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  • Why grain quality laboratory accreditation matters
    Industry Insights, 29 Aug 2023
    Why grain quality laboratory accreditation matters

    The Australian Export Grains Innovation Centre Sydney has long supported the Australian grains industry with highly regarded analytical services that help underpin consumer confidence in grain food products. Playing a hidden but vital role is the National Association of Testing Authorities – the authority that gives AEGIC Sydney its official laboratory accreditation.

  • Computer vision verifies grain identity
    Industry Insights, 08 Aug 2023
    Computer vision verifies grain identity

    Starting with the barley grain supply chain for the malt industry, computer vision technology is bringing improvement in variety identification to Australia. Accurate, reliable and efficient grain quality assessment is the mandate for ZoomAgri, a company supported by the GRDC’s GrainInnovate program.

  • Disease surveillance automated
    Industry Insights, 07 Aug 2023
    Disease surveillance automated

    GrainInnovate investments are bringing new tools and capabilities to the Australian grains industry. BioScout is a startup example from the investment program. It is an automated disease sensor which can provide real-time fungal disease risk profiles for improved disease management.

  • Improved frost and heat tools from big data
    Industry Insights, 01 Aug 2023
    Improved frost and heat tools from big data

    The power of coupling on-farm data with remote sensing and spatial modelling is is being applied through a bold new GRDC project to better support growers in managing frost and heat constraints. The Frost and Heat Management Analytics project brings together many collaborators across Australia including three startup companies supported by GrainInnovate.

  • Microbes building soils and new business
    Industry Insights, 31 Jul 2023
    Microbes building soils and new business

    By harnessing the power of microbes an innovative startup is partnering with growers to tackle climate change. Loam Bio has developed a novel business model to connect their technology to growers, supported through investment from GrainInnovate.

  • Turning variable-rate data into paddock-scale research
    Industry Insights, 27 Jul 2023
    Turning variable-rate data into paddock-scale research

    Learn how Bayer Crop Science is using the services of GrainInnovate startup Laconik to conduct improved on-farm experimentation by placing trials across paddocks in ‘swarms’ to capture spatial variability. The results generate higher degree of grower confidence in the field performance of a product and its return on investment

  • Tech to improve productivity and safety in the bush
    Industry Insights, 25 Jul 2023
    Tech to improve productivity and safety in the bush

    Poor connectivity in rural and remote areas is a big problem for farmers wanting to adopt agtech and other digital technologies. Wagga Wagga-based company Zetifi has developed new technology that solves this by using long-range wi-fi to fill in the gaps.

  • Grower insights bolster variable rate technology workshops
    Industry Insights, 24 Jul 2023
    Grower insights bolster variable rate technology workshops

    Commencing in February 2023 in Tatyoon, Victoria and concluding in Green Range, Western Australia last month, the workshops were made possible through investment from the Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC).

  • Digitised soil data to lift paddock productivity
    Industry Insights, 24 Jul 2023
    Digitised soil data to lift paddock productivity

    Technology from a non-traditional dimension is being deployed to aid growers to better assess soil quality. FarmLab, a startup supported by GRDC’s GrainInnovate program, is using software developed in the aviation industry as part of a business providing visual decision-support tools.

  • Customised dashboards combine agtech tools
    Industry Insights, 20 Jul 2023
    Customised dashboards combine agtech tools

    Dashboards effectively visualise complex operations, providing valuable insights. Pairtree Intelligence, a startup supported by GrainInnovate is now using them to provide a service to aggregate data and overcome incompatibilities with agtech tools.

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