#australian farming

Agile, energetic, clever, and unflappable – the Australian Kelpie is beloved by graziers for its exceptional herding abilities. Now, a fourth-generation Queensland cattle producer has taken the wonder dog’s legendary mustering traits to new heights with SkyKelpie, a drone mustering company that’s levelling up traditional approaches to moving stock.

Nearly one in ten Australian workers switched jobs in the past 12 months – the highest rate in a decade. And nearly two-thirds swapped their industry over their occupation, according to Australian Bureau of Statistics data. Someone who’s made the switch is Olympic swimmer and gold medallist, Giaan Rooney. TV presenter, media identity – and now a macadamia farmer.
The self-confessed ‘outsider coming into the ag world’ shares how she’s put down roots on a macadamia farm in Northern New South Wales.

As excitement grows for evoke^AG. 2025 in Queensland, we’re shining a light on the Sunshine State’s agrifood innovation ecosystem, from founders to funders – and not forgetting the most critical link in the agrifood innovation chain: the adopters! The producers, processors, and supply chain partners who translate innovation into action.
Here, Ry Collins, of the Bowen Gumlu Growers Association, shares how agritech innovation can drive a more productive, profitable, and sustainable horticulture industry in North Queensland – and what growers up north hope to see from their state’s own evoke^AG. 2025.

Mark Allison is the Managing Director and CEO of Elders, with a career in agribusiness spanning 43-years. Here Mark observes the ‘Five P’s’ for successful innovation and why we need more than just passion to bring agriculture closer to its productivity and sustainability goals.

Rising fuel costs and the growing momentum towards net zero emissions are putting renewable energy sources on the radar for Australia’s diesel-dependant farmers.

In this episode we caught up with Mark Allison, the CEO of one of Australia’s largest agribusinesses, Elders. Mark spoke at evoke^AG. in Melbourne, back in 2020 – a time before Australia and the world were plunged into lockdown due to COVID-19. At the time, Australia had suffered one of its worst droughts on record and bushfires had ravaged large parts of the community.

Australia’s agrifood industry is being invited to help shape the program for evoke^AG.’s first online Global Demo Day, with a call to nominate everyday problems not already addressed by local tech providers.