Casey Dunn

When agricultural engineer Indiana Rhind asked why ag isn’t part of what we teach young Australians, she didn’t expect the question to lead to a national platform, a PhD, and a powerful new purpose. Through the evokeᴬᴳ⋅ Groundbreaker Program, Indiana found mentorship, career-shaping opportunities, and the confidence to step into a new future. Applications for the 2026 program are now open. And if you’ve got an idea, this is your moment!

Cape York isn’t just remote. It’s often overlooked. Trevor Meldrum has spent decades challenging that. Here, the environmental advocate shares how a weed tech trial sparked bigger conversations about jobs, knowledge-sharing, and opportunity in our Far North.

Picture this: a dimly lit conference room with a single beam of light illuminating a pedestal of earth – a stark contrast to the buzz of the Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre.

In agtech, where the problems are complex and the pressure is high, collaboration is critical. But does bureaucracy, politics, and duplication make true collaboration impossible?

evoke^AG. 2025 closed with a bang, as sector leaders tackled the questions no one’s dared to ask. In this four-part series, we unpack their honest, unscripted responses to some of the hardest.

At evokeAG 2025, no topic was off-limits. In the second instalment of our You can’t ask that series, we asked industry leaders to grapple with an uncomfortable question: Is rural sledging of city folk fuelling the city/ country divide?

Saddle up for their take on whether we’re the ones burning bridges – and how we can repair them.