Name Geordie Elliott Twitter @GeordieElliott1 Age 24 Location Byaduk, Western Victoria What part(s) of the industry do you work in? Beef Cattle Breeding Livestock Marketing Livestock Photography Mixed farm management (Prime Lamb and Beef) Stud Cattle Showing Job title Director of GE Livestock What does your company/ business do? I own a small Marketing [...]
Timothy Svehlak- State Operations Manager for Elders
Name Timothy Svehlak Age 28 Location Perth, WA What part(s) of the industry do you work in? The retail and services area of the rural sector Job title State Operations Manager What does your company/ business do? Elders Rural Services has been around for 173 years and it is the most recognised Brand in Rural [...]
Bryan Granshaw- Managing Partner Granshaw Farming Company
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 [...]
Martin Murray- Farm Hand/ Jackeroo
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 [...]
Benjamin Dougherty- Trainee Feedlot Manager
Name Benjamin Dougherty Age 23 Location Glen Innes NSW What part(s) of the industry do you work in? Feedlot- Cattle Job title Trainee Manager What does your company/ business do? Rangers Valley is a cattle feedlot with a population of around 25,000 head. Majority of these cattle are fed for longer periods of time [...]
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 [...]
Clinton Gartrell- Live Export Head Stockman & Primary Producer
Name Clinton Gartrell Twitter @patirilinea Age 27 Location Busselton, Western Australia What part(s) of the industry do you work in? I work in the beef industry, through primary production and live export. Job title Primary Producer & Live Export Head Stockman What does your company/ business do? As a primary producer I manage a herds [...]
Ray Vella- Station Manager
Name: Ray Vella Location: Bald Hills Station, Marlborough, Rockhampton Twitter: @VellaRay Age: 32 What part(s) of the industry do you work in? Beef cattle Job title: Farm Manager What does your company/ business do?: We breed and fatten cattle that we sell into the EU market. Describe your job on the average day: I am [...]
Sharon Dundon- Livestock Consultant, Middle East and Africa
Name: Sharon Dundon Age: 38 Location: Bahrain Job title: Livestock Consultant, Middle East and Africa (MLA) How did you get into agriculture? After school, I had a break for 12 months and was a rouse-about in the shearing sheds. I studied at UNE and then worked for the Agricultural Business Research Institute (ABRI) for 2 [...]
Josiah O’Hare- Agribusiness Student & Farmer
Name: Josiah O’Hare Age: 24 Location: Yenelin, Cunderdin, Western Australia How did you get into agriculture?: Born into it. One of my earliest memories is getting in the way at lamb marking. Education: District Primary School Aquinas College (Year 8 to 12) Bachelor Of Agribusiness (Farm Management), Curtin, Muresk Campus (Incomplete) What are your plans after university? Finishing this [...]
Profile of the month
Jodie Ward- Technical Officer in beef and rangelands research
