New Qld innovation fund targets farming productivity surge


David Allen
Reporter

The Queensland government has pulled the trigger on a new farming sector innovation fund, deploying $30 million through the state’s sovereign wealth manager with the aim of sparking an AgTech investment boom.

The Crisafulli government on Tuesday launched its long-gestating Sowing the Seeds of Farming Innovation Fund (SSFIF), part of a 2024 election pledge to raise the state’s agricultural output to $30 billion by 2030.

The fund will “back …

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