Gingin Elders Invitation Ram Sale
The second Gingin Elders Invitational Ram Sale was held on Monday 14 October, with both local and out-of-state buyers gathering to view the stock...
Bindi Belters take home Young Farmers Challenge
Young farmers Damon Topham, Ashlee Topham, Oaklee Treasure, and Leah Taylor, competing as the ‘Bindi Belters’, claimed victory in the Young Farmers Challenge at...
Keep the Sheep goes to Canberra for the National Ag Rally
Christine Brown and Kevin McLean, Banksia Downs Grazing, Coomberdale
As sandplain livestock producers, we have a vested interest in the Keep the Sheep movement. We’ve...
New generation graduate Grain Leaders Program
GrainGrowers recently celebrated the graduation of the 2024 Australian Grain Leaders Program in Adelaide, with participants from across the country stepping into the future...
Highland heritage
Kristi Jacklin’s journey to cattle famer stretches from regional Victoria, to the rugged coastline of northeast Scotland, before eventually coming to life on her...
It can’t be that hard
Roy and Laura Mellon are relatively new kids on the block in the Chittering Valley, selling their first lot of farmer-direct beef and lamb...
Transforming Yanget Farm
Amanda Rowland
In February 2009 in Midwest WA, Rod O’Bree: businessman, horse-lover, would-be-farmer, took a picture of water lying in a barren, hydrophobic landscape on...
Addicted to farming
Fourth generation Miling farmer Tony White fondly calls farming his addiction. He not only loves what he does, but also the lifestyle it affords...
Farmer, advocate, leader
Tracy Lefroy is the epitome of a modern multitasker. From farming with husband Kristin at Cranmore Farming in Bindi-Bindi, to grains industry and regional...
Someone’s telling porky pies…
If you’ve ever scrutinised the bacon packaging in a supermarket fridge, you would
have encountered a curious thing. While the trusty green and gold ‘Made...
New kid on the block
In an Australian-first, black limes are being produced right here in the Northern Valleys, at Veronica and Grant Trethewey’s Wanerie farm.
Taking a fresh lime...
Spicks and speckles
It is a rare feat to transplant Canadians accustomed to their frosty climate into the scorching Australian paddocks and expect them to flourish. Nonetheless,...
