Australian Agritech Association (AusAgritech), Australia’s peak body for agriculture technology has announced a strategic partnership with AgriFutures’ flagship international event, evokeAG. 2026. The collaboration will strengthen Australia’s position as a global leader in agritech innovation and provide new opportunities for scaleups, startups and investors across the sector.
After overcoming a life-threatening spinal tumour Sam Rogers was climbing in the Himalayas when he came up with the idea for an autonomous drone mustering system. The 18 year-old’s next challenge is taking his innovation to the global stage as an evokeAG. Groundbreaker.
A tool to measure multiple soil properties, ‘below ground Wi-Fi’ to transmit data from sensors, and an ‘e-nose’ to monitor biological activity. Dig deeper into the innovative tech from the Soil CRC.
Planting trees in biodegradable pots made from the waste of trees. Teenage entrepreneur Elisa Harley came up with this circular solution as an alternative to the 350 million plastic pots used in Aotearoa New Zealand each year. But she couldn’t have done without some industry connections and a kitchen blender.
With an agricultural background and driven to develop practical solutions, New Zealand based evokeAG. Groundbreaker, Jade Luxton has developed a simple but clever tool for sterilising livestock vaccination needle. It’s an innovation set to help farmers and improve animal welfare.
A thriving ecosystem of AgTech hubs featuring start-up advice for entrepreneurs, technology testbeds, and demonstration farms is ensuring South Australia builds a strong reputation as a global leader in AgTech. Off the back of evokeAG. 2023 Dr Ben Baghurst explains why South Australia is the “state of Innovation”.
Pairtree Intelligence co-founder Hamish Munro is fast running out of voice as he responds to an avalanche of interest from the global launch of agtech innovation, Pairtree Pipes, at the evokeAG. event in Adelaide last month.
Ten Australian growth stage agrifood tech companies have been selected by SVG Ventures|THRIVE to participate in their new Asia-Pacific (APAC) Accelerator program, based out of Melbourne, Victoria.
For a second consecutive day 1,600, innovators, investors, researchers, founders and producers flocked to the Adelaide Convention Centre for AgriFutures evokeAG. 2023 – the Asia Pacific’s premier agrifood tech event.
The atmosphere was electric as 1,600 delegates from 18 countries filled the Adelaide Convention Centre today, to connect and collaborate for the future of Australian farming businesses and our global food system.
