Innovation Ag Hosted by Kirsten Diprose

How do we better get new research to farmers, to start-ups for commercialisation, or to Ag industry bodies to build on, distribute and use? Should we be incorporating a diversity of skills and building teams from the beginning of research? How can universities and industry better share knowledge and skills? How do we focus on the trial and error of innovation in science or tech, without IP getting in the way?Hosted by: Kirsten Diprose, Innovation Ag podcast host and Vic H...

So, you’ve implemented change, well done! How do you know it was all worth it? This episode is the final from our current series on 'how to innovate' - and it's time to take stock. But really, that all comes down how you measure your success.In the first episode, "What is innovation?", we looked at three key motivators: 1) for growth and profit 2) for climate resilience or consumer future-proofing 3) for community building. And it turns out these key motivators are al...

Can you heat a hospital with wheat stubble? Or use chipped almond trees to improve your soil? These are some examples of circular economic trials that are underway in Australia at the moment. Arguably, never before has there been such an incentive to develop circular economies, with the costs of fertiliser, fuel and electricity all rising significantly over the past few years. But one of the big challenges in agriculture, is that we operate in linear economies, rather th...

Wayne Schild's journey from paramedic to commercial farmer has taken guts, vision and plenty of curiosity. In this bonus episode, we're playing the extended interview with Wayne, who we spoke to in Episode 6 - 'Staying Operational While Innovating'. Wayne grows garlic in Victoria's Western districts where farmers mainly produce sheep and wool.It's been a huge journey for his business called Grange Garlic, from the lows of suffering major crop losses, to the highs of finding a...

Rainfall levels for many parts of Australia haven’t recovered since the devastating millennium drought. Many rural communities are having to face a reality of landscapes and climate that have already changed, and are likely to continue to do so. So, what makes an effective climate adaptation initiative? Following on from the previous episode about creating innovation systems on a national or regional scale, this episode looks at how innovation systems can function on a much smaller...

What kind of “innovation systems” do we currently have for Australian agriculture? Well, according to a recent report commissioned by the Federal Government, it could be a lot better. The report found that while Australia’s agriculture research is internationally renowned and individual farmers are good at adopting new practices, knowledge is often siloed. Essentially, agricultural innovation in Australia was not designed to operate as a cohesive system, rather it’s made up ...