horticulture.com.au ↗
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Hort Innovation is a grower-owned organisation that invests grower levies and Australian Government contributions into research, development, marketing, trade and market insights for the Australian horticulture industry. It provides growers with data, research reports, industry statistics and partnership opportunities, and co-invests with innovators to deliver practical solutions.
Also known as Hort Innovation · Horticulture Innovation Australia Limited
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Company profile
researched Aug 2026Hort Innovation (Horticulture Innovation Australia Limited), operating at horticulture.com.au, is a grower-owned Australian organisation that invests grower levies and Australian Government contributions into research and development, marketing, trade and industry insights for the horticulture sector. Its stated aim is to lift productivity, build resilience and create long-term value across Australian horticulture, working with growers, industry bodies and partners to support innovation, grow demand and open new markets for a sector it describes as worth A$18.4 billion.
The organisation's activities are structured around several programs and platforms. Hort IQ provides consumer behaviour, industry performance and market trend data, including the Australian Horticulture Statistics Handbook covering 75 horticultural categories across production, trade, processing and fresh market performance. Frontiers partners with local and global innovators to accelerate ideas and attract co-investment for grower-focused solutions. An information hub offers project summaries, reports and practical guides spanning 37 grower industries, filterable by industry, topic or keyword.
Hort Innovation serves levied industries including almond, apple and pear, avocado, banana, blueberry, cherry, chestnut and citrus, among others. It offers membership, grower consultation processes on investment priorities, and a registration and resources pathway for delivery partners bidding on horticulture projects. It also runs news and events programming, such as the Australian-Grown Innovation Build Program Demo Day and appearances at industry conferences.
Business model
Hort Innovation is owned by growers and funds its activities through grower levies combined with Australian Government contributions, which it invests in research and development, marketing, trade and industry insights. It also attracts private, commercial and government co-investment through its Frontiers program, and engages external organisations as delivery partners to carry out projects.
Latest developments
Recent published work includes a project applying soil sensing technology, postharvest research to extend vegetable shelf life and reduce waste, a project identifying and testing potato-specific AgTech equipment across planting, in-crop operations, harvesting, grading and postharvest handling, a statistics and benchmarking project for the almond industry, work by a Nuffield Australia scholar on using legumes to reduce nitrogen costs for vegetable growers, and the Healthy Horticulture program promoting Australian-grown avocados, potatoes and vegetables to health professionals.
▸Full profile — technology, go-to-market, geography
Technology
Digital platforms include Hort IQ, a consumer and market insights service, and the Australian Horticulture Statistics Handbook data resource, alongside a searchable information hub of project summaries, reports and guides. Funded projects address applied agricultural technology such as soil sensing, postharvest handling and crop-specific AgTech equipment.
Go-to-market
Direct engagement with Australian growers and levied industry sectors through membership, consultation processes on investment priorities, published research reports and statistics, news and events, plus a delivery-partner network that registers to work on funded horticulture projects.
Australian horticulture growers across 37 grower industries and levied sectors including almond, apple and pear, avocado, banana, blueberry, cherry, chestnut and citrus, along with industry organisations, research delivery partners and government and commercial co-investors.
Geography
Australia; activities and events referenced include locations such as North Lakes and Shepparton, with Frontiers partnering with both local and global innovators.
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Key figures
latest reportedCompany-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.
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primary sources listed
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4 public sources were cited for this profile; the first-party ones are listed here.
Frequently asked questions
- What does horticulture.com.au ↗ do?
- Grower-owned Australian body investing levies and government funds in horticulture research, marketing, trade and market insights.
- Who are horticulture.com.au ↗'s investors?
- horticulture.com.au ↗'s investors include Artesian.