Who will join the ranks of Australia’s best farmers?
Welcome to The Weekly Times Coles 2019 Farmer of the Year awards. Nominations are now open.
Farmer Of The Year
Asparagus is the pick for these spear guns
Two farming families have spent nearly 30 years creating a successful asparagus business, but their biggest challenge lies ahead.
Bulls step up to plate as appetite for quality grows
Rising demand for premium lamb promises rich rewards for Holbrook farmers Tom and Phoebe Bull.
Podcast: Farmer of the Year special
PODCAST: Farmer of the Year Tom Bull speaks with The Weekly Times reporter CHANTELLE FRANCIS about challenges the agricultural industry is facing and his advice moving forward. LISTEN NOW.
Meet our farmers of the year
SHEEP breeders Phoebe and Tom Bull have been crowned our farmers of the year. Pick up our bonus Farmer of the Year magazine in the paper this week. READ MORE.
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.
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.
Increasing productivity passes the baa exam
Sheep Farmer of the Year finalist: Glenn White certainly knows a thing or two about transforming a livestock enterprise.
Farmer of the Year Awards 2018
AUSTRALIA’S best farmers for 2018 were celebrated at a gala event in Melbourne, hosted by The Weekly Times and Coles.
Bulls win Farmer of the Year
A NSW couple on a mission to produce the world’s best-tasting lamb chop have been judged Australia’s best farmers.
Our best farmers do incredible things
THE finalists and winners of The Weekly Times Coles 2018 Farmer of the Year Awards announced at a function in Melbourne last week are people doing some incredible things, as ED GANNON explains.
McKillops are saints when it comes to sustainability
DAIRY FINALIST 2018: SUSTAINABILITY equals profitability for Scott and Belinda McKillop.
Dirty deeds done dirt cheap
GOING for growth — using the practical skills inherited from his mechanically-minded dad — has placed Nathan Blomeley among Australia’s best farmers at the tender age of 27.
Stem-sell research pays off
PASSION, innovation and a fair dose of Dutch courage have led to a blooming financial success for Victorian flower growers Rob and Mariske de Wit.
Putting people first the key
CROPPING FARMER OF THE YEAR 2018: CALIFORNIAN dreaming has become a rolled gold Aussie reality for the Kahl family in the cotton fields of northern NSW.
Success the size of Texas
BEEF FARMER OF THE YEAR 2018: PERFORMANCE, even in the harshest of seasons, is the Mayne aim for one of Australia’s most successful beef cattle studs.
Business plan is ripe for the picking
HORTICULTURE WINNER 2018: THEY’RE figures that are hard enough to wrap your head around — let alone your lips.
Winter feast on Wagyu
BEEF FINALIST 2018: THERE’s certainly nothing bleak about Anthony and Chantal Winter’s approach to cattle breeding.
Fresh proves best in this share market
DAIRY WINNER 2018: WHAT Clint Theodore and Brooke Lane might lack in years, they certainly make up for in innovation, determination and success.
Mission from paddock to palate
SHEEP WINNER 2018: THE challenge to create Australia’s best lamb chop is like waving a red rag to Tom and Phoebe Bull.
Healthy pulse rate
INNOVATION FINALIST 2018: COLLABORATION and dedication has helped the Drew family from southern NSW create a farm-to-fork operation like no other.
McNauls thrive under teff conditions
INNOVATION FINALIST 2018: IT MAY be an ancient grain, but teff is propelling Shane and Fraser McNaul’s farming business into the future.
Watt powers herbs into new territory
INNOVATION WINNER 2018: ROSEMARY grower Anita Watt will celebrate 20 years of business next year, and the experienced producer is unlikely to run out of energy any time soon.
Clean, green and clever the recipe for success
THE winners of The Weekly Times Coles 2017 Farmer of the Year Awards are hitting the mark, writes Coles managing director JOHN DURKAN.
A boardroom for the brave
THE culmination of the year’s work is this — The Weekly Times Coles 2017 Farmer of the Year Awards, writes NATALEE WARD.
Hinkleys win Farmer of the Year
VICTORIAN cropping farmers Matthew and Rachel Hinkley have been crowned The Weekly Times Coles 2017 Farmer of the Year.
Who will be Farmer of the Year?
THE best of Australian farming will be celebrated tonight at The Weekly Times Coles 2017 Farmer of the Year Awards.
Pick of the bunch
FINALISTS Ed and Chris Millis, from Flavorite at Warragul, are on the countdown to the presentation of The Weekly Times Coles 2017 Farmer of the Year awards in Melbourne on Friday night.
Farmer of the Year finalists revealed
INTRODUCING the finalists in The Weekly Times Coles 2017 Farmer of the Year Awards.
Tickled pink by blooming success
ITS sheltered position and cool climate make a North-West property perfect for a large-scale grower of peonies, which are harvested this month. KAROLIN MACGREGOR reports.
Dunn deal
DUAL-purpose crops and prime sheep are an ideal mix for this farming family, writes FIONA MYERS.
Order of Merrett
LEADING sheep producer Damian Merrett goes for growth, writes FIONA MYERS.
Cherry on top
MODERN technology has helped reshape this family farming business, writes JAMES WAGSTAFF.
Fine feat
WEIGHT and see approach pays dividiends for this leadingMerino breeder, writes FIONA MYERS
Fields of dreams
TWO neighbouring strawberry-growing families have shown what co-operation can really achieve, writes SARAH HUDSON
Cook county
LUCERNE the best of the batch for these South Australian farmers, writes JAMES WAGSTAFF.
Get Smart
THIS South Australian farming family puts its brain to good use, writes JAMES WAGSTAFF.
Complete package
A GOOD mix of beef and sheep makes sense for Karn Station, writes JAMIE-LEE OLDFIELD.
Price is right
THESE innovative Western District farmers see the light through the trees, writes KATE DOWLER.
Hawkes eyes
THIS innovative Mornington Peninsula farming family shows its vegie might, writes SARAH HUDSON.
Glass act
FLAVORITE reaps the rewards of being at the cutting edge of the hydroponics industry, writes JAMES WAGSTAFF.
Lincoln doctrine
A CONTROLLED-traffic and no-till approach to farming is paying dividends for the Lehmann family, writes DALE WEBSTER.
Mann made
THESE leading South Australian dairy farmers are going for growth, writes KATE DOWLER.
Bed heads
RAISED-bed cropping is helping this couple push the yield boundaries, writes JAMES WAGSTAFF.
In high spirits for hemp blast-off
REGULATORY change promises big things for Australia’s hemp seed industry, writes SARAH HUDSON.
Where there’s a Will there’s a way
IT’S been a tough road, but Will Carmody has loved the ride, writes EMMA FIELD.
Corriedales reap results of profit push
FOCUSING on performance traits is proving profitable for Corriedale breeders Peter and Claire Blackwood.
Novices just had to wing it
THE offer of a quail farm had a great incentive, writes SARAH HUDSON.
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