Video & Audio
Recent Videos
Published 14 Dec 2020
From Dec 7-11th 2020, the AFI and the Sydney Institute of Agriculture hosted a series of conversations about the future of conservation ag. The online conference is available as a webinar series of 5 x 2-hour videos (10 hours total) – FREE for AFI members and $49.50 for non-members. (Members…
Published 1 Dec 2020
How a gas-led recovery will impact Australian farmers
Agriculture & gas production enterprises have different values & goals. For the sake of our farmers & our agriculture sector, it’s time to take our foot off the gas. This short video summarises the AFI briefing paper produced with the support of Farmers for Climate Action and the Australian Conserv
Published 23 Nov 2020
This video provides a precis of the Australian Farm Biodiversity Certification Scheme Phase 1 Report delivered to the National Farmers’ Federation in July 2020. During the consultation for this report, farmers identified the complexity, cost and difficulty of assessing and participating in multiple programs, as barriers to participating in current…
Recent Audio
Published 20 Aug 2021
In this episode we interview the authors of our latest occasional paper which looks at the benefits and costs to landholders of participating in soil carbon farming. AFI Executive Director, Richard Heath chats with guests Professors Robert White, Brian Davidson and Richard Eckard.
Published 24 Feb 2021
In this podcast, AFI’s Richard Heath is joined by the authors of a discussion paper the AFI has published on the rising opportunity cost of water for a chat on how this issue impacts the southern Murray-Darling Basin.
Published 30 Dec 2020
The AFI publishes podcasts on subjects material to the farm policy discussions for Australian agriculture. Series 1 features recordings of the AFI’s Roundtable held in October 2019 discussing how we value agriculture’s natural capital. Series 2 presents discussions on topical policy issues from AFI’s research and publications agenda.
Recent Presentations
Published 29 Jun 2021
Developing an Australian Agricultural Sustainability Framework (AASF) The first iteration of the AASF has now been developed for stakeholder feedback (see link above – AASF 1st iteration). As the framework contains many levels of information, this interactive PowerPoint (PPT) presentation has been designed to allow users to ‘dive in’ to areas of interest…
Published 2 Feb 2021
RESEARCH REPORT: Managing farm-related land use conflict in NSW The Australian Farm Institute estimates $20.3 billion can be added to the gross value of agricultural production through digital technology, while the National Farmers’ Federation has identified it as one of the keys to making agriculture a $100 billion industry by…
SESSION 1 – Overview + PANEL Keynote 1: Philip Lowe, RBA – Speech: From Recovery to Expansion Keynote 2: Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment Dan Tehan The US perspective: Shari Rogge-Fidler, US Farm Foundation CEO ‘Fireside chat’ – farmer panel on lived experience of ag trade disruption Eimear McDonagh – Director, Agri Direct Australia…