Possible dates

23-26 March 2026  or  20-23 July 2026

 

Conference Venue

Darwin Convention Centre, Darwin

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Possible theme/s

·       Natural resources (climate, soil and water): Managing resources for improving farm productivity, reducing costs of production, and increasing profitability.

·       Biosecurity, Pests (insects, diseases, and weeds) and IPM: Identifying beneficial and pest species, remote monitoring and management possibilities.

·       Ag Tech, innovation, and Data: Investing in smart farms by employing artificial intelligence to streamline farm operations, and improving efficiency profitability.

·       GEM: Genetics, Environment and Management: Developing climate resilient varieties of crops for sustainable production; benchmarking production regions; and standardising their production technology.

·       Diversification: Introducing new crops and expansion of established crops into new geographical regions.

·       Value addition and markets: Creating value to improve supply chain performance, understanding market dynamics and delivering products to meet consumers’ expectations.

·       Collaboration and knowledge exchange: Building human capacity and facilitating knowledge exchange across regions for growing crops for the growing world population.

 

**Possible Field Trips

·       Douglas Daly Research Farm of the Northern Territory Government

·       Katherine Research Station of the Northern Territory Government

·       Frank Wise Institute of Tropical Agricultural Research, Kununurra, Western Australia

·       Climate smart farming (commercial farm in the Top End)

·       Cotton Gin, Katherine

·       Export Hub, Darwin

** Field visits will include stopover for lunch at a popular point of visitor’s attraction.

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Congratulations NT - the 2026 EOI was approved by members at the 2022 Australian Agronomy Conference.

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To express interest in being involved with the NT conference please contact 

Dr Muhammad Sohail Mazhar, 

Director Plant Industries, Department of Industry, Tourism and Trade

p: 08 8999 2202   or    e: MuhammadSohail.Mazhar@nt.gov.au