Name Martin Murray Twitter @Martin_Murray1 Age 19 Location NT What part(s) of the industry do you work in? I did holiday work on irrigated cotton farms but an currently working on a cattle station in the the Northern Territory. Job title Farm Hand What does your company/ business do? We breed cattle for live export [...]
Dr Daniel Tan- Senior Lecturer in Agronomy
Name Dr Daniel Tan Age 42 Location Sydney, NSW What part(s) of the industry do you work in? I work in university research and education. Job title Senior Lecturer in Agronomy What does your company/ business do? The department of Plant and Food Sciences at the University of Sydney provides education and training to undergraduate [...]
Leith Plevey- Territory Sales Manager for Syngenta
Name Leith Plevey Twitter @leitham7 Age 28 Location Brisbane What part(s) of the industry do you work in? I work in Crop Protection and Vegetable seeds. Job title Territory Sales Manager, Syngenta. What does your company/ business do? Syngenta is the World’s leading Crop Protection and Seeds company. They’re Swiss-based company but have research facilities [...]
Graham Laslett- Principal Agronomist
Name Graham Laslett Age 51 Location Perth What part(s) of the industry do you work in? I work as an agronomist providing production strategies and specific prescribed advice with the aim of improving farmer profit. I also provide information and consult to government, rural outlets and corporate suppliers of Chemicals and Fertilisers. Job title Principal [...]
Damien Odgers- Market Development Manager in Horticulture
Name Damien Odgers Age 31 Location Melbourne What part(s) of the industry do you work in? Crop protection industry for the horticulture sector, specifically vegetable and fruit tree crop production. Job title Market Development Manager – Horticulture What does your company/ business do? Bayer CropScience is a leading global R&D company developing new integrated crop [...]
Matthew Trent- Viticulture and Horticulture Consultant
Name Matthew Trent Twitter @PrimeroAg Location Western Australia What part(s) of the industry do you work in? Agriculture consulting, mainly in viticulture and horticulture. Job title Viticulture and Horticulture Consultant What does your company/ business do? We work with growers of many crops to ensure quality production in a sustainable manner. We do pest and [...]
Michael Considine- Assistant Professor in School of Plant Biology
Name Michael Considine Age 35 Location Perth Western Australia What part(s) of the industry do you work in? Horticulture, viticulture, academia and industry. I work at the interface between cutting-edge academic research and applied research and development. Job title Asst Professor What does your company/ business do? I work for both the University of Western [...]
Penny Goldsmith- Irrigated agriculture agronomist
Name Penny Goldsmith Twitter @PennyG81 Age 30 Location Ord Valley, Kununurra, WA What part(s) of the industry do you work in? Irrigated agriculture Job title Agronomist What does your company/ business do? The Ord River District Cooperative supplies agricultural chemicals, fertiliser and seed, provides agronomic advice – fertiliser recommendations, pest management etc., crop checking and [...]
Caris Allen- Reseach Account Manager in GM & Plant Breeding Trials
Name: Caris Allen Age: 22 Location: Perth How did you get into agriculture? I was raised on a farm near Northampton, in the midwest, so i’ve always had some kind of connection to the industry. But i actually just found my job on Seek! Education: Bachelor of Science (Environmental Management & Land and Water Management), [...]
Louise O’Halloran- Technical Assistant in Horticultural Research
Name: Louise O’Halloran Age: 23 Location: Kerikeri, New Zealand (Born, raised & educated in Australia) How did you get into agriculture? I was interested in natural resource management when I started uni in Perth in 2007. A strong focus of the course was the affect that bad management practices of the past have had on [...]
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Jodie Ward- Technical Officer in beef and rangelands research
