New agtech products launch at AgQuip
06/08/2022
AgQuip – Australia’s premier agricultural field days – is always at the forefront of providing a showcase for new agtech products and 2022 will be no exception.
Innovation in the rural sector is a key highlight of the three-day event as participating companies take the opportunity to launch new agtech products and services.
The adoption of emerging technologies in Australian agriculture is expanding at a significant rate and AgQuip gives consumers a chance to research and understand what’s available in the local marketplace.
AgQuip has introduced the Agri-Tech Expo on K-L/23-24 which provides access to new technologies to unlock productivity improvements and new value chains, improve animal welfare and soil health for a positive impact on the lives of farmers and agribusinesses participating along the supply chain.
Just a few of the many exhibitors showcasing new technology products at AgQuip 2022 include:
● AgriProve – Australia's leading soil carbon project developer that partners with
farmers to help them get paid carbon credits for the carbon they sequester into their soils
● AgTech Finder – helps Australian farmers and producers make confident technology decisions. It's a marketplace for the latest Ag Tech solutions – and it’s free to use
● Balaji Springs PVT – launching its new innovative rake wheel and agricultural machinery springs
● CR Kennedy & Company – you’ll see the newest DJI Spraying drone, first time in Australia
● Digital Colour Australia - demonstrating the latest Industrial-Grade 3D printers from Markforged and 3D Systems. Samples will be displayed and printed live to showcase the wide range of technologies, applications and materials available
● Drones for Hire – displaying and offering for hire the latest drones and applications
for the professional of the land
● Durst Industries – the new Durst Hypastart series of jump starters are simply the safest, lightest and most powerful industrial jump starters for all petrol and diesel engines up to 50 L in displacement and exceeding class 9+ vehicle classifications
● Electric Off Road Bikes – showcasing a range of all-electric bikes from around the world for transport, mustering, property inspection and adventure
● Farmdeck - Don’t let your farm get on top of you. Take control, with Farmdeck’s range of end-to-end IoT farm management solutions. From livestock tracking to water and rainfall monitoring
● Farmo's Water Rat (patent pending) - the world's easiest to set-up tank and trough water sensor on the market. It comes with a Telstra NB-IoT sim card inside so you can just throw it in a trough, or tether it to a tank and get low water level alerts on your phone or PC
● Hardi Australia – demonstrating the GeoSelect by Hardi for weed mapping using drones, satellites or aeroplane data. “Knowing where the weeds are prior to spraying enables you to only spray where needed, saving you chemicals, time, and money.”
● Nevmat Australia – displaying the stand alone mobile power system
● Mitsubishi Motors – preview the all-new Mitsubishi Outlander Plug-in hybrid EV and innovative Dendo House. It features Bi-directional charging technology, allowing you to provide power from the vehicle to your home
● Modern Fish Screens – launches the Modern fish-protection screen available for water pumps and channels. Self-cleaning, retractable designs to protect up to 90% of native fish and eliminate virtually all debris, without impacting pump efficiency
● mOOvement – launching the bluetooth ear tags for livestock, smart rain gauge and silo monitor
The AgQuip field days have become renowned as the ‘one stop shop’ for farmers and over the past 50 years has become the ‘meeting place of rural Australia’ to showcase and launch new products into the market.
AgQuip 2022, sponsored by Aon, runs Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, 16 to 18 August, 8 kilometres west of Gunnedah on Black Jack Road – and it’s free parking and ticket admission from $5 online, go to www.agquip.com.au