Food Agility

This view sure beats the office or laboratory! The team from our Value Adding Pearl Oyster project have been at the picturesque Brisbane Waters in Hawkesbury River system collecting samples. The Akoya oyster is traditionally grown for high-vale pearls but there’s potential to farm it for the restaurant table. Our research with James Cook University and Broken Bay Pearl Farm will harness digital technologies to fast-track genetic selection of Akoya oysters for meat quality traits. Learn more on our website https://bit.ly/akoya David Lamb Lucy Hickman Mick Schaefer #AgTech #aquaculture #oyster #pearl #research

The Australian Agricultural Traceability Protocol (AATP) is an adaptable and re-usable mechanism to help producers stay abreast of ESG requirements for export markets. Importantly, it’s also scalable, cost-effective, transparent, readily accessible, and permission based. Earlier this month the AgTrace team delivered a presentation explaining the AATP, and how it ties into existing work being done on interoperability in Australian #agriculture. Hear from software solution providers and producers outlining how the AATP will assist them with current and emergent #ESG compliance requirements. Watch now: https://lnkd.in/einPhp2S

For many, Christmas is not complete without a leg of Australian smoked ham. As you prepare to tuck in this festive season, our latest blog takes a step back through the value chain to highlight ongoing research to improve the health, welfare and management of pigs. David Lamb Mick Schaefer Dr Rob Wilson AM Michael Garrett Dean Phillips Xsights Digital Pty Ltd Megan Trezona Craig Mostyn Group Curtin University Liz Jackson Department of Primary Industries & Regional Development Beanstalk AgTech

Extreme weather events like heat waves, frosts and unusual rainfall can impact the quality and yield of high-value specialty crops. Timely information can help growers to manage production and mitigate risks. We're working with The Yield Technology Solutions and University of Technology Sydney to analyse trends across recent farming datasets and build in future climate change scenarios to develop future-proofed frameworks for AI models on harvest outcomes. David Lamb Mick Schaefer Ash Rootsey Evan Webster Fang Chen, Distinguished Professor

The release of our Annual Report celebrates another successful year. In 23/24 Food Agility: 📌 Commissioned three new research projects, with a cash investment of $3m. 📌 Reached an annual projected economic impact of $1.3bn (ACIL Allen) while remaining on target to reach a combined $10bn economic impact by the end of our Commonwealth funding investment. 📌 Welcomed 13 new partners to our network of over 100 strategic partners, agrifood businesses, technology companies, researchers, and government. 📌 Grew our research network to 64 PhD students and graduates and more than 120 research publications. Take a look through two project spotlights, highlights from our research portfolio, innovation, events and HDR student achievements. Image: Aerial imagery used for the calibration of surveillance cameras at Harmony Agriculture & Food Company feedlot as part of our AI for Cattle Monitoring project. Mick Schaefer David Lamb Richard Norton Lucy Hickman Molly Rhys-Jones Christopher Komorek Grace Hemley Stephen Summerhayes Rachel Cofrancesco Emily Malone #AgTech #research #Innovation #Collaboration #AusAg

How can Australia's agrifood industry communicate its sustainability practices to a global audience? Ben van Delden of Deloitte addressed this at the 2024 Digital Agrifood Summit by referencing Denmark's ambitious decarbonisation goals, which includes a 70% emission reduction target by 2030. While the panel of Michael Anderson, Tess Herbert, Laura Grubb, Steven Capell and moderator Piers Hogarth-Scott spoke about the need for data availability, industry collaboration and the value of verifiable credentials in countering greenwashing. Watch the recording now: https://lnkd.in/gcSbJiMs #DAS24 brought to you by Food Agility Charles Sturt University Charles Sturt - AgriPark #sustainability #traceability #exportmarkets #agtech

Bioenergy is a significant untapped opportunity for Australian farmers.    Challenger, CLEAN bioenergy's technology is focused on the production of renewable gas and fertiliser from wet and dry ag residues as well as commercial and residential organic waste streams    The company is confident that participating in the Australian Agri-renewables Innovation Challenge will support research that will examine the sustainability and circularity benefits of using biomass to produce energy and fertilisers.    Visit the website to follow the Challenge, brought to you by Food Agility, Charles Sturt - AgriPark and RACE for 2030 #renewable #fertilser #agriculture #sustainable

How can we embrace AI in agriculture? The 2024 Digital Agrifood Summit saw Sarah Carney from Microsoft talk about what's possible while Charles Simons from BioScout explained application of AI for rapid automated disease detection in vineyards and grain farms. Don't miss the debate featuring Ganna Pogrebna Charles Sturt University, Jerome Leray InFarm, Robert Sparrow Monash University and Vi Nguyen Ryka Global. Recordings now available to watch online 🎞️ https://lnkd.in/ghnBU8rf #DAS24 brought to you by Food Agility Charles Sturt University Charles Sturt - AgriPark #ArtificialIntelligence #MachineLearning #innovation #AgTech

Can on-site hydrogen production provide an alternative to the billions of dollars Australia’s agriculture sector spends every year on diesel generators and the fuel required to run them?    H2 Core Systems GmbH has been selected for the next stage of the Australian Agri-Renewables Innovation Challenge to answer that question.     The business hopes to test and validate its self-refueling hydrogen energy solutions under various climatic conditions and on-farm use cases, while also evaluating the system contribution to infrastructure resilience and natural disaster recovery.    Learn more about the Challenge, an initiative of Food Agility, Charles Sturt - AgriPark RACE for 2030 on our website. ➡️ https://lnkd.in/gTgXcmre #renewable #energy #hydrogen #agriculture #innovation

Travel through time with us to see how today's emerging tech will be applied on the farm of the future. Watch DAS24 online https://lnkd.in/gJtp56Q8 Catch-up on this session at the 2024 Digital Agrifood Summit as we follow a farmer (aka David Lamb) to see how data and digital technology is used to improve farm safety, forecasting, livestock health and management, and traceability. Featuring presentations by Katy Landt Safe Ag Systems, Matt Shaffer DataGene Limited, Kenny Sabir AgriWebb, Hamish Munro Pairtree Intelligence, Lisa Barrios Cibo Labs Pty Ltd DAS24 brought to you by Food Agility Charles Sturt University and Charles Sturt - AgriPark #agtech #agriculture #digitaltechnology #data #traceability #DAS24