With 50+ local, national and international exhibitors signed up for the upcoming Agvention event, attendees are sure to gain an inspiring insight into the future of farming.

Exhibits at Agvention will be atypical, with a range of domestic and international agribusiness disruptors handpicked and asked to attend to exhibit only their “game-changing” products and services.  The results have been overwhelming.

Exhibitors attending will display a diverse range of products and services focusing on a multitude of ag issues.

Tim Scott, event co-host said he sees Australia as the testing ground for Agventions.

“My vision is for Australian farms and subsequently our country as a whole, to move from being commodity producers and price takers to being smarter at value adding and commercialising production technologies.

“Ag Tech is one area we have an unfair advantage in that we have the greatest testing ground on earth; if products work here, they’ll work anywhere!

“We expect the Agvention crowd to be a curious lot; and an extensive group of support organisations will be on hand so this year’s attendees may be exhibitors for the next Agvention.

“From training organisations to financiers, local, state and federal; dozens of service organisations will be on hand to help bring your idea to fruition.

“At Agvention we aim to re-invigorate the Aussie entrepreneurial spirit, celebrate a love of food and regenerate the world- a small wish list for a big event in a small town!”

Emma Greenhatch General Manager of FAN, said the diverse and innovative event was reflective of the local agriculture industry in the greater Sunshine Coast region.

“The Greater Sunshine Coast is home to the highest density of small scale farms in Australia.

“The region is also richly diverse in terms of produce, due to its favourable climate, rich soil and fortunate amount of rain.

“Our industry is also hungry for knowledge and our producers also generally bring skills from other industries and strong ethical and sustainable food culture.”

No event about the future of food, organics and regenerative production would be complete without fantastic local food.  Join us after Agvention for sundowner drinks at Kandanga Farm Store and the Field to Fork Feast showcasing Gympie Gold Regional Produce (tickets essential).

Agvention is the brain-child of Tim and Amber Scott from Bos Rural and will be powered by the Food and Agribusiness Network.

The event is proudly supported by Gympie Regional Council, Advance QLD, Rural Weekly and the Department of Innovation, Industry and Science Business Entrepreneurs’ Program.

 

Exhibitor information

Ethical Local Food production

  • with Provenir mobile abattoirs (Victoria) a unique, mobile on-farm processing unit – never before available in Australia.

Elimination of poisons from food production systems

  • Innovative products like Sero-X a first-of-its-kind bio-insecticide
  • Weed Gunnel a permeable and degradable weed matt blocking fabric specifically developed for the Australian agricultural
  • A new certified organic herbicide (USDA) Spray BOS
  • Olsson’s breakthrough natural parasite block for cattle tick and worms
  • The BOS Bag for fly management
  • Replacing synthetic fertiliser with microbes and organic soil amendments with ActivFert and Zadco.

Regenerating land practices using technology and know-how

  • Vence Virtual Fencing (US) moving / monitoring land livestock without costly fencing
  • Real time identification of livestock and tracking behaviour to make management decisions with Moovement
  • Insights from Tarwyn Park who have pioneered internationally recognised landscape rehabilitation techniques.

Powering farm value adding

  • By developing virtual power grids and providing valuable income streams with Turn-on electrical
  • Changing how water is delivered with inbuilt inverter Star Pumps and Next Farm (NZ) irrigation controllers.

Increased farm efficiency utilising agtech

  • Cut hours checking water with Observant
  • While Drone That, Fly the Farm and Hawkeye Express have specialist ag drones for specialist applications
  • Hortus gets you ahead of the game with new management software will help farm managers in the reef catchment meet newly instated state nutrient runoff legislation.

The event will also include a series of panel sessions on topics facing the industry.

Panel sessions include 

  • Farming with Renewables with Justin Couper CEO of Zepher Energy
  • The Future of Food with participants from the Seeds of Change Accelerator Program
  • Farming with Integrity with Matt Golinski, Chris Balazs Provenir Co-Founder, Tim and Amber ScottKandanga Farm Store and Shane Joyce Kilivan Community Farm.

For more information visit www.agvention.com

Media Contact
Nicole McNaughton
Food and Agribusiness Network
nicole@foodagribusiness.org.au or 0433 603 575