S2 E7: Tim McGrath - Low Stress Stockhandling takes to the sky.

Tim McGrath is Senior Agribusiness Development Officer with Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries. He has over 25 years of Agri-business development experience working across all major agricultural industries in Northern Australia. Tim has developed a passion for understanding profitab…

S2 E6 - Allan Parker: The Art and Science of Negotiation.

Allan Parker OAM is a Micro Behavioural Scientist and Negotiator. Allan usually introduces himself as an eccentric Micro-Behavioural Neuroscientist, International Negotiator, and Educator. He works as a negotiator/facilitator of large-scale multi-party negotiations and disputes. Within governmen…

S2 E5 - John McKillop: A Five Step Strategic Plan For Successful Business Management

John McKillop has held numerous senior agribusiness roles over the past 25 years including CEO of Hassad Australia, Managing Director of Clyde Agriculture and his current role as CEO of S.Kidman & Co and Hancock Agriculture.  In addition to executive roles, John is currently the Independent Chair …

Season 2 Episode 4 - Charlie Perry: Returning Home to Agriculture

Charlie Perry manages the family business, Trent Bridge Wagyu in the Northern Tablelands of NSW. Producing high performing bulls for the Full Blood and First Cross market for the last 16 years. They sell approximately 150 Wagyu bulls privately each year. Their bulls are bred with a focus on marblin…

Season 2 Episode 3; Justin McNab - The Australian Energy Sector.

Justin McNab is the Executive Director of BluePool Energy, a private, independent advisor to investors and companies operating in the energy, renewables and infrastructure sector. Prior to establishing BluePool in 2017, Justin worked for a number of years as Head of Business Development in Asia fo…

Season 2, Ep 2: Robert Wyld - The Power Of Data And Problem Solving

Robert Wyld grew up on a cattle and sheep property in the Western District of Victoria. After school, Robert attended Melbourne University, where he obtained a Bachelor of Engineering with Honours. He began his career working in the construction industry, working on the Crown Casino development bef…

Season 2, Episode 1: Dr. Alison Kennedy - Director of the National Centre for Farm Health

Alison is a Behavioural Scientist who has lived and worked in Victoria’s rural farming community for almost two decades. Her expertise in rural/farmer mental health and suicide prevention has drawn on a range of innovative techniques including digital interventions, digital storytelling, community …

Episode 33: Jim Wade - Animal Nutrition, optimising animal performance.

Jim Wade has a Rural Science degree from the University of New England in Armidale, NSW. Jim works as a consulting nutritionist in his own Agricultural Consulting Company (WAC), which started in August 2003. He works with a wide range of feed and premix companies, some government departments like…

Episode 32: Richard McFarlane - managing grazing for the land, cattle and the bottom line.

Richard, Emma and Janet McFarlane run the oldest Angus beef herd in South Australia. Established in 1845, the 19,000 acre property is situated in the Upper South East of South Australia on the shores of Lake Alexandrina. Wellington Lodge has been owned and operated by the McFarlane family for six…

Episode 31: Grant Sims - Multi species seed mixes and no till farming for better soils and outstanding production.

No-till Producer Grant Sims is a sixth generation farmer running the family farm with his wife Naomi and 4 children in North central Victoria Australia. The farm is 8,500 acres of dryland and some irrigation. The Sims farm has been utilizing no-till farming practices since the early 80's thanks to …