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By Sue Knights September 8, 2026
Autonomous machinery promises efficiency and labour savings, but for many growers, the real question is - will it actually pay off on my farm?
By James Oxenham August 28, 2026
As machinery costs rise, James Oxenham explains how on-demand equipment hire can give Australian farmers greater flexibility, financial resilience, and access to new technology."
By Mark Winton August 3, 2026
Australian farmers are leading the charge to adopt new innovations in precision farming to optimise yields, maximise resources, and minimise costs. Democratised access to accurate positioning, sensor technologies, and other components is transforming approaches and strategies. Farmers can now adopt sophisticated technologies without having to master them and this is driving agricultural innovation.
By Shannon Beattie July 14, 2026
The Coggan family shares their experience about a practical path to smarter farming in Queensland’s Western Downs. 
By Cressida Cains July 6, 2026
The United Nations has declared 2026 the International Year of the Woman Farmer. It's a timely opportunity to celebrate women's contribution to agriculture and to ask what more we must do to unlock their potential.
By Trent Curtin July 1, 2026
Farmers are an important partner in managing the risk of fire across the landscape and a critical part of the firefighting effort, often providing a first response to fires. Many farmers are also volunteer firefighters.
By Julia Spicer OAM June 18, 2026
Australia is a known world leader in diversity and inclusion after decades of effort to achieve balance in how we run this country. Geographical representation for our regional-rural population, however, is one of the big final omissions.
By Professor Matthew Gilliham May 31, 2026
The lens of space habitation is driving innovation in Australian agricultural sustainability and new opportunities for bioproduction.
By Professor David Jordan May 7, 2026
Trait development is long term and expensive, the latter making it hard to fund from commercial sources, but it is critical for delivering the step changes required for future profitability
By Katie McRobert April 7, 2026
In a disrupted geopolitical trade system looking for trusted, consistent, values-aligned partners, Australian agriculture has a unique value proposition to offer.
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News & Articles

By Craig Burkill September 8, 2026
High-precision GNSS has typically been too costly and complex for all but the most critical agricultural operations, but recent RTK GNSS innovations have made centimetre accuracy scalable to all applications in Ag-Tech. 
September 8, 2026
Every Aussie farmer knows that the difference between a “good” crop and a “record-breaking” one often come down to the smallest details. At BioFlora, we’ve spent years perfecting the balance of plant nutrition, and the result is IsoGreen – our powerhouse liquid formula designed to push your yields and crop taste to their absolute peak. 
August 28, 2026
Plant, spray and harvest with confidence using reliable centimetre level positioning. Hexagon SmartNet provides fast, accurate RTK corrections across Australia to reduce overlaps, lower input costs and maximise productivity. With no base station required, simply connect, get a fix and get to work.
August 27, 2026
Built for the demand of Aussie farmers. Designed for every day performance.
By Adelaide University August 5, 2026
They’re wriggly black grubs more commonly tossed to backyard hens than served at the dinner table, but black soldier fly larvae could soon play a key role in building a more sustainable food system, according to new research from Adelaide University.
July 15, 2026
After four years of customer research and 500,000 test kilometres, Ford says the Ranger Super Duty brings farmer-driven customisation into the factory, with more towing, payload, and durability built in. 
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SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT

The latest deluxe print hard copy version of TAF, "ISSUE III 2026 EDITION", was released in February 2026 (10,000 copies).


Includes special farmer tribute and celebration thematics. 

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