Young Aussies Revolutionize Farming with Tech

0:00It's March 31st, this is Sydney News Today, your AI-powered local news. Young Aussies are shaking of farming, with cutting-edge tech, making it sustainable, and drawing in the next generation. Stats from the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences show 25% of farm workers are now under. 35. A big jump from 13% back in 2016. Take Brooke Watts, a 26-year-old from Central West New South Wales. She grew up on a sheet farm near Mo Long, and saw her dad swap horses and bikes for drones to check livestock and tanks in a quarter of the time. Now she runs an ag tech training business with her parents, using drones for spot spraying, plant health maps, and property planning. Meanwhile, 29-year-old Apple grower, Iain McClennan in Orange, tracks fertilizer and pesticides with a phone app. It helps them make smarter decisions, save cash, and stick around on the farm longer, especially when everything costs more these days. The median age of farmers has dipped to 50 from 56, and folks like Zoe Carter from Young Aussie Farmers say young people are leading the charge.

1:09They're fixing old ways with stuff like automatic sheep-wing systems, and even older farmers are jumping on board now. The ag tech isn't replacing tradition, it's boosting safety, efficiency, and profits, pulling students into careers that didn't even exist 20 years ago. Farming's future looks bright and high tech down under.