#Queensland

Queensland is buzzing with agricultural innovation. Whether you're into robotics, sustainable farming, or the latest agtech, these five innovation hubs are where the future of farming is happening. Here's your guide to some of Queensland’s top ag innovation centres. Add one (or all!) to the itinerary while you’re in the Sunshine State for AgriFutures evoke^AG. on 18-19 February 2025.

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.

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.

It’s time to plan your trip to the Sunshine State, because tickets to agrifood tech and innovation event AgriFutures evoke^AG. 2025 are officially on sale.
Gathering at Beef2024 in Rockhampton this week, AgriFutures Australia and partners Elders, the Queensland Government, and Brisbane Economic Development Agency have officially launched early bird tickets for AgriFutures evoke^AG. 2025.

This week we bring you our evoke^AG. 2024 series with Julia Spicer and Salvo Vitelli joining our contributor Jayne Cuddihy in conversation to explore why Queensland ticks all the boxes for evoke^AG. 2025.

Recipe: take a generous serving of a thriving and open local ecosystem. Add a hefty dash of a community hungry for innovation and solutions. Mix with passionate, open-minded people. What have you got? Queensland – the ideal place to host AgriFutures evoke^AG. 2025 – and the perfect platform for Queensland organisations and innovators to now consider how they would like to be involved.  

AgriFutures evoke^AG. 2025 is heading to Queensland! Dynamic, diverse, and decentralised, Queensland’s agricultural sector is shifting gears – accelerating its transition from a powerhouse commodity producer to a powerhouse agrifood tech innovator. Here, Salvo Vitelli from Host State Partner, the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries Queensland; Queensland’s Chief Entrepreneur Julia Spicer OAM and Philippe Ceulen from Brisbane-based agrifood tech VC, Mandalay Venture Partners, discuss why there’s no better place than Queensland to host evoke^AG. 2025. 

As Queensland ramps up its ambition to become a “world-leading agtech destination”, a growing number of innovative local players are bursting onto the national scene. Here’s four that stole the spotlight in Startup Alley at evoke^AG. 2023.