What is the Future of the Family Farm

Stephen Morgan – Managing Director, SG Morgan & Company

Most Important Issues Facing Australian Agriculture & What to do About Them

Scott Hansen - ex Director General of Agriculture NSW

Current Government View of Agriculture in NSW

The Hon Tara Moriarty MLC – Minister for Agriculture, Regional NSW & Western NSW

How does Elders View the Future of Australian Agriculture - What are the Priorities?

Mark Allison – Chief Executive Officer Elders

“How is Climate Change Affecting Agriculture

Professor Richard Eckard - Professor of Sustainable Agriculture, University of Melbourne & Director of the Primary Industries Climate Challenges Centre

“Role of the Mulloon Institute in Regenerative Agriculture”

Matt Edgerton-Warburton - Chair of the Mulloon Institute Law Committee

“Rethinking Veterinary Education: Securing Australasia’s Future in Biosecurity, Food Production, One Health and Animal Welfare”

Dr Helen Scott-Orr AM PSM – Ex Inspector-General of Biosecurity, Ex Chief Veterinary Officer of New South Wales, AgriMinds Member

“Food Waste and What Needs to Happen in the Future”

John Webster – Independent Chairman of Food Waste Limited, AgriMinds Member

“Changing Horizons of the Australian Fish Industry

Grahame Turk AM - Ex CEO/Managing Director and Chairman of Sydney Fish Market

“Distributing the Products of the Australian Cotton Industry”

Adam Kay – Chief Executive Officer of Cotton Australia

“Innovation with Horticulture Imports & Exports

John Baker - CEO of Produce Marketing Australia, AgriMinds Member

“OzHarvest, Trials and Tribulations in Feeding the Needy”

Ronni Kahn - Founder and CEO of OzHarvest

“Trials and Tribulations of Raising Cattle in Remote Areas”

Annabelle Coppin – Owner/Operator of “Yarrie Station”, East Pilbara WA

“Building Agriculture’s Influence within the New Labour Government”

Tony Mahar – CEO of National Farmers Federation

“Where is NSW Landcare Heading”

Dr Turlough Guerin – CEO of Landcare NSW, AgriMinds Member

“Latest Innovations in the Australian Dairy Industry”

Professor Yani Garcia - Director of the Dairy Research Foundation & Dairy Science Group, Sydney University

“Controlling Invasive Pests in Australia”

David Palmer – Ex Managing Director of Meat & Livestock Australia, AgriMinds Member

“Using Micro-factories to Recycle Plastic in Rural Areas”

Dr Sahajwalla - Professor of Materials Science at University of NSW, 2022 NSW Australian of the Year

“Progress and the Challenges of Implementing Ord River Development II”

Jim Engelke - General Manager of Kimberley Agriculture Investment

Distributing the Products of the Australian Cotton Industry

Adam Kay – Chief Executive Officer of Cotton Australia

Changing Horizons of the Australian Fish Industry

Grahame Turk AM – Former CEO/Managing Director and later and Chairman of Sydney Fish Market

Food Waste and What Needs to Happen in the Future

John Webster – Independent Chairman of Fight Food Waste Limited

Rethinking Veterinary Education: Securing Australasia’s Future in Biosecurity, Food Production, One Health and Animal Welfare

Dr Helen Scott-Orr AM PSM – Former Inspector-General of Biosecurity, former Chief Veterinary Officer of New South Wales and Executive Director within the NSW Department of Primary Industries.

Role of the Mulloon Institute in Regenerative Agriculture

Matt Edgerton-Warburton – Chairman of the Mulloon Institute Law Committee

How is Climate Change Affecting Agriculture

Professor Richard Eckard – Professor of Sustainable Agriculture at the University of Melbourne and Director of the Primary Industries Climate Challenges Centre

The Australian Wool Industry – Challenges and Successes

Les Targ, Independent Chairman of the National Auction Selling Committee for Wool, formerly consultant to Sheep CRC, Deputy CEO of Australian Wool Innovation, CEO of ADI Limited and senior executive roles in the Commonwealth Public Service. 

