The Weekly Times Coles 2022 Farmer of the Year Awards Photo Gallery

See all the best pictures from The Weekly Times Coles 2022 Farmer of the Year Awards, which honoured the best and brightest minds in Australian agriculture.

Overall Farmer of the Year winners Brendan and Nicole Saunders of BNS Ag at Maffra in Victoria. Pictures: Yuri Kouzmin

More than 150 of the best and brightest minds in Australian agriculture gathered at The Terrace in Melbourne’s Royal Botanical Gardens last week for The Weekly Times Coles 2022 Farmer of the Year Awards.

The ceremony was hosted by Herald and Weekly Times chairman Penny Fowler and Coles Group chairman James Graham with Olympian and TV personality Giaan Rooney the master of ceremonies.

The winners were as follows:

Overall: Nicole and Brendan Saunders, BNS Ag, Maffra VIC
Beef: Jeremy and Julie Shaw, JS Grazing, Injune QLD
Cropping: David and Jenny Thompson, Illabo NSW
Dairy: Nicole and Brendan Saunders, BNS Ag, Maffra VIC
Horticulture: Jurgens family, VJK Produce, Bowen QLD
Innovative: Kay and Dave Tommerup, Tommerup’s Dairy Farm, Kerry QLD
Sheep: Thompson family, Moojepin Merinos, Badgebup WA

Keep scrolling to enjoy some of the best pictures from Aussie ag’s night of nights.

(From left) Coles Group chairman James Graham, Herald and Weekly Times chairman Penny Fowler, incoming Coles chief executive Leah Weckert, The Weekly Times editor James Wagstaff and MC Giaan Rooney.

Farmer of the Year 2022 presentation, The Terrace, Botanical Gardens.

News Corp Victorian managing director Peter Zavecz, Coles media and sponsorship general manager Kate Bailey and Telstra general manager media Steve Carey.

Innovative Farmer of the Year finalist Kate and Mark Wheal of Beachport Berkshires, winner Kay Dave Tommerup of Tomerrup’s Dairy farm and finalist Alastair and Tom Dennis of Tarndwarncoort.

Category winners at The Weekly Times Coles Farmer of the Year 2022 presentation.

Herald and Weekly Times chairman Penny Fowler. .

Beef Farmers of the Year Jeremy and Julie Shaw react to their award.

Beef Farmer of the Year finalists Rod and Rodda Manning from Davilak Pastoral Company at Mansfield in Victoria.

Innovative Farmer of the Year finalists Kate and Mark Wheal from Beachport Berkshires of Beachport in South Australia.

David Williams of Kidder Williams and Elle Moyle of Moyle Pathfinder Angus.

Sheep Farmers of the Year Jenny and David Thompson from Moojepin Merinos at Badgebup in Western Australia.

Jenny and David Thompson from Illabo NSW with their trophy for Cropping Farmer of the Year.

Farmer of the Year 2022 presentation in Melbourne at The Terrace within the Royal Botanical Gardens.

Horticulture finalists Annaleise and Miles Donovan from Donovan Family Investments at Bundaberg in Queensland.

Beef Farmer of the Year winners Julie and Jeremy Shaw celebrate their award win.

James Graham, Coles Group chairman, speaks at the awards.

MC Giaan Rooney keeps the show running.

Agostino Giramondo, James Wagstaff, Kathy Wilkes, Daniel Smith, Melanie Stephens, Rachael McCullough and Camille Smith from The Weekly Times.

Farmers of the Year Nicole and Brendan Saunders speak after they were announced the best in the country.

Innovative Farmer of the Year winners Kay and Dave Tommerup from Kerry in Queensland.

Horticulture Farmer of the Year winners Melita and Jamie Jurgens of VJK Produce from Bowen, in Queensland, give a speech after winning.

Victorian Senator Jana Stewart, representing Minister for Agriculture Murray Watt, addresses the crowd.

Tricia and Paul O’Connor, Sheep Farmer of the Year finalists, from Oxton Park in Harden, NSW.