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Young farmers to watch in 2022
Australia’s agriculture industry is in good hands with these young farmers. See how they became leaders and why they’re at the top of their game.
Ali Davies runs a large corporate enