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.
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.
In a packed breakout session at evokeAG. 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 evokeAG. 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.
Australia has the third largest marine area in the world and the ‘blue economy’ already contributes more than $81 billion* to the nation’s bottom line. And like land-based agriculture, there’s increasing pressure for the sustainable use of ocean resources for economic growth and to produce food and energy, while conserving the ecosystem.
There’s a wealth of innovative technology at a farmer’s fingertips, and plenty more on the way. But how do farmers make sense of all the data available generated from this technology and choose the right tools to run their businesses? What is holding farmers back from taking up this new technology and what does industry or government need to do to assist?
Australian diners will soon have the option to tuck into a piece of meat grown from animal cells in a laboratory rather than a paddock. Synthetic biology, or SynBio, is also helping to engineer ingredients for plant-based proteins, design crops for fuel production, and the development of insecticides with the help of bespoke microbes.
Four interwoven challenges: climate, COVID-19, conflict, and cost have disrupted agrifood supply chains and led to skyrocketing costs for farm inputs, all set amongst fears for global food security and the transition to a decarbonised economy.
