EZI projects
SPROUT
Supporting Practical Research & On-farm User Testing
SPROUT is rethinking how Agtech gets built—by starting where it matters- on the farm. This project brings farmers and developers together early in the process to co-design tools that solve real problems, not imagined ones. The result? Smarter innovation, faster adoption, and better outcomes for everyone.
EZI BUSHFIRE NETWORK
From Data to Disaster Resilience
This initiative began with the Data Hub Pilot in 2021 , developed in collaboration with Axistech, to demonstrate the potential of a centralized data platform for farm management. From this concept, the Bushfire Water Network emerged as a natural evolution, transforming data-driven insights into a real-time emergency response tool.
At its core, the Data Hub integrates farm business data on private water sources, enhancing decision-making and networked resilience. This technology laid the foundation for the Bushfire Water Network, which leverages the same data-sharing principles to connect farms and emergency services, ensuring faster, smarter responses during bushfire events.
By spinning off from the original Data Hub concept, the Bushfire Water Network demonstrates how agtech innovation can adapt to real-world challenges, delivering solutions that not only improve on-farm productivity but also enhance climate resilience and community preparedness.
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EZI Pre Accelerator program
Turning ideas into impact
In July 2025, EZI Group hosted our first Pre-Accelerator Program in Esperance. Designed to help early-stage entrepreneurs and innovators understand the key steps involved in taking an idea from concept to a viable business.
The program was facilitated by Tash Teakle from AgriStart and guided participants through the early stages of commercialisation, including market research, intellectual property protection, and preparing to pitch to investors.
Participants gained practical insights into what it takes to develop agtech solutions that genuinely work for growers — and how collaboration within the EZI network can help fast-track innovation from the shed to the paddock.
EZI was able to deliver this program to the Esperance community with the support of the Goldfields-Esperance Development Commission and the Department of Jobs, Tourism, Science & Innovation
🎥 Member Access:
There are two recorded sessions from the day that are now available in the members section of the website.
Intellectual Property 101 with Michael Pasquale from Wrays
Agtech Investment Journey with Matt MacFarlane
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PRODUCER EXPOSURE EMMERSION PROGRAM- PEEP
The Producer Exposure and Emersion Program (PEEP) provided producers with opportunities to explore and engage with cutting-edge agricultural technology. Funded by the Goldfields-Esperance Development Commission (GEDC), the program enabled EZI to send a delegation of producers to evokeAG in Perth and also to conduct several online meetups facilitating conversation between early stage technology developers and producer members who joined in, the purpose of these conversations was to encourage greater collaboration between startups and producers.
Farm Demonstration Series- Peep
The PEEP Program also allowed EZI to run our first digital farm demonstration series, authored by EZI committee member and agronomist Giles McMeikan. The series follows a paddock for a season and discussed the options available to manage a paddock using the data that had been recorded and best practice on the implementation of the management tactics
EM38 & Soil Cores: practical implementation of a VR Gypsum Program
Variable Rate Nutrition for Optimal Crop Growth: Soil maps, past yield & elevation data to optimise seeding strategies
Leveraging Harvest Data for informed decision making: On farm trials and experimentation
