Brisbane ag tech company CERES TAG's latest partnership, with a major research agency in Texas, will see its on-ear sensors used in university programs across the state. It’s testament to how far the business’s global innovation has come since the product’s launch at Beef 2021 in Rockhampton. In those four years, CERES TAG sensors have been trialled on vast properties across the Gulf, incorporated into tertiary training across the United States and enlisted by animal researchers, including a Smithsonian team in Montana, which uses the product to track wild bison.
This Queensland-based company is revolutionising how farmers globally manage livestock, proving that Australian ag tech can compete on the world stage. “We went global from day one of our launch and because of that, it’s kind of made us think big, and that’s a really powerful thing to do,” says Melita Smith, who co-founded the company with her husband, David, an engineer. “The rest of the world is excited by the development coming out of Australia. We’re doing amazing things as a country right now and as an industry, in animal health and ag tech.”
