A career in agricultural machinery sales and an after-work hobby led to Will Mitchell founding a burgeoning labour hire startup. WorksForYou matches university students and young athletes with casual, unskilled roles and recently played a major role in helping farms in New South Wales and ACT finish one of Australia’s biggest harvests in history.
Nick Seymour, Founder and General Manager of IoT solutions company Farmo recently participated in the evokeAG. 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.
An Australian agritech startup is giving farmers a bird’s eye view of their farm, with a digital model so precise that it can optimise on-farm decision-making – and unlock additional value by enhancing business and natural capital transactions. With Microsoft and CSIRO on board, the sky’s the limit for Agronomeye.
Fine-tuning the user experience and delivering small data is Farmo’s top priority, that's empowering farmers to solve real problems using remote IoT technologies. Now the IoT solutions company is seeking investors to spearhead its ongoing success.
Lucy Anderton, Founder of myFARMSMART recently participated in the evokeAG. Startup Network program. We caught up with Lucy, and producer Jeremy Walker on the benefits of using this technology to make more informed decisions on-farm.
Growers will be at the forefront of innovation with the launch of the South-West WA Drought Resilience Adoption and Innovation Hub, designed to help manage climate variability and increase productivity on-farm through innovative technologies and grassroots collaboration.
Matt Newell, a perennial cereals research officer with NSW Department of Primary Industries (NSW DPI) sees a very big future for perennial wheats in Australia.
