Agtech - So What?

Jennifer Medway, Sheep farmer, Gunning NSW Manager for research and innovation with AgriFutures Australia. Jennifer Medway is a 5th generation farmer from Gunning in southern New South Wales running a sheep and wool farm with her Mum, Dad and Husband. In this podcast Jen shares her perspective as a farmer, who's also had career in agricultural policy and governance and now agtech. She explains how...

Viv McCollum and Margaret Ayre We're trying something new on the podcast today - a joint conversation with two admirable women in the Ag Tech space - Viv McCollum and Margaret Ayre. Vivienne McCollum is the founder of agricultural consultancy AGKServices (AgKnowledge) and has been heavily involved precision agriculture for about 18 years (before smartphones and in some instances the internet!). Sh...

Rob Sharkey describes himself as a farmer, podcaster and an outfitter. He's a grain farmer from Illinois in the Unites States and has morphed into somewhat of a social media celebrity in Agriculture circles for his commentary and questioning on rural issues. Rob has an inquisitive take on his commentary and tries to incorporate humour and a bit of cheek into his works on his blog, podcast's and oc...

  Will MacSmith is a farmer from Manildra in Central West New South Wales. Will and his business partner Hamish are trying to develop a system to realise profit margins for sheep through the collection of real time data of feed efficiency and conversion for individuals rather than the mob. They're doing this through trial and error in confinement and feedlotting on Will's family farm where he's be...

As a child Mark Mortimer didn't like computers. It's a different story now - Mark has evolved to become an early adopter of technology in the field of sheep genetics and stud breeding in Australia. Computers have changed his livelihood. Mark speaks with Sarah Nolet from his farm office at Albert near Tullamore in Central West New South Wales, Australia. It's a family farming partnership with his f...

  Carl Lippert is a American dairy farmer and AgTech developer. He's one of the only people I know who has qualifications in dairy science and computer science. Right now Carl is busy as the co-founder of new Ag Tech company FeedX which will become an app for US dairy farmers. It will be a one-stop shop where farmers can calculate, source and deliver feed from paddock to farm. The platform is a pa...

Chris McLoughlin, organic mushroom farmer, Mycelia Organics Chris McLoughlin's forae into farming is a great example of a new generation of investor backed agricultural innovation. Chris has always had a fascination with soil, dirt and technology and his organic mushroom operation, Mycelia Organics is a mixed of all these things. With a whole lot of self education on the internet, including some o...

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Dr Jaci Brown is a Senior Research Scientist at CSIRO, and an expert in weather and climate science.

Brooke Sauer is on a mission to close the gap between growers, agronomists, and technologies. Brooke is a digital agriculture manager at McGregor Goulay, an agricultural services company that offers cropping inputs, agronomic services and, increasingly, digital ag solutions. Although Brooke's background is in agricultural genetics, she is rapidly becoming an expert in precision agriculture, as she...

Episode 23 - Allison Kopf on redefining what it means to farm

Kevin Heikes was part of agtech before it was agtech. He's been involved in four different agtech startups, including his latest venture, In10t. In this episode, we dig into his perspectives on agtech from over 20 years in the space, including: Hard earned lessons from 4 agtech startups, and what it feels like to have a farmer customer call to say you've made their life better with your product Th...

Seana Day brings a diverse background in agriculture, finance, and technology to the agtech sector where she is a Partner at  BEtter Food Ventures. Seana also tracks nearly 1,500 agtech companies in her "Market Maps" through her role as Partner at The Mixing Bowl. Seana's background gives her a unique and valuable perspective on the evolution of the agtech sector, and what the future holds. In thi...