Reliable farm data delivers real returns
How do some farmers continue to grow profits even as input costs rise and markets remain volatile? According to Matt Dart, Executive Director Agribusiness and CFO at DB Ag, the answer lies in focusing on what you can control — adopting a flexible mindset, using agtech to find and deliver efficiencies, and basing operational decisions […]
CQ cattle farmer celebrates agtech
Knowing farmers are far more likely to take advice from other farmers, Natalie Engel helps people understand the value of agricultural technologies (agtech) by sharing her own experiences. Alongside husband Chris Whiteman, she runs Sunlight Grazing, a 9,000 acre grassfed beef finishing operation located near Rolleston in the Central Queensland Highlands. Their agtech includes […]
Stuck in the middle of US v. China
This week I attended the Northern Australia Food Futures Conference in Darwin. Among the many fascinating speakers was Michael Every, Global Strategist at Rabobank. Every captivated the audience with his unique take on Donald Trump’s tariff strategy, suggesting the US will soon expect Australia to impose greater tariffs on China or risk losing the US […]
Pairtree helps brothers run the family farm
Brothers Martin and Roy Ilett breed cattle on what used to be their grandfather’s property, Warriwilla, near Childers in Queensland. They’ve recently returned to farming, and the family farm, after moving away and establishing careers in different areas. Roy is a mechanic and Martin studied Applied Sciences and Agriculture at Central Queensland Uni. While […]
Agtechs work together for beef producers
They’re some of the biggest names in Australian agtech – and they’re driving new frontiers in farm productivity, efficiency, and profit. AgriWebb, Farmbot, Cibo Labs, Pairtree and Optiweigh together help thousands of beef producers optimise the management of millions of animals and millions of hectares. And while their commercial impact is well known, what […]
Data-based decisions prove good for business
As General Manager of Gilmandyke Pastoral, Wade Peatman is in a prime position to experience how the AgTech revolution is changing the way the business of farming is done. He’s in charge of an operation with 18,000 acres across five properties in Central Western NSW, including the renowned Gilmandyke Angus Stud, plus 3,000 cows, […]
Agtech helping producers meet compliance
Making it easier for meat producers and others in the value chain to report on Livestock Production Assurance (LPA) compliance was the focus of a joint initiative between Meat and Livestock Association (MLA), Integrity Systems Company (ISC) and Pairtree Intelligence. The project delivered a prototype that centralised data from different sources and pre-filled the […]
Big Cattle, Big Data Headaches
Imagine creating property performance reports for well over 20 large cattle stations across Australia, using multiple different data collection and reporting systems, including a range of seemingly incompatible agtech devices and services. Staff manually downloading various spreadsheets each month, then literally cutting and pasting relevant columns or rows into different types of programs and […]