AgriFutures Australia is one of 15 Research and Development Corporations (RDCs) that service the Research, Development and Extension (RD&E) needs of Australian rural industries. We represent the research needs for 13 thriving rural industries (chicken meat, rice, honey bee and pollination, ginger, tea tree oil, pasture seeds, export fodder, thoroughbred horses, kangaroo, buffalo, deer, goat fibre and ratite), delivering research and innovation that aims to give our farmers and producers real returns, as well as prepare them to thrive into the future.
With a head office in Wagga Wagga, NSW, we have a unique role among the RDCs as well as representing our 13 levied industries, we are also responsible for:
Investing in research, development and extension which aims to drive the growth and development of emerging, high-potential agricultural rural industries such as sesame, industrial hemp and seaweed.
Developing and delivering programs that respond to the specific workforce and leadership needs of those working in the Australian agricultural sector.
Delivering programs that future-proof Australian rural industries by identifying and responding to national challenges and opportunities which impact the Australian agricultural sector.
Engaging with the global agrifood innovation system to ensure Australia is a leader in accessing, adopting, developing and exporting agrifood technologies and innovation.
To find out more, visit agrifutures.com.au.
BioAg manufactures biological soil and plant nutrition products, to help farmers improve their soils, crops, pastures and animal health.
BioAg is the Australian market leader in agricultural microbial fermentation technology. We manufacture biologically-active solid and liquid nutrients for all farm systems.
BioAg fertlisers produce living, healthy and balanced soils and deliver demonstrable improvements in crop yields and fruit, grain and pasture quality. Our products are suitable for conventional, biological or organic systems.
BioAg's liquid nutritional products comprise dormant cultures of microbes and their metabolites in nutrient solutions by fermentation at our Narrandera (NSW) factory, and biologically digested reactive phosphate rock products at our Geelong (VIC) site. We market these products throughout Australia and New Zealand, and are progressively developing markets throughout the world.