Name Bryan Granshaw Twitter @bryangranshaw Age 43 Location Dalbeg, Nth Queensland What part(s) of the industry do you work in? I work in the production and harvesting of sugarcane, and some legume crops as well. Job title Managing Partner Granshaw Farming Company What does your company/ business do? Granshaw Farming is involved in the sustainable [...]
Steve Dalton- CEO of AgVantage Commodities
Name Steve Dalton Twitter @SteveAgVantage Age 41 Location Narrabri What part(s) of the industry do you work in? Agricultural Commodity Marketing/Trading Job title CEO of AgVantage What does your company/ business do? AgVantage offers contracted and tailored procurement solutions to purchases of agricultural commodities. In addition to procurement solutions, AgVantage offers consulting services to companies [...]
Jock Leys- Marketing Manager Aus/ NZ at Syngenta
Name Jock Leys Twitter Jock2073 Age 41 Location Sydney, NSW What part(s) of the industry do you work in? Crop Protection and Seeds – Global Agribusiness Job title Marketing Manager – ANZ What does your company/ business do? Crop protection, Seeds and Solutions Describe your job on the average day Forecasting, strategy, catching up with [...]
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 [...]
Matt Devine- Branch Manager at AgriRisk
Name Matt Devine Age 40 Location Toowoomba What part(s) of the industry do you work in? Cotton & Grain Job title Branch Manager What does your company/ business do? AgriRisk is Australia’s only dedicated specialist agribusiness insurance broker. We offer specialist advice to growers on managing agricultural production risks such as fire, hail, rainfall shortfall, [...]
Andrew Jones- Chief Operating Officer at Greentree Farming
Name Andrew Jones Age 49 Location Moree, New South Wales. What part(s) of the industry do you work in? Broad-acre grain production, Dryland cotton production, Irrigated crop production, Extensive cattle station operations, Corporate agriculture. Job title Chief Operating Officer/General Manager Greentree Farming What does your company/ business do? Operates one of the largest grain production [...]
Dr Heather Bray- Special Projects Officer and Research Fellow
Name Heather Bray Twitter @heatherbray6 Age 42 Location Adelaide What part(s) of the industry do you work in? I have two roles at the University of Adelaide so I guess I’m in the research area. For my role at the Waite Research Institute I support and promote the work of scientists working in crop, soils [...]
Dale Griffin- Research scientist at Crop Protection Research Pty. Ltd.
Name Dale Griffin Twitter @cropprotres Age 38 Location Victoria, Australia What part(s) of the industry do you work in? Scientific research, technical data generation, pesticide development, plant protection, plant disease diagnostics Job title Managing Director What does your company/ business do? Project-based scientific research project for government, industry and corporate clients Describe your job on [...]
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 [...]
Profile of the month
Jodie Ward- Technical Officer in beef and rangelands research
