1/17Champion team: Peter and Renee Burke have been crowned The Weekly Times Coles 2019 Farmer of the Year and Cropping Farmer of the Year. Picture: Yuri Kouzmin
Farmer of the Year awards 2019
Browse photos from The Weekly Times Coles 2019 Farmer of the Year awards, including all of the category winners and many of the guests.
2/17Holy grail: Winners of The Weekly Times Coles 2019 Farmer of the Year awards with The Weekly Times Editor Ed Gannon (left) and Coles chief executive Steven Cain (right). Picture: Yuri Kouzmin
3/17Top crops: South Australian cropping finalists (from left) Jodie Pontifex of Paskeville, Merridee Schilling of Cunliffe and Sarah Pontifex of Kangaroo Island congratulate winner Renee Burke from Jerilderie in NSW. Picture: Yuri Kouzmin
4/17Yes whey: Dairy Farmer of the Year winners Paula and Mick Hughes from Inverloch. Picture: Yuri Kouzmin
5/17Night out: Beef Farmer of the Year finalists John and Anne Wyld, from Coleraine, with The Weekly Times commercial director Scott McCullough. Picture: Yuri Kouzmin
6/17Scholarly pursuit: Nuffield Australia chief executive Jodie Redcliffe and her husband, Wayne, from Grevillia in northern NSW. Picture: Yuri Kouzmin
7/17Top drop: Horticulture Farmer of the Year finalists Linda and Rollo Crittenden from Crittenden Estate at Dromana on the Mornington Peninsula. Picture: Yuri Kouzmin
8/17Industry celebration: Coles chairman James Graham. Picture: Yuri Kouzmin
9/17All smiles: Sheep Farmer of the Year finalist Gordon Brown and his wife, Astrid, from Shelford. Picture: Yuri Kouzmin
10/17Top night: The Herald and Weekly Times chairman Penny Fowler. Picture: Yuri Kouzmin
11/17Grain brains: GrainGrowers Limited chairman Brett Hosking and his wife, Jane, from Quambatook in northern Victoria. Picture: Yuri Kouzmin
12/17Veg out: The AUSVEG team was well represented at the awards by (from left) Shaun Lindhe, Tyson Cattle, Zalmeen Hassan and Bill Bulmer. Picture: Yuri Kouzmin
13/17High steaks: The team from Trent Bridge Wagyu (from left) Wal and Jen Perry, Georgia Pearlman and Charlie Perry celebrate their Beef Farmer of the Year win. Picture: Yuri Kouzmin
14/17Baa baa: Sheep Farmer of the Year winners Jess and Duncan Barber, from Metcalfe, celebrate their win with Victorian Farmers Federation president David Jochinke. Picture: Yuri Kouzmin
15/17Innovators: Niels and Marja Olsen, from Soilkee at Hallora, won the Farm Magazine Innovative Farmer of the Year award. Picture: Yuri Kouzmin
16/17Apple turnover: Jason Shields, from Plunkett Orchards at Ardmona, with his trophy for Horticulture Farmer of the Year. Picture: Yuri Kouzmin
17/17Time to celebrate: Olympian and MC Giaan Rooney addresses the room. Picture: Yuri Kouzmin
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