#evokeAG. 2025

Leading Taiwanese agritech enterprise, Hann Gan International Co, will spend A$8.5 million to develop a vegetable and fruit farm with a warehouse and high-tech packing facility at Gatton in southeast Queensland, with the aim of providing counter-seasonal supply to Taiwan. Hann Gan executives were among 25 Taiwanese delegates to attend evoke^AG. 2025 in Brisbane, seeking to explore trade opportunities and collaborations with agritech companies. Here we learn more about the delegation, its takeaways from evoke^AG. 2025, and how Taiwan’s strategic investment in Queensland is paving the way for deeper agtech collaboration, innovation in smart farming, and enhanced bilateral trade opportunities.

Global framework Platform10 has issued a call for growers, researchers, investors, and biopesticide companies in Australia and New Zealand to collaborate in southern hemisphere trials of biologicals, to advance the search for new crop inputs to replace chemical pesticides.

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.

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 agritech, 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.

evoke^AG. 2025 didn’t shy away from the tough stuff. In a bold finale, industry leaders tackled the questions we’re not supposed to ask. In this four-part series, we unpack their raw, unfiltered answers – starting with a big one: Is it time to scrap the carbon market and start over?

In a packed breakout session at evoke^AG. 2025, three industry leaders joined 200 delegates to workshop how farming with nature could unlock agriculture’s next productivity leap. But we need to change some things first.

Behind every flashy product launch is a slow grind of trial, error, and the occasional flop. At evoke^AG. 2025, leaders from the pork, beef and fisheries industries stripped back the spin to share what it really takes to embed technology in agriculture.
Here, they share 7 essential truths about what makes agtech stick (or stall).

Limited budgets, inconsistent definitions and no regulation - BloombergNEF’s Hugh Bromley explains challenges of using regen ag to meet emission reduction targets.