership with Australian agri-food tech innovation platform, AgriFutures growᴬᴳ⋅, into 2024 to reach innovators, startups and researchers with its innovation challenges.

Two of the world’s most highly regarded research bodies, ANU and CSIRO, are offering up their elite researchers and state-of-the-art facilities at a new innovation hub to support emerging products and businesses in the agriculture food space.

An innovative Australian clean tech startup has produced a revolutionary plant oil that replaces petroleum and palm-based oils in industrial uses–and delivers a long list of sustainability and performance benefits. With the support of grow^AG., GO Resources is seeking investors to bring this cutting-edge product to market.

The Australian Meat Processor Corporation (AMPC) might be the Research and Development Corporation for the red meat processing industry, but it’s drawing inspiration from a very different R&D agency to help find the answers to some mammoth questions. AMPC is now seeking problem solvers and investors with innovative solutions to make waterless knife sterilisation for meat processing plants a reality.

To build an extensive network that can support your development, you need to know who’s who in the zoo. This takes time and research – but what if there was a more direct route? AgriFutures grow^AG. platform is brimming with expertise listing over 3000 research projects, 100 current opportunities and 400 organisations that specialise in agrifood tech and innovation and has facilitated more than 1,500 connections through the platform. 

In an effort to maximise agritech innovation, the United Kingdom (UK) and Australia joined forces at AgriFutures Australia’s evoke^AG. 2024 as part of Innovate UK’s two-week delegation exploring Australia’s vibrant agrifood tech ecosystem, garnering valuable partnership opportunities, and vital knowledge exchange. 

Agriculture is a critical part of the Australian economy, with the country’s agricultural, fisheries and forestry sector valued at $69 billion and growing. 

With that growth comes an urgent need to expand the use of agricultural technologies to ensure both productivity gains for farmers and Australia's role in the global food system. To do this, more investment needs to be channeled into both research and commercial initiatives for the country's agtech.

AgriFutures Australia created the grow^AG. program to address these needs.  

grow^AG. has around 9000 users per month. More than 50 per cent of our site visitors are from global markets, which really broadens our reach. This is important, not just to drive investment, but to show innovators across the world that Australia has the infrastructure and mindset to foster innovation, that we can test and develop their tech here. grow^AG. contributor Judy Kennedy sat down with Rebecca Bradford to explore how you can get the most out of grow^AG.   

AMPC’s investment into South Australian innovation partner MEQ Probe is one step closer to paying dividends for the red meat industry.

The processing sector’s research and development corporation has been providing innovation funding support to MEQ Probe for the past two years with a view to developing a potentially revolutionary tool for measuring eating quality characteristics in hot carcases for both lamb and beef.

First of its kind – AgriFutures grow^AG. gateway delivers Australia’s agrifood innovation to the world.

AgriFutures grow^AG., the Australian agritech innovation platform, today announced it had facilitated over $150 million in global startup investment as it celebrated its third birthday.