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Unearthed: The people changing Australian agriculture

AgriFutures On Air ·

2025/07/16

We have a new podcast! When big ideas and new opportunities run up against established practices of farming in Australia’s unique environment, there’s tough choices to be made. Join host Michael Thomson as he unearths the farmers, scientists and big characters changing Australian agriculture in this new series from AgriFutures Australia. If you followed AgriFutures On Air, make sure you search for “Unearthed: The people changing Australian agriculture” on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you

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31:11

evokeᴬᴳ⋅ 2025: Workforce and Skills Gap Episode 4

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2025/04/10

The Queensland Government has committed to an ambitious target to boost the State’s primary production output to 30 billion dollars by 2030. So how can they do it and who is going to be on the ground? Join Jayne Cuddihy in conversation with stakeholders, Grant Statton, Executive Director of AgriBusiness Connect, Kylie Porter, CEO of Greater Whitsunday Alliance and Garnet Radford, Economic Development Officer, Balonne Shire Council with big picture thinking and passionate workforces.&nbs...

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33:38

evokeᴬᴳ⋅ 2025: Workforce and Skills Gap Episode 5

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2025/04/10

Australia’s national science agency CSIRO is increasing farm productivity with new ways of thinking and technology and opening doors for innovators around the world. We’ll hear from Dr Rose Roche about some programs available. We also hear from New South Wales farmer and entrepreneur Nick Seymour about his innovation The Water Rat and breaking into the Indian market. They also give a very candid insight into the accelerator experience and how can entrepreneurs be better supported to sca...

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23:42

evokeᴬᴳ⋅ 2025: Workforce and Skills Gap Episode 3

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2025/04/10

Australia’s agritech industry is at a critical crossroads- so how can we seize the moment and shift investment and capital structures to keep innovations and profits on home soil? Join Dr Nancy Schellhorn, the co-founder and CEO of Rapid AIM bio digital crop detection and Mark Gustowski, a Co-Founder at Mandalay Venture Partners with our contributor Jayne Cuddihy. AgriFutures evokeᴬᴳ⋅ is Asia Pacific’s premier agrifood innovation event, with the 2025 event bringing together almos...

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30:44

evokeᴬᴳ⋅ 2025: Workforce and Skills Gap Episode 2

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2025/04/10

Beef and seafood are not only two of Australia’s favourite foods to serve for dinner- but they are also two of Australian agriculture’s biggest employers. So what are they doing to futureproof their vacancies? Julie Petty is the General Manager, Policy and Projects of Seafood Industry Australia and is joined by Stephen O’Brien, the CEO of Mort & Co, in conversation with our contributor Jayne Cuddihy. AgriFutures evokeᴬᴳ⋅ is Asia Pacific’s premier agrifood innovation event, wit...

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24:52

evokeᴬᴳ⋅ 2025: Workforce and Skills Gap Episode 1

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2025/04/10

How do we put women at the forefront of decision making, investment and marketing of the agrifood innovation ecosystem? Kylie and Julia explore the underlying reasons with our contributor Jayne Cuddihy and some of reasoning will surprise you. This is the first episode in our evokeᴬᴳ⋅ Workforce and Skills Gap mini-series and we’re asking the tough questions of rural entrepreneur Julia Spicer OAM and venture capitalist Kylie Frazer. AgriFutures evokeᴬᴳ⋅ is Asia Pacific’s premier a...

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26:38

SEEDED: Sesame

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2025/04/04

Sesame is one of the oldest cultivated plants in the world, but an industry that is emerging within the Australian agriculture landscape. The white and black sesame seeds you buy in the supermarket or those sprinkled on top of your hamburger buns and sushi rolls are almost certainly imported from developing countries in Asia and Africa. But with the global sesame market worth more than US $7 billion and demand continuing to escalate, an Australian sesame renaissance is beginning to gain momen...

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evokeᴬᴳ⋅ 2025: Innovation & Future Technology Episode 1

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2025/04/03

This episode in our evokeᴬᴳ⋅ mini series looking at the third key focus: Innovation and Future Technology and we’re heading to New Zealand! Not content with the status quo when it comes to power and technology on farm, cherry farmer Mike Casey has created the world’s first fully electric farm. Listen as he tells our contributor Jayne Cuddihy about his mission to electrify millions of fossil-fuel machines. The evokeᴬᴳ⋅ 2025 mini series is split into four key focus areas: Economics & ...

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evokeᴬᴳ⋅ 2025: Innovation & Future Technology Episode 2

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2025/04/03

Western Queensland’s Luke Chaplain has had many careers including rodeo rider, movie producer and grazier and you could argue that his ‘jack of all trades’ persona has made a perfect fit for his latest foray into technology and innovation. As the driving force behind SkyKelpie- Luke is now recognised as one of the leading experts in drone mustering and aerial stockmanship. But he still has a few surprises up his sleeve as you’ll hear in this conversation with our contributor Jayne Cuddi...

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27:25

evokeᴬᴳ⋅ 2025: Innovation & Future Technology Episode 3

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2025/04/03

There’s a big difference between a portobello mushroom and an enoki- just like the robots that pick them. In this episode we hear from Chris Lyn- the Chief Operating Officer for 4AG Robotics about the fascinating evolution of specialist robots and Professor Simon Pearson who led the UK government’s review of robotics and automation for the horticulture sector and works in one of the largest Ag-Tech specialist groups in the UK. This is the third episode of the third focus area in t...

