Agricultural Technology

In an interview with Stateline WA, Agriculture Minister Murray Watt insists the federal government's $107 million transition package is "significant", but says discussions will continue with the state government to determine what is needed. 

A team of scientists on the front lines of climate change are helping nature heal itself. But as wars rage around them, it's making their efforts to feed an increasingly hungry globe that much harder. 

A new industry is selling its services in Australia — weather forecasting using artificial intelligence and offering precise, hour-by-hour forecasts for areas as small as a football field.  

Only about 3 per cent of spices found in your pantry are grown in Australia despite the nation's large agricultural industry, and a research team and a bunch of farmers want to change that.

Cattle on a property in the outback are mustered by drones while the pilot sits far away on the Gold Coast during a world-first demonstration for graziers.

As the shutdown of the 3G network approaches, millions of Australians are switching over their phones to make sure they are compatible with 4G. But farmers are facing a much bigger problem.

Technology helps keep things running smoothly on Prenti Downs and station manager Jack Carmody says it has a massive role to play in the industry.

A 25-year-old farmer with more than 200,000 subscribers to her YouTube channel says more than half of her audience is female as she films her days on a sheep and cropping property in south-west Victoria.

Momentum is growing in one of Australia's largest cattle-producing states to overturn a ban on virtual fencing technology. However, a peak animal welfare charity says using electric shocks to train animals raises significant ethical and animal welfare concerns.

A major upgrade to a southern New South Wales abattoir means the high-tech revamp will reduce the "labour skill component", but management says overall staff numbers will stay the same.

First Nations rangers and the CSIRO embark on a groundbreaking, space-based surveillance project to track and manage 1,000 wild bovine in remote northern Australia.

The Upton tractor transformed Australian agriculture and now holds a revered place in engineering history for its innovative design and pulling power. 

Sold and marketed as environmentally friendly, compostable food packaging has been exploding in popularity in Australia. But is it any better than the plastic it's replaced?

Queensland scientists say artificial intelligence can play a role in feeding the world by helping farmers produce more sustainable and profitable plants.

In Australia's Top End, Munro Hardy, a modern cattleman, combines traditional ranching with cutting-edge technology. Managing data, targeted nutrition, and carbon mitigation are key focuses for the success of his small cattle station.

A Queensland researcher has developed a camera-based system that can analyse the behaviour of chickens when they think there are no humans watching and determine how happy they are. 

An Australian farmer is working with NASA to adapt space tech for the cattle industry to detect early pregnancies in cows.

When the American military turned up at Ray Taylor's family farm in southern Queensland on a search for salad during WWII it launched a business that continues today.

With only 24 hours in a day, researchers have crunched the numbers and worked out what the average global human day looks like.

A plan to produce vegetable oil for biofuel could see a Queensland town recrowned the sunflower capital, after disease and market pressures wiped them from the landscape.

Want to know which sheep mob your woollen clothes came from? Thanks to these new electronic sheep ear tags, you might soon be able to.

Farmers say it's like having a shepherd guarding stock the whole time. Eartag satellite-tracking technology could save them millions of dollars and a lot of heartache.

When farmer Rob McCreath braves the autumn frosts, jumps on his motorbike and heads out to tend to his cows each morning, he can still hear the birds sing.

Staff at Struan Research Facility have been working from a makeshift laboratory at the historic Struan House after the adjoining research facility was destroyed in a series of fires in late 2022.

The agriculture industry explores new ways of placing solar panels on farms as renewable energy becomes more accessible and appealing.