Farms of the Future

Farms of the Future is committed to helping farmers embrace technology for increased productivity, market competitiveness, and better resource management. We focus on enhancing digital skills in farming, promoting the use of IoT devices to boost productivity and sustainability, and engaging with the Agtech industry. Our initiative facilitates collaboration across government programs, industries, and communities for a comprehensive approach to increasing the adoption of Agtech. The state-wide program is available to June 2028.

The Farms of the Future program encompasses six main components:

Agtech Education Program
The Agtech Toolbox website, dedicated to showcasing Agtech products, training opportunities, case studies, and events.
Agtech Demonstration Hubs.
Providing support to farmers with DPI Development Officers.
Agtech Alley Events.
Using Agtech to address emerging climate challenges.

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Program

1. Agtech Education Program

The training courses equip farmers with the knowledge and skills to identify, implement and utilise cost effective Agtech, plus provide an opportunity for farmers to analyse their business needs and farm landscape to develop a Monitoring Plan.

Agtech Training Courses

2. Agtech Toolbox Website

The Agtech Toolbox serves as a platform for Ag IoT devices (Agtech) and on-farm connectivity solutions. Through this online resource, farmers can explore a variety of Agtech products, suppliers, case studies, education opportunities, informative articles, job openings, and upcoming Agtech events.

Agtech Toolbox Website

Program Partners (suppliers)

How were the Program Partners selected

Supplier Expression of Interest

3. Agtech Demonstration Hubs

Agtech Demonstration Hubs are strategically situated at multiple NSW DPI research stations and in partnership with various farms and universities. These hubs serve as live showcases of Agtech in action. Farmers are welcome to visit and witness firsthand how devices function in real farm settings, observe the data collected by these devices, understand how farms utilise this data, and explore the productivity and resource management enhancements facilitated by new Agtech solutions. Our team of Development Officers is available to provide personalised tours of the Agtech Demonstration Hubs for farmers who have completed the Agtech Fundamentals training course.

4. Farms of the Future Development Officers

Our team of Development Officers collaborates with farmers to pinpoint challenges on their farms and explore how Agtech and enhanced connectivity can provide solutions. These Officers also organise visits to the Agtech Demonstration Hubs, participate as speakers at industry workshops, and deliver the “Agtech Fundamentals” and “Agtech in Action” training programs.

5. Agtech Alley Events

Agtech Alley provides a designated space for suppliers at major field days, to exhibit their innovative products and services, facilitating exposure and networking opportunities with a targeted audience of potential customers, investors, partners, and stakeholders. Moreover, these events serve as hubs for knowledge sharing, fostering discussions on the latest trends, advancements, and challenges within the Agtech sector, while also creating a conducive environment for business collaborations, partnerships, and sales. LEARN MORE

6. Using Agtech to address emerging climate challenges.

Agtech Alley Events

Agtech Alley provides a designated space for suppliers to exhibit their innovative products and services, facilitating exposure and networking opportunities with a targeted audience of potential customers, investors, partners, and stakeholders. Moreover, these events serve as hubs for knowledge sharing, fostering discussions on the latest trends, advancements, and challenges within the Agtech sector, while also creating a conducive environment for business collaborations, partnerships, and sales.

Suppliers can register NOW.

17 - 19 September 2024

Henty Agtech Alley

20 - 22 October 2024

Australian National Field Days - Agtech Alley

What is Agtech?

Agtech is the collective term for the tools and technologies – sensors, farm management software, imagery, and smart farm equipment – that enable best practice agriculture. It also describes the connected systems that collect, collate, store and analyse large quantities of spatial and non-spatial data to support and action decisions. In the case of the Farms of the Future program, it is focused on connectivity and IoT based Agtech, which can support, and integrate, into a farm wide technology approach.

What is Internet of Things?

The Internet of Things (IoT) refers to the collective network of connected devices and the technology that facilitates communication between devices, the cloud, as well as the devices themselves. The Internet of Things integrates everyday ‘things’ with the internet.

Examples of farm IoT devices include:

Fuel level monitors
Water level sensors
Security cameras
Water flow sensors
Pump and valve controls and monitors
Livestock tags and in paddock weigh stations
Location devices on farm machinery
Gate movement sensors

How to list products on the Agtech Toolbox website?

The products featured in the Agtech Toolbox are exclusively from Program Partners approved during the Farms of the Future grant program, which concluded in August 2023. If you're a supplier of agricultural IoT devices and wish to be included in the Agtech Toolbox, kindly register your interest using the form below. We'll notify you when the 2024 Expression of Interest is announced.

How to list a job on the Agtech Toolbox website?

Email fotf @dpi.nsw.gov.au

How to register to exhibit in an Agtech Alley?

Complete the registration form at Agtech Events — NSW Department of Primary Industries

Contact

FOTF@dpi.nsw.gov.au

Want to know more?

Fill in the form below to register your interest in receiving further information and program updates.

Your contact information will only be used to provide you with updates on the Farms of the Future program. Please read the privacy collection notice for more information about how we handle your information.

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Agricultural Industries

What other Industry?

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Funding

This program is part of the Snowy Hydro Legacy Fund.

Contact: fotf@dpi.nsw.gov.au