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28 April 2022
Jo Palmer,
Minister for Primary Industries and Water
Now in its eighth yr, the Ag Innovation Expo is a key networking occasion on the agricultural calendar, bringing collectively main producers, the agricultural manufacturing sector, agribusiness and authorities to share data and trade concepts about methods we are able to additional advance Tasmanian agriculture.
It is inspiring to see firsthand the long run of agriculture and the vital function precision agriculture performs in bettering the sustainability and profitability of Tasmania’s agricultural sector.
The occasion is backed by Tasmanian Government funding, and final month, our Government introduced an extra $80,000 over 4 years to help the continued supply of the Expo.
We proceed to help jobs and sustainable progress in agriculture, and we’re already nicely on monitor to attain our AgriVision goal of an annual farm gate worth of $10 billion by 2050.
Precision agriculture makes use of digital-based mostly applied sciences akin to satellite tv for pc, mapping, automation, sensors, knowledge assortment and processing to extend crop yields whereas lowering enter prices and sustaining environmental property.
New methods and merchandise are already getting used to enhance and preserve the soil well being of farming enterprises across the State, resulting in elevated fertility, improved nutrient ranges in soil and suppression of illness.
Jointly offered for the primary time by the Tasmanian Agricultural Productivity Group and the Tasmanian Farmers and Graziers Association, the Expo highlights the essential function of precision agriculture and superior know-how in serving to to extend crop yields whereas lowering enter prices, sustaining environmental property, and offering all-spherical enhancements in effectivity.
The Expo additionally demonstrates some of the brand new merchandise and practices which might be getting used to enhance and preserve the soil well being of farming enterprises across the state, resulting in elevated fertility, improved ranges of soil nutrient availability and suppression of illness.
By persevering with to undertake extra exact and progressive practices like these showcased at the Ag Innovation Expo, we will help minimise these impacts, meet growing demand and enhance all-spherical effectivity in our agricultural techniques and I congratulate TAPG and the TFGA for delivering this vital Tasmanian occasion.
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