Agribusiness and Agriculture are any activity connected with the growing of food, fibre, timber and foliage including, but not limited to, research, cropping, intensive horticulture, animal husbandry, intensive animal industry, aquaculture, production nursery, water storage, irrigation and drainage works; the storage of equipment for the production and transport of agricultural products; and the on-farm processing, packaging, storage and sale of agricultural products. New technologies are being introduced to improve productivity, including GPS-guided tractors, computerised irrigation systems, unmanned aerial vehicles (drones) and food packaging innovations.
Industry Careers include:
AgXtra supports the commercialisation of innovation by taking developments in crop production and crop protection, and proving them in the field. Our strengths lie in our innovative trial research work in broadacre and horticulture crop protection, along with our expertise in support for plant breeding programs. The business was initiated in 2002, and now consists of an interdependent team of dedicated, engaged and motivated researchers.
AgXtra South Australia Horticulture
AgXtra South Australia Broadacre Agriculture
The South Australian Learning Centre is a Registered Training Organisation offering training programs
and short courses in the areas of Disability and Community Services.
Our nationally accredited courses drive quality outcomes by offering hands-on, job-ready training, delivered by industry experts.
In addition to standard VET pathways, we offer school-based traineeships for Year 12 students wishing to study the CHC33015 Certificate III Individual Support (Disability).
Our VET in School courses on offer through TGSS funding are CHC33015 Individual Support (Disability)
and AHC20416 Certificate II in Horticulture.
South Australian Learning Centre
Kaidy Morgan, St Joseph’s School Port Lincoln alumni and University of Adelaide student describes her STEM career journey in Agriculture and Soil Science in this short video.
STEM Stories is part of the Catholic Education SA STEM Learning Initiative. STEM Learning supports an innovative, system-wide approach to STEM teaching and learning with an emphasis on animating our vision and identity as defined by Catholic Education SA’s Living Learning Leading Framework.
Find out more about St Joseph's School Port Lincoln from the School's Directory Page.
Watch her STEM Story to learn more.
Ashlee Leach, aspiring Astrobiologist and student of Saint Ignatius College describes her STEM career pathway in this short video. She explains the opportunities she has taken advantage of in order to achieve her goal.
STEM Stories is part of the Catholic Education SA STEM Learning Initiative. STEM Learning supports an innovative, system-wide approach to STEM teaching and learning with an emphasis on animating our vision and identity as defined by Catholic Education SA’s Living Learning Leading Framework.
Find out more about Saint Ignatius' College from the School's Directory Page.
Watch her video to learn more.
