Past conferences

ABARES Outlook 2025 brought together influential Australian and international speakers and panellists from industry and government across 12 sessions.

The 2025 event allowed ABARES to celebrate our 80th year of providing data, cutting edge analysis and policy insights to industry, government and other stakeholders.

Access the thought-provoking discussions and data presented at ABARES Outlook 2025 via our Abares YouTube channel.

Download the 2025 program

• Outlook 2025 program (PDF - 8.0 MB)

View pictures from the 2025 event and download the presentations below:

Session 1 - Driving agriculture’s productivity and sustainable success

• Ben van Delden, Climate and Agrifood Partner, Deloitte - Transforming Australia into a food superpower (PDF 761 KB)
• Professor Alex Robson, Deputy Chair, Productivity Commission - Australia’s productivity challenge (PDF 552 KB)

Session 2 - Commodities spotlight: navigating future trends and opportunities

• Commodities Spotlight Panel (PDF 1.1 MB)

Session 3 - Cultivating intelligence: data for shaping modern agriculture

• Katie McRobert, Executive Director, Australian Farm Institute (PDF 653 KB)

Session 4 - Fields of influence: agricultural trade, global giants and protectionism

• James Fell, Trade and Global Change, ABARES (PDF 1.1 MB)

Session 5 - Sowing seeds of investment: attracting capital to agriculture

• Dale Ashton, Farm Data and Analysis, ABARES - Trends in farm debt and investment in farming (PDF 862 KB)
• Charley Cramer, National Head of Agribusiness, AgFin Australia (PDF 509 KB)
• Dr Nicola Thomas, Faculty of Business, Justice and Behavioural Sciences, Charles Sturt University (PDF 886 KB)
• Jesse Reader, Head of Investment, Growth and Commercial, Hort Innovation (PDF 650 KB)
• David Bryant, Managing Director, Rural Funds Management Ltd (PDF 5.5 MB)

Session 6 - Harvesting harmony: balancing social license, sustainability and productivity for long-term success

• Courtney Bailey, Agriculture Sector Lead, Voconiq - Community trust in rural industries – how do you determine and measure community trust? (PDF 483 KB)

Session 7 - Resilient landscapes: tackling pests and weeds for sustainable agriculture and biodiversity

• Dr Tony Arthur, Chief Biosecurity Scientist, ABARES - Insights into Australia’s established pest and weed problems (PDF 1.3 MB)
• Justin Crosby, Director of Government and Strategic Relations, CropLife Australia (PDF 4.3 MB)

Session 8 - Farming talent: ensuring a sustainable agriculture workforce

• David Turvey, Executive Director, Jobs and Skills Australia - Food Supply Chain Capacity Study (PDF 933 KB)
• Professor Ruth Nettle, School of Agriculture, Food and Ecosystem Sciences, University of Melbourne (PDF 634 KB)

Session 9 - ‘Walking together’ for Indigenous commercial outcomes

• Rohan Jacobsen, Forests and Land Sciences, ABARES - Insights into Indigenous Land and Forest Estate (PDF 2.3 KB)
• Professor Emma Lee, Professorial Research Fellow, Federation University (PDF 830 KB)

Session 10 - Securing the essentials: fuels, fertilisers and farm chemicals

• Andrew Henderson, Principal, Agsecure - Food security preparedness (PDF 13.8 MB)

Session 11 - Eyes in the sky: leveraging satellite data for sustainable agriculture and climate resilience

• Dr Hugh Mortimer, Global Research Innovation Partnership Program Lead, UK Science and Technology Facilities Council - Satellite Earth observation for agriculture and climate (UK-Aus collaborative program) (PDF 2.5 MB)

Session 12 - Sustainable productivity and net zero

• Dr Will Chancellor, Farm Performance, ABARES - The evolution of farm productivity measurement (PDF 444 KB)
• Su McCluskey, Special Representative for Australian Agriculture (PDF 682 KB)
• Richard Heath, CEO, Zero Net Emissions Agriculture Cooperative Research Centre (PDF 2.1 MB)

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