Podcasts –Influencing and Educating both Urban and Rural Audiences

Jennifer Goggin

Advances on the use of Technology and Robotics in Australian Agriculture

Professor Salah Sukkarieh

Trials and Tribulations of Raising Cattle in Remote Areas

Annabelle Coppin

Relationship between RSPCA and the Australian Livestock Industry

Dr Jed Goodfellow, Senior Policy Director RSPCA Australia

Kangaroo Management in Crisis

Dr George Wilson AM – Managing Director/Founder of Australian Wildlife Services

Sydney Fish Market Development – Trials and Tribulations

Dr Bruce Standen AM, Independent Director of Sydney Fish Markets Pty Ltd, Member AgriMinds

Countering the Rise and Rise of Agriculture Activism

Tim Powell, Managing Director of BWM Dentsu Public Relations Group

An Insider’s View of the Australian Wine Industry

Bruce Kemp, CEO Global Wine Advice, Chairman Piper’s Brook Winery, Member AgriMinds

Countering Modern Day Slavery in Horticulture Industry

Alison Rahill, Executive Officer, Anti-Slavery Taskforce of Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney

Thoughts on Australian Agriculture with Respect to Seeds, Crop Protection and Digitisation

Robert Kaan, Managing Director of Corteva Agriscience TM for Australia/New Zealand and Japan/Korea

CSIRO’s Role in the Australian Food Industry and Its Future Direction

Professor Martin Cole, Deputy Director of CSIRO Agriculture and Food

Managing Agribusiness in Australia in the Next Decade

Mark Alison, CEO Elders, Chairman of Agribusiness of Australia

Why So Many Consumers Purchases Gluten-free Bread

Dr Dai Suter, Ex R&D Director of George Weston Foods, Member AgriMinds

NSW Department of Planning, Industry and Environment’s Sustainability Advantage Program

Dr Turlough Guerin, Chairman of Agriculture Institute of Australia and Consultant to NSW Government, Member AgriMinds

New Drought Resistant Wheat Varieties

Dr Greg Rebetske, Chief Research Scientist with CSIRO Agriculture and Food

Back to the Future – Trade Policy over Past 100 Years

Dr Peter Barnard, Managing Director of Oliver and Doam and previously General Manager, International Market Access with Meat and Livestock Australia, Member AgriMinds

Australian Dairy Industry – Where is it Going?

Peter Herd, ex General Manager of Dairy Farmers Milk Division, Member AgriMinds

Facing Climate Change – Need for Agriculture Revolution

Phillip Mulvey, Founder/Managing Director of Environmental Earth Sciences International, Member AgriMinds

Recovery from Bushfires and How Better Management Can Reduce the Intensity of Fires due to Climate Change

Greg Mullins AO AFSM, ex Commissioner, Fire and Rescue NSW and Councillor with Climate Council

Providing Agricultural Aid within a Devoutly Religious Environment

Gerard McEvilly, Principal of Horticulture Supply Chain Services, Member AgriMinds

Setting Up and Agricultural Hub at the New Western Sydney Aerotropolis

Michael Bullen, ex Executive Director, Investment Attraction and Agri for the Western City and Aerotropolis Authority.

Australia’s Cotton Industry – Where it is and How it got here

Dave Anthony, ex Executive Chairman of Auscott, Member AgriMinds

How the Meat Industry will Meet its Target of Carbon Neutrality by 2030” and "How the Meat Industry is Countering the Growth of Meat Substitutes

Jason Strong, Managing Director, Meat and Livestock Australia.

 The rise and rise of Bega Cheese Limited

Barry Irvin, Bega Cheese Limited Executive Chair

The future of agricultural co-operatives

Melina Morrison, Business Council of Cooperatives CEO

Climate change – the research

Dr Andrew Ash, Chief Research Scientist CSIRO Agriculture

The true value of mentoring and coaching

Marion Lawson, The Executive Connection Chair

Grains – the emerging future

Dr Rick Lewellyn, Grains Research Group Leader of CSIRO Adelaide

FIAL in a changing food and agribusiness environment

Peter Schutz, Chair Food and Agribusiness Innovation Ltd

Bush tucker goes professional  

John Maher, Indigenous Land Corporation Group CEO

Biosecurity in an age of mass transit and seamless borders

Dr Helen Scott-Orr, Inspector General of Biosecurity to Australian Government, Member AgriMinds

Building food and agribusiness growth centres

Peter Schutz, Food Innovation Australia Limited Chair

Supermarket wars – the new reality

Tristan Kitchener, Kitchener Partners

Farm advocacy – too much of good thing?

Tony Mahar, National Farmers Federation CEO

Ag science undergraduates – what’s really happening?

Professor Peter Sharp, Director of the University of Sydney’s Plant Breeding Institute

Competition and fairness along the agriculture value chain

Mick Keogh, ACCC agriculture commissioner

Murray Darling Basin Plan progress

Mark McKenzie, CEO NSW Irrigators’ Council

Australia’s energy crisis and ‘cartel-like’ behaviours

Michael West, Investigative Journalist

A lifetime in Australian red meat exports

Richard Rains, Pioneer Exporter

The here and now of ‘mobile phone farming’   

Dr John Troughton