Casey Dunn

What do you get when Australia’s top agtech innovators collaborate, rather than compete? Solutions that make beef production easier, more productive, and more profitable.

AgriWebb, Farmbot, Cibo Labs, Pairtree, and Optiweigh share how they’re working together to give beef producers more bang for their agtech buck.

Circus vet. Pecan farmer. Research manager. Inaugural CEO of the CRC for Irrigation Futures. And now, Co-Founder of a vertically integrated beef business, co-owner of a macadamia orchard developer, and director of a grain supply business.

Diverse as these occupations might seem – one thread runs through Matthew Durack’s varied career: the quest for transformation. Here, the Queensland allrounder shares learnings from his 30+ year journey. Including why past experience is no predictor of future success.

Climate change. Biodiversity loss. Soil degradation. Food security. Regenerative agriculture is tipped to help tackle them all.
The once fringe movement is going mainstream, as global capital is mobilised into this nature-positive approach to supply chain sustainability. But regen’s ‘hype moment’ might actually be limiting adoption amongst those who stand to benefit most – food producers.
Here, Central Queensland beef producer, and grazing management and business coach, Jess Bidgood, cuts through the noise, sharing valuable insights from her decade-long grazing journey. The key: just start.

Navigating the world of carbon farming – with its crowds of service providers, aggregators, and complex methodologies – can be a murky undertaking. And it’s a handbrake on adoption. Stepping in to clear the path are agribusiness leader and evoke^AG. 2025 Platinum Partner, Elders, and producer-led natural capital advisory, Isidore Agri + Eco, who share a mission to empower producers to understand, engage in, and take control of their carbon farming future.

Applications are now open for AgriFutures Australia’s evoke^AG. 2025 Groundbreakers program. Formerly known as Future Young Leaders, the revamped mentorship program offers invaluable professional development to young movers and shakers who are committed to delivering impact for Australia’s rural industries and communities.

Here, former participant, Malkah Lara-Muckenschnabl, shares with aspiring young changemakers why Groundbreakers should be on your must-do list.

With applications for the 2025 evoke^AG. Startup Program opening in September, we’re checking back in with past participants to find out where they are now – and what better place to start than our inaugural 2019 cohort?
In this final article of our series, evoke^AG. contributor Casey Dunn sat down with Hargol FoodTech founder and CEO, Dror Tamir, to hear why the Israeli innovator thinks locust protein is the B2B ingredient food manufacturers have been waiting for.
And how inadvertently reviving a 2,000-year-old tradition has unlocked a loyal B2C market, too.