Horticulture’s top farmers in 2022
With a focus on innovation, sustainability and persistence, these family-led horticultural operations have skyrocketed to the top of their industry.
With a focus on innovation, sustainability and persistence, these family-led horticultural operations have skyrocketed to the top of their industry.
Passion, hard work and smarts are essential in today’s dairy industry. These three family dairy farms exemplify those traits and are in the running to be named the nation’s best.
Backed into their respective corners, these family cropping ventures chose to be nimble and innovative, and saw yields and profits soar.
Three family beef operations are in the running to be crowned best of the year. Meet them and see how they’re improving on one of Australia’s oldest industries.
Starting from just one 8ha farm, this Queensland avocado and banana farming enterprise has come a long way to the nine-farm operation it is today. Here they explain why innovation is key.
Dairy farmers, want to know how to achieve a 10-per-cent return on assets and triple equity? Leading Victorian producers Matt and Alli Reid have the answers.
New calving times and an improved feed base are among the winning ways for a western Victorian beef and sheep enterprise.
Farming in two vastly different cropping environments has led to this Victorian family maximising profit, manpower and machinery.
A switch to minimum till has brought maximum benefits in arid South Australia.
Tasmanian farmer Jake Newnham scoured the globe looking for ways to advance Australia’s cherry industry. Here’s what he discovered.
Technology has been key to the advancement of one of Australia’s most innovative cherry producers. And they’re sharing how they did it.
Few know the secret to successfully breeding prized first-cross ewes better than South Australia’s Ian Farley. And here he shares what he knows and how he got there.
Producing 180,000 trays of mangoes a year is no mean feat but it’s something Leo Skliros and his family take in their stride.
Suzanne and Jim Gall made the gutsy move to kick start a paddock-to-plate lamb operation during the pandemic. See how they launched their branded business and why it’s thriving.
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