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Agtech - So What?
by Sarah Nolet · English
We tell the stories of innovators at the intersection of agriculture and technology to answer the question: what really is agtech and why should you care?
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Why agriculture needs to think at landscape scale, with Ebony Greaves-Zwinggi
Landscape Enterprise Networks (LENS) as a landscape-scale, supply-chain “insetting” model to fund on-farm sustainability and resilience, shifting risk/cost away from farmers and turning environmental…
11 Nov 2026 · 43m · 17 chaptersWho benefits from the renewable energy transition? With Tracy Lefroy
Who benefits from Australia’s renewable energy transition in regional farming areas, and how landowners can capture long-term value (not just short-term payments) through collective negotiation,…
1 Nov 2026 · 41m · 18 chaptersThe missing link in agtech adoption, with Pip Job
The “missing link” in agtech adoption: why research and extension often fail to produce sustained practice change, and how to redesign extension around motivations, capabilities, behaviors, social…
14 Oct 2026 · 46m · 28 chaptersCan you build a farm for an uncertain future? With Simon Wallwork
Western Australian farmer Simon Walbrook explains how a 2010 climate shock (record dry season plus falling commodity prices and rising inputs) drove him to redesign his farm for resilience, then…
30 Sep 2026 · 42m · 14 chaptersBusiness model breakdowns: ag equipment dealer Titan Machinery, with Shane Thomas
Business model breakdown of agricultural equipment dealers, using Titan Machinery as the case study; how dealers make money (equipment vs parts/service/rental), how OEM financing and…
16 Sep 2026 · 41m · 19 chaptersAre we thinking about trees on farms all wrong? with Michael Taylor
Agroforestry on a New England tablelands farm in NSW, arguing that farmers don’t have to choose between trees and production; trees can optimize pasture via light/wind/moisture effects and later…
2 Sep 2026 · 43m · 19 chaptersWhat if every plant was a sensor? with Gary Schaefer
Inner Plant’s “Crop Voice” turns engineered soybean plants into real-time disease sensors by emitting fluorescent signals when infected, aiming to help farmers detect fungal stress before visible…
19 Aug 2026 · 34m · 14 chaptersCan tech make agriculture brands more authentic? with Jim Gall, RB Sellars
Whether tech and brand storytelling can make an agriculture-focused apparel brand more authentic, and how RB Sellars (Arby Sellers) uses data, AI, traceability, and regional community investment to…
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