Episodes
June 6, 2022
The Wimmera legend mentoring the next generation of ag graduates
Greg Kuchel is the Regional Manager of Agribusiness with Rural Bank for both the Wimmera and Mallee regions. Greg also sits on the board of the Birchip Cropping Group — a key industry body for growers in the region. Despite g...
May 23, 2022
The fifth-generation farmer advocating for drought and water management
Kate McBride is a fifth-generation farmer from New South Wales and the youngest member to sit on the Western Local Land Services board. Kate uses her agriculture experience to advocate for drought and water management and the...
May 9, 2022
The third-generation farmer creating education and opportunities in horticulture
Catherine Velisha is a third-generation farmer with a passion for business and creating opportunities. Her first-hand experience on the farm shapes her newest venture, the Velisha Education Group (VEG), as she works to promot...
April 25, 2022
Challenging the stereotypes of women on-farm
Kirsten Diprose is a communications specialist and content creator. Along with her husband and two boys, Kirsten lives on a mixed grazing and cropping farm in southwest Victoria, where their latest adventure is incorporating ...
April 11, 2022
The reality TV star using his platform to promote Australia's fantastic regional centres [REBROADCAST]
Original publish date: 30 Mar 2021. Neil Seaman is a fifth-generation wool grower on his family's 2,000-acre property, Rosemont, located near Crookwell in NSW. Alongside his father, Neil runs 4,000 Merino ewes, producing fine...
March 28, 2022
There's an app for that: Digitising your farm management
Jock Lawrence is an entrepreneur and founder of Mobble (or Chief Mobbler!), a digital app that allows farmers to track and manage their livestock. Mobble is a simple, easy to use platform that enables farmers to take charge o...
March 14, 2022
The University Professor fighting for the future of agriculture
Jim Pratley is a Professor of Agriculture at Charles Sturt University (previously Wagga Wagga Ag College) and has been for almost 50 years. Over that time, he taught courses in agronomy and related areas and has published wid...
Feb. 28, 2022
George the Farmer: Connecting kids to the land
Simone Kain is co-owner of creative agency Hello Friday and co-founder and author of the award-winning educational brand, George the Farmer. Simone and her husband Justin are also raising three young boys on their family prop...
Feb. 14, 2022
Helping Aussie farmers make data-driven decisions
Claudia Kirby is an Agricultural Analyst with ProFarmer, where she works with various data sources to help farmers make decisions and inform the industry about the latest trends. In this episode, Claudia shares how she grew u...
Jan. 31, 2022
Why you need to start paying attention to the dairy industry
John Droppert is what you might call a dairy junkie. Having grown up on his parent's dairy farm in Victoria, working weekends and school holidays, he was encouraged to leave the industry and not come back… Yet he’s now the In...
Dec. 6, 2021
Why you need to know your numbers to run a profitable farm
David and Natalie Egerton-Warburton are the husband and wife team behind Agrimaster, a company that specialises in delivering financial, compliance and growth solutions to farm businesses via software, training and consultati...
Nov. 18, 2021
Choose your own 'Agventure'
Alexandra Gartmann is the CEO of Rural Bank, and the Executive of Partnerships, Marketing and Corporate Affairs at Bendigo and Adelaide Bank Group. She is also Chair of the Victorian Agriculture and Climate Change Council and...
Nov. 8, 2021
The stories of agriculture you need to hear
Oli Le Lievre is the Founder of Humans of Agriculture, a modern media company that aims to strengthen the connection between the food and fibre system, as well as the broader community, by making agriculture more relatable. I...
Oct. 25, 2021
Aligning profitability with sustainability on your farm
Jack Cresswell is the creator and host of Farms Advice podcast, a show which aims to share farming best-practice, innovation in agriculture, and create transparency within the industry. With each episode, Jack asks “How can t...
Oct. 11, 2021
How to own a farm when you have no capital
Growing up on a farm, Andi White has always had agriculture in her blood. And while Andi and her husband Hayden have been living and working on the same farm in NSW’s Tocumwal for the past 16 years, they’ve always dreamed of ...
Sept. 27, 2021
What boots can learn from suits (and vice versa)
Dr Kate Burke founded Think Agri after identifying a need for corporate and institutional investors to have access to astute experience-based advice when considering key agri-investment decisions. In this episode, Kate shares...
Sept. 13, 2021
Why farm dogs are so much more than working companions [REBROADCAST]
Original publish date: 27 Apr 2021. Kelly Barnes is the Founder of Mates Dog School and the Co-president of the newly revived Dunkeld CWA — both in Dunkeld, Victoria. Kelly originally studied agriculture before a chronic pain...
Aug. 30, 2021
Bringing the Silicon Valley mindset to Australian agriculture [REBROADCAST]
Original publish date: 19 Jan 2021. Sarah Nolet grew up in Silicon Valley, California, in the home of tech companies and the world of entrepreneurship. Although her dad had a hobby farm, the agriculture industry was not somet...
Aug. 16, 2021
Dealing with the 3 Ds — death, divorce and drought [REBROADCAST]
Original publish date: 13 Apr 2021. Warren Davies, aka ‘The Unbreakable Farmer’, is a keynote speaker covering topics such as mental health and resilience. Warren worked on his family’s farm for six years upon leaving school,...
Aug. 2, 2021
Why these farmers are all getting naked [REBROADCAST]
Original publish date: 22 Dec 2020. Social media can sometimes be seen as the creator of social problems, especially when it comes to mental health. But farmer Ben Brooksby decided to use it in a positive … yet unconventional...
July 19, 2021
Why you should thank a farmer for your next meal
Sam Johnston, like most rural kids, was shipped off to a Sydney boarding school which is where he first became aware of the disconnect between the product and consumer. In this episode, Sam shares how these experiences inspir...
July 5, 2021
Challenging Australia's drinking culture
Shanna Whan is the CEO of Sober in the Country, a national advocacy program for social change in the bush. In this episode, Shanna shares her (very) personal journey, from growing up in her local rural scene to her battle wit...
June 21, 2021
Why agriculture holds such diverse and exciting career opportunities
Amelia (Milly) Nolan is the Event Coordinator for The Livestock Collective, an organisation with a vision to increase connection to, and understanding of, agriculture in the wider community. While that’s her official role, he...
June 7, 2021
When the hustle pays off
Morgan Dahl is a hardworking, fifth-generation farmer from Queensland (amongst several other occupations!). When Morgan was younger, he embraced his entrepreneurial side intending to save enough money to buy his first farm. H...