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Enabling Digital Agriculture
Free On Farm Workshop

Get connected. Grow smarter. 

Agricultural Connectivity Session, 12 October, Tooleybuc, NSW

A half-day, expert-led session on farm combining local connectivity issues, grower experiences, and practical technology demonstrations to help you make informed decisions about connectivity that works where you farm. 

This project is a Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) investment delivered by Connected Farms. 

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Too many farms are still operating in digital darkness

Across all three GRDC regions, grain growers consistently identify connectivity as the single biggest constraint to adopting digital agriculture, telematics, automation, and modern machinery systems. Poor and unreliable on-farm connectivity creates real operational problems - reduced safety, machinery inefficiencies, data that can't be used, and growing frustration with technology investments that don't deliver.

Connected Farms' national coverage mapping confirms that approximately 67% of Australian farmland does not have the signal quality needed for autonomous or digitally-enabled agriculture. That problem is evident in every GRDC region.

Mobile & Wi-Fi Blackspots: Whole-farm coverage gaps and cross-paddock connectivity challenges are among the most reported constraints in the GRDC National Grower Network.

  • Data That Can't Be Used: Poor system integration means farm data sits in silos. Growers can't translate it into meaningful decisions without reliable connectivity.

  • No Independent Guidance: Growers lack access to practical, unbiased advice on which connectivity solutions will actually work for their farm situation.

Who Should Attend 

Built for the people who make grain farming decisions.

This workshop is for anyone involved in grain production and farm management across the Southern region who wants to understand and improve their on-farm connectivity.

  • Grain Growers: Growers in the Southern GRDC region who want to address connectivity constraints and unlock the value of digital and automated farming.
  • Agronomists: Agronomists seeking to become endorsed connectivity advisors — able to guide grower clients through technology decisions with confidence.
  • Farm Managers: Operations and farm managers responsible for implementing digital tools, telematics, or automation who need a reliable connectivity foundation.

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Why Attend 

Gain the capability and confidence to get your farm connected.

 The workshop combines hands-on demonstrations, grower experiences, and independent, practical connectivity guidance. Identify your farm's connectivity gaps, match the right solution to the task, and prioritise upgrades that support machine data, remote diagnostics, coordination, safety and automation-readiness. 

  • Understand Your Options: Get a clear picture of what connectivity technologies are available and appropriate for Australian grain farms, including mobile, satellite, and private network solutions.
  • Assess Your Situation: Discover practical frameworks to evaluate your current connectivity gaps and match solutions to your specific farm operation, scale, and digital needs.
  • Enable Digital Tools: Understand how to integrate connectivity with your existing digital tools, telematics systems, and precision agriculture equipment.
  • Support Automation: Build the connectivity foundation needed to confidently invest in semi-autonomous and autonomous machinery systems.
  • Independent guidance: Get practical, unbiased guidance - not a sales pitch, on workable solutions from Australia's leading farm connectivity experts.
  • Agronomist Endorsement: Agronomists who complete the program can become endorsed connectivity advisors — a valuable new capability to offer grower clients.