Smart farms in Australia evolve from demo sites to startup hubs
Australia
Published Nov 2, 2021
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More than 50 AgTech companies are expected to be involved in PIRSA’s new AgTech Startup Hubs which were recently announced at the Advance Ag conference.
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The AgTech startup hubs will be located at two of the existing PIRSA AgTech Demonstration farms, located at Minnipa on Eyre Peninsula and Struan and Kybybolite in the South East. The State Government has opened expressions of interest for AgTech companies wanting support to develop and commercialise their ideas on the demonstration farms, assisted by a range of services to be delivered by the BDO Advisory’s AgTech division and Hydra Consulting. Associate Director for AgTech at BDO Michael Macolino, said 35 companies have already deployed their technology across the PIRSA demonstration farms since they were launched in June 2020, “we will be offering additional commercialisation support to these companies to help them meet the needs of regional producers”. “The first year of AgTech deployment on the five PIRSA Demonstration Farms predominantly saw mature, commercial ready AgTech solutions being deployed, tested and demonstrated”. “The State Government wants to utilise these ...
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