Autonomous machinery promises efficiency and labour savings, but for many growers, the real question is - will it actually pay off on my farm?

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."

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.

The Coggan family shares their experience about a practical path to smarter farming in Queensland’s Western Downs. 

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.

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.

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.

The lens of space habitation is driving innovation in Australian agricultural sustainability and new opportunities for bioproduction.

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