This year's event 

The SPAA Precision Ag Expo, held annually in a key SA growing region, has delivered quality education and innovation in precision agriculture education to South Australian producers for over 20 years.  

The 2024 Precision Ag Expo is supported by funding from the Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry as part of its Support Regional Trade Events Program.

This year, the team will head to McLaren Vale with a bumper program showcasing how the latest in PA, robotics and machine automation can improve productivity and business operations. As a producer-focused event, the Expo will feature peer-to-peer learning, hands-on demonstrations and exposure to the latest research, trends, and opportunities in PA.

Who should attend? 

Growers, agronomists, researchers, advisors, policymakers, students, and innovators across all farm producing sectors.

We know that it's a busy time of year, so the program has been scheduled with viticulture focused sessions in the morning and broadacre sessions in the afternoon. 

First Nation's people who are keen to learn more about precision agriculture are encouraged to attend and contribute their knowledge on data-driven agriculture. 

The Venue

The McLaren Vale Function Centre is located on the corner of Main Road and Caffrey Street, McLaren Vale SA, 5171. It is approximately a 45 minute drive from both the Adelaide CBD and Adelaide airport. 

The venue offers state-of-the-art conferencing facilities, expansive indoor and outdoor areas for exhibitors, delicious food and beverage and free parking. Accommodation is available at the adjoining McLaren Vale Hotel and Apartments. For attendees of the SPAA 2024 Precision Ag Expo, advise hotel staff that you are attending the SPAA Precision Ag Expo to receive a 10% discount on your accommodation. 

Event Program

SPAA plans to deliver a “double knock” approach by engaging advisors to talk to the research and trends backed up by producers demonstrating the innovation from first-hand experience.

Speakers include:

• Simon Nordestgaard (Australian Wine Research Institute), "Autonomous vineyard vehicles"
• Jon Medway (Charles Sturt University - Digital Farm), "Key learnings from World FIRA - the future of PA in viticulture"
• Ben Lacey (SA producer) & Michael Eyres (SPAA), "Boondies to Beaume: The building blocks of precision ag. from a local perspective"
• Ed Scott (Soil & Land Co) & Joe Siebert (Quetaka) "Soil Climate; Plant Climate; Management Climate"
• Mick Caughey (WA broadacre producer, Merredin) & Dr Julia Easton (CCDM) "PA & VRT in the WA wheatbelt"
• Jordy Kitshcke (Flux Robotics), "Cultivating innovation in SA through robotics"
• Ben White (Kondinin Group) "Precision Weeding & key takeaways from AgriTechnica – What does the future of precision ag and machine automation look like?"
• Dr Greg Falzon (Flinders University) "Data mining, AI and machine learning - are these mediums as powerful for ag as we are led to believe? Where to for PA?"

View the 2024 PA Expo Program here

NB: Themes and topics may change. Please refer to the SPAA website for confirmed speakers and topics, closer to the event.

Precision Pitch

The Precision Pitch is an opportunity for developers of precision agriculture (PA) innovations, and who are in the early demonstration and market validation stage, to pitch their product to an experienced panel and gain encouraging feedback to help guide them to commercial success. The innovation must facilitate precision agriculture across any area of agriculture.

Panellists will provide feedback to each pitch presenter after the last presentation is completed. Panellists will also decide unanimously, who their favourite pitch is, and they will be presented with an award from the event host.  A People’s Choice award will also be presented based on audience feedback.

Registration

Registrations have closed. Please contact SPAA at communications@spaa.com.au if you still want to attend. 

Join SPAA 

Expo prices have been subsidised by our partners and includes all catering and sundowner between 5-6pm:

Members:         $25 + GST

Non-members: $50 +GST

Students:          Free

Register

Exhibitors & Sponsors

The SPAA Precision Ag Expo is supported by funding from the Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry as part of its Support Regional Trade Events Program.

Silver Partners

 

Bronze Partner
Precision Ag Expo - Exhibitors

 

Precision Pitch - Demonstrations

Monash University – Buggy-based robotic system for soil moisture monitoring and drone and radiometer system for monitoring the soil water content and surface conditions.

Athena IT Tech – A solution that notifies farmers when their crops need irrigation based on whether the plant is transpiring at an optimal level.

Ripen Tech Pty Ltd - IoT device that weighs fruit in real-time while still on the plant.