Superfood alternative for Young guns
BEEF FINALIST 2018: SUPERFOOD kale is not just a winner for health-obsessed hipsters – it’s also the cattle feed of choice for leading beef producers Ben and Jane Young.
Farmer Of The Year
Early starters go for growth
DAIRY FINALIST 2018: A WAR on costs is paving the whey forward for leading dairy farmers Luke and Stacey Madden.
Zunker success from sugar to sweet
FOSSICKING for gold nuggets in the foothills of an extinct volcano has proved a sweet move for former sugarcane farmers Darren and Linda Zunker.
Chris at the helm of an innovation generation
NOTHING stands in the way of Chris Reichstein’s farming success.
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Variety club
THE Gleeson family might be turning off 10,000 lambs and 300 cattle a year from 8000ha but their sheer size doesn’t hamper quality.
Quality a Schreurs thing
WHEN three cousins took over their family vegetable growing business two years ago they were keen to reinject some life back into it.
Drum beats
CHRIS and Gerald Drum’s cropping operation at Banyena has withstood the challenges of heatwaves, frosts and three exceptionally dry years in a row.
In the bag
GET big, buy the best equipment available and grow the lines that others put in the too-hard basket.
Grant approval
PROGRESSIVE, young farmers such as Grant Sims are the future of Australian agriculture.
Business is blooming
TURNING a cut flower farm into a rose petal paradise has proved lucrative for a mother-and-daughter duo.
Variety spices up life
THE Moll family’s century-old tradition of being willing to try something new has worked a treat.
Killa plan produces top finish
THE ability to turn off 500-600 heavy steers each year off just 400ha in a 700mm rainfall needs a careful formula.
Potato gems
A FRESH take on marketing potatoes is paying dividends for Rod and Gabrielle Fraser.
Weight and see
THE Patons’ bullocks have a weighty reputation.
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