Henty Machinery Field Days: Rohar Bahr joins board
HENTY district farmer Rohan Bahr is the newest face on the board at the Henty Machinery Field Days.
HENTY district farmer Rohan Bahr is the newest face on the board at the Henty Machinery Field Days.
Mr Bahr, 52, was elected at the co-operative’s annual general meeting on May 29, and joins chairman Ross Edwards, deputy chairmen Nigel Scheetz and Daryl Thomson, and directors John Maher, Matthew Noll and Mark Hasler.
Mr Bahr is a second generation board director, with his father Neil involved for more than 40 years with the co-operative and board.
Mr Bahr and wife, Kellie, farm 1550ha near Henty, comprising 850ha of cereal and oilseed crops, and run a self-replacing flock of 2800 Merino ewes.
Mr Bahr said the field days had a positive future but must remain relevant to a rapidly changing agricultural industry.
“We have to be on the ball with technology, and be open to what people want to see at the field days,’’ he said. “A lot of people use the internet for their research but there is nothing quite like sitting on machinery and touching a few buttons.”
The 2018 Henty Machinery Field Days will be held on September 18-20, at Henty, NSW.
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