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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.

Things couldn’t get much warmer in the Southern Hemisphere and that can only mean one thing – AgriFutures evoke^AG. 2024 is firing up for the fourth year. Are you heading west in less than two weeks? We’ve put together a list of must-dos to help you squeeze every drop out of evoke^AG. 2024.

This week we bring you an episode with Dan Winson, Co-Founder and CEO of dynamic agritech company Zetifi. Dan and Zetifi have been part of the evokeAG story since the beginning, and have made the most of the opportunities and connections established through the evoke^AG. community.

Enabling farmers with greater connectivity and driving productivity on-farm are key priorities for wireless networking company Zetifi, that’s just scored a $12 million Series A investment round to scale up production and support widespread adoption.

Jack Carmody is the manager of Prenti Downs, one of Western Australia’s largest and most remote cattle stations. Jack has created a system, supported by the nbn® network, that delivers high-speed Internet to the homestead — and allows him to monitor livestock in the most isolated pockets of his one-million-acre holding.

Nick Seymour, Founder and General Manager of IoT solutions company Farmo recently participated in the evoke^AG. Startup Network program. We caught up with Nick, and sheep and cattle producer James Young from Cavendish on the benefits of using new technologies to solve age-old problems on-farm.

Powering fast and reliable long-range connectivity is the end goal for Zetifi, that’s seen the Australian company gain world-wide recognition and successfully launch in the US market.

Tractors and trucks will become roving WiFi devices with a range of up to 5 kilometres, as part of a new Food Agility CRC research collaboration to provide farm-wide internet coverage.

This week we take a close look at a fruitful partnership between farmer and agritech founder. Our regular evoke^AG. contributor Judy Kennedy speaks with Dan Winson, Founder and CEO of Zetifi a wireless networking startup and Andrew Dumaresq, a broadacre cropping farmer, both based at Wagga Wagga, NSW. It’s a partnership that's evolved and provided a win-win situation for both Dan and Andrew.

GRAVITY Challenge 03 explores space tech applications, uniting innovators to drive progress in agriculture and beyond.