Build it, use it, profit. The catch cry from AgTech17 (https://chdc.com.au/agtech17/)- a forum showcasing the innovation at the intersection of agriculture, machinery and technology.
This podcast showcases a number of developers, industry leaders and farmers- who not only use the technology in the field, but are instrumental in its development. And explore the question of what a typical farm might look like in five years... with so many advances made in technology and approaches to farming.
One of the buzz words of the AgTech conference was block chain. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blockchain
Anthony Dunne is a beef producer from Roma and has been using it for some time... he's teamed up with an ex banker and they've created Beef Ledger... http://beefledger.io/
Bridie Ohlsson is the external relations manager for AgriDigital http://www.agridigital.io/ an agtech startup based out of Sydney. They create software solutions, supply chain finance, and traceability for your agribusiness.
And with all this technology- plus a lot more- floating around- what will a farm look like in five years?
Fleur spoke to producers and agronomists including Andrew Greste, Neek Morawitz and Joe Houlahan and Stephen Hegarty from Vanderfield.. http://vnet.net.au/index.php/vnet-rtk-gps-signal-network/14-sample-data-articles/132-meet-our-team