Our innovative farmers are being celebrated as part of (AgDay).
Led by ³Ô¹ÏÍøÕ¾ Farmers’ Federation, the theme of this year’s AgDay is innovation and how new technologies are making farming more productive and sustainable.
From paddock to plate, we are committed to finding innovative solutions to the challenges our farmers face.
We are investing in a range of to help restore and improve our soils. We are working with CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency, to build an Australian ³Ô¹ÏÍøÕ¾ Soil Information System.
The Future Drought Fund’s tool provides farmers with historical climate data, seasonal forecasts, and future climate projections, delivered in a user-friendly interactive platform.
To ensure farmers are prepared for and remain resilient through drought, the Australian Government’s is looking at ways to help farmers make better use of technology to manage their farms.
Through our partnership with Hort Innovation, an industry owned research and development corporation, agtech developers are to pollinate plants.
We are committed to strong action on climate change and have allocated $8.1m to progress research that will support the . Science has shown that feeding livestock the native seaweed Asparagopsis, reduces emissions by 90%.
Our is investing in innovative approaches to minimise the impact of current and future biosecurity challenges to our agricultural industry.
We are also investing more than $47m to improve livestock traceability systems on top of , including to demonstrate sustainability and allow food products to be easily traced back to their source.
