Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society (AARES SA Branch) and the WRI seminar

The shifting agricultural input supply, price risk and logistics landscape: implications for crop production systems and research priorities

Panellists: Grant Bailey (AgProcure); Kenton Porker (CSIRO); Grant Roberts (Elders)

Moderator: Rick Llewellyn (CSIRO)

Three snapshot presentations followed by panel discussion.

Date: Thursday 01 Oct, 10 am-11am, SARDI Plant Research Centre Auditorium

Followed by morning tea sponsored by AARES

Accessible online via Adelaide University zoom

Presented by Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society (AARES SA Branch) and the Waite Research Institute

Grant Bailey

Grant is the owner and manager of AgProcure which specialises in input procurement and efficiencies, working with around 250 farms across Australia and 55 of our largest primary producers. Grant has a business degree from Flinders University and specialises in the data and economic analysis for agricultural inputs relating to farm input supply and strategy.

Grant Roberts

Grant Roberts has a PhD from the University of Adelaide and more recent business training from the Yale School of Management. He has been Chief Agronomist Asia for global fertiliser giant Yara, Director of Global Modern Agriculture for Philip Morris international and has most recently returned to Australia for his current role with Elders.

Kenton Porker

Kenton is a farming systems researcher with expertise in the integration of genetics, management and environment focusing on crop phenology and adaptation. He has previously led teams at SARDI SA, and was the research director for Field Applied Research Australia before joining CSIRO where he currently leads collaborative research in profitable yield frontiers.

Rick Llewellyn

Rick is a Senior Principal Research Scientist with CSIRO. He has a PhD in agricultural economics from the University of Western Australia and his research bridges farming systems research, agricultural economics and technology adoption. He current co-leads the GRDC national risk management initiative RiskWi$e.