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evokeᴬᴳ⋅ 2025: Innovation & Future Technology Episode 5

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2025/04/03

Tackling food waste is one of the World’s great challenges. UK based company LyteGro is taking it one banana at a time with the development of microbial growth enhancers using some of the 1.4 million tropical fruits that are thrown out every day. LyteGro CEO Dr Andrew Lee was at evokeᴬᴳ⋅ with his fellow countryman Adam Shay from RBT for not only the quintessential evokeᴬᴳ⋅ networking experience, but exploring market growth options in Australia as they told our contributor Jayne Cuddihy....

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26:57

evokeᴬᴳ⋅ 2025: Innovation & Future Technology Episode 4

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2025/04/03

As the Smart Farm landscape evolves, innovators like BioScout and BioPollen are at the forefront, focused on providing sustainable alternatives to traditional farming practices. This is helping Australian farmers adopt smarter, more resilient practices, contributing to the growth and transformation of Smart Farms across the country. In this episode our contributor Jayne Cuddihy talks to Charles Simons from BioScout and Fauna Tech’s Rajat Pandya. This is the fourth episode of the third f...

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27:51

evokeᴬᴳ⋅ 2025: Sustainability & Environment Episode 4

AgriFutures On Air ·

2025/03/27

Alisa Mihaila and Tom Norman are two exciting young thought leaders in the evokeᴬᴳ⋅ Groundbreakers program, proudly sponsored by Coles. They’ve recognised the potential of the unexpected and are making promising advances in addressing climate change. By reimagining how we use existing resources, both Tom and Alisa are breaking new ground in tackling climate change. They joined our contributor Jayne Cuddihy in conversation as part of our Environment and Sustainability mini-series. This i...

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evokeᴬᴳ⋅ 2025: Sustainability & Environment Episode 3

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2025/03/27

We hear a lot about regenerative farming practices on the land, but what about in the depths of the ocean? In this episode, we’ll hear from two passionate leaders in sustainable ocean farming who defied global barriers to work together. Bren Smith is the Co-Executive Director of GreenWave and Owner of Thimble Island Ocean Farm based in the US and Clare Bradley is the Co-Founder and CEO of New Zealand based AgriSea. They joined our contributor Jayne Cuddihy in conversation at the evokeᴬᴳ...

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evokeᴬᴳ⋅ 2025: Sustainability & Environment Episode 2

AgriFutures On Air ·

2025/03/27

Australia is leading the way in terms of valuing carbon in our landscape and in our ag systems. In this episode our contributor Jayne Cuddihy explores how measuring and valuing natural capital fits into the ‘farm of the future’ with Hugh Killen- the managing director of Impact Ag Australia and Dr Victoria Hatton, the Chief Executive at FoodHQ Innovation, New Zealand. This is the second episode of the second focus area in the evokeᴬᴳ⋅ 2025 mini series. The series is split into four key focus a...

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evokeᴬᴳ⋅ 2025: Sustainability & Environment Episode 1

AgriFutures On Air ·

2025/03/27

Is the meteoric rise of anti-obesity medications taking a bite out of the food industry and what does that mean for the future of farming? Our contributor Jayne Cuddihy sat down with Jack Bobo- the Executive Director of the UCLA Rothman Family Institute for Food Studies and an honorary professor at the University of Nottingham and Professor Michelle Colgrave- the Deputy Director (Impact) in CSIRO Agriculture and Food. This is the first episode of the second focus area in the evokeᴬᴳ⋅ 20...

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evokeᴬᴳ⋅ 2025: Sustainability & Environment Episode 6

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2025/03/27

Can agriculture save our climate? According to a critical debate at the evokeᴬᴳ⋅ 2025 event it most certainly can. In this final episode of Environment and Sustainability mini-series, our contributor Jayne Cuddihy joins Michelle Gortan from the Macdoch Foundation, a philanthropic foundation focused on agriculture and food systems, and organic beef producer Carly Baker-Burnham to discuss the nitty gritty on the role ag plays in the climate solution. This is the sixth episode of the second focu...

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evokeᴬᴳ⋅ 2025: Sustainability & Environment Episode 5

AgriFutures On Air ·

2025/03/27

Soil connection is a thing. Whether it be the critters doing magic underneath the surface, or humans interacting with modern science and technology to enhance our understanding- you won’t come across more passionate devotees. Case in point was when our contributor Jayne Cuddihy joined visual ecologist Aviva Reed and soil scientist Dr Susie Orgill in the studio at evokeᴬᴳ⋅ 2025. This is the fifth episode of the second focus area in the evokeᴬᴳ⋅ 2025 mini series. The series is split...

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33:50

evokeᴬᴳ⋅ 2025: Economics & Trade Episode 2

AgriFutures On Air ·

2025/03/21

Consumers and regulators globally are calling for more biologicals and less chemicals. In contrast, producers are calling for new crop inputs which meet their mounting pest and disease challenges. So how do they meet in the middle? Dr Adrian Percy and Peter Wren-Hilton have long pondered this quandary and many in between. Luckily for us, they made time to share with our contributor Jayne Cuddihy at the evokeᴬᴳ⋅ 2025 event some fascinating insights they’ve made along the way. This is the secon...

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27:36

evokeᴬᴳ⋅ 2025: Economics & Trade Episode 4

AgriFutures On Air ·

2025/03/21

How can agritech and innovation can empower First Nations land stewardship and foster long-term prosperity for communities? evokeᴬᴳ⋅ 2025 set the stage for many important conversations around moving away from tokenism for Australia's First Nations people and empowering communities to develop people and industry. Nini Mills and Trevor Meldrum, joined our contributor Jayne Cuddihy in a conversation around how technology can support traditional land practices while building sustaina...

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