Fertilizer Australia Conference 2025 - Melbourne

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Session 1 Market outlook & opportunities

Australian Agriculture Outlook: Weather, Markets and the Shifting Landscape - Michael Whitehead

Fertilizer Market Outlook - Outlook on the international fertiliser market and its impact on the Australian marketTom Woodlock

GRDC EEF project early learnings - Professor Helen Suter and Dr Arjun Pandey


Session 2 Fertilizer contribution to productive & profitable agriculture

Biosolids biochar - does it have a place in agriculture? – Durell Hammond

Agricultural Economics and Investment Trends in Australia - David Goodfellow (please contact David if you wish to discuss his presentation)

 

Session 3 Environment & Food Safety

Great Barrier Reef update Scott Robinson

Overview of NZ mandatory farm planning to improve water quality Dr Richard McDowell

Legacy P: Implications for downstream water quality and agriculture Dr David Nash

Fertcare looking back on 20 years and looking to the future Jeff Kraak

 

Session 4 Panel session - Biostimulants

The Evolving Bio-Stimulant Market: Macro trends influencing commercialisation and investment - Michael Macolino

Overview of Kynetecs grower/advisor survey on biologicals, with a focus on biostimulants and biofertilisersMelinda Haley 

Confirming what is expected in microbial inoculantsDr Ben Evert & Rohit Krishna

Fertilizer Australia Biostimulant CoPStephen Annells


Session 5  Stewardship

BAU farming – its (more) complicated - David Jochinke

Practical Perspectives on Difficult-to-Recycle Packaging in Agriculture - Rebecca Kersey

Carbon leakage in Australia – Stephen Annells

Fertilizer industry learning from Europe on implementation of the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism - Mike Nash

Argus CBAM Guide - Aug2025

 

Session 6   Future of agriculture & agribusiness

The farmer is evolving – can fertiliser keep up? - Adrian Capogreco

Australia’s Edge: Demographics, Disruption and Food Security – Simon Kuestenmacher