World’s-best pest ID emerges from Australian AI

WA scientists have trained AI to identify insect pests faster than anything else in the techno-sphere, creating a world-beating insect detector…Read More

Susan Webster, May 24, 2023

Grain AI: Cropify, Indyn, FOSS forge varying paths

In this last of our four-story series, Grain Central looks at Cropify, Indyn and FOSS and where they are up to in terms of grain assessment…Read More

Liz Wells, May 15, 2023

Grain AI: GoMicro shapes up as farmers’ friend

GoMicro is being road-tested on farm and beyond for its ability to assess lentils, and variants for wheat and other commodities are in the pipeline…Read More

Liz Wells, May 2, 2023

Grain AI: ZoomAgri brings insights to barley ID

In the second story in our series, we look at ZoomAgri and how it is bringing AI to seed company InterGrain, and to maltsters including Coopers and Malteurop…Read More

Liz Wells, April 26, 2023

Grain AI: Cautious adoption under way

In this first in a series, Grain Central looks at AI as Australian and offshore companies ramp up development of systems to classify grain, and links within the supply chain…Read More

Liz Wells, April 24, 2023

SWAT lands in Australia to add depth to soil intel

Australian growers and agronomists can gain new insights into soil constraints through SWAT mapping as developed by Canadian agtech company Croptimistic Technology…Read More

Liz Wells, April 6, 2023

SwarmFarm raises $12M in offshore, local capital

A $12M capital injection will fund growth and development of SwarmBot technology and a SwarmConnect integrated autonomy system for CQ company SwarmFarm…Read More

beefcentral, February 15, 2023



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Live export and buffel grass on the ag agenda for Federal Election

Industry groups have started to put their key issues on the agenda for the upcoming Federal election, with Australians set to head to the polls on May 3...Read More

Rain not over yet as floods start to flow through the channel country

Most of Queensland and parts of New South Wales, the Northern Territory and South Australia have now received rain in one of the most widespread weather systems in recent memory...Read More

$47.5m investment beefs up Queensland’s regional roads

THE Federal Government has released $38 million in Commonwealth funding, paving the way for $47.5 million in early works towards improving the standard of regional roads vital to Central Queensland’s…..Read More

Recruitment: Earning others’ trust in the workplace

There is no better starting point to nurturing one’s career in the red meat & livestock industry than establishing a foundation of mutual trust within the workplace – regardless of..Read More

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No 16: Mort & Co Transport

One of Australia’s largest lotfeeders, Queensland’s Mort & Co turns over more than 220,000 head of cattle annually, providing an enormous stock transport requirement. The company's current fleet of 25..Read More

No 17: Tanami Transport

By nature of its geographic location, Central Australia’s Tanami Transport has one of the largest footprints of any company on Beef Central’s Top 25 Livestock Transporters list. The company started..Read More

No 18: JBS Carriers

The nation’s largest beef processor and lotfeeder, JBS Australia operates a large integrated livestock and freight haulage business designed mostly for internal use. Livestock transport alone, accounts for 18 prime..Read More

No. 19: Morris Livestock Transport

What began with a single tray truck in 2011 has transformed into one of Australia's 25 largest livestock transport companies, with a fleet of distinctive purple-bodied trucks that have become..Read More

Grain Central

CSBP to mothball Kwinana superphosphate plant

Declining demand for superphosphate as WA's sheep numbers fall has contributed to CSBP Fertilisers' decision to mothball its production plant within its Kwinana facility...Read More

Budget shows GRDC resources to surpass $1B

GRDC’s total financial resources will surpass $1 billion for the first time in 2025-26, according to figures in Federal Budget documents released last night...Read More

Aus ag underwhelmed by Federal Budget

The Federal Budget delivered last night has done little to enthuse national and state-based ag organisations. ..Read More

SA Opposition, farmers ramp up call for drought aid

Ongoing drought has SA in the midst of a worsening fodder shortage which prompted a visit to the state's parliament last week by a group of primary producers...Read More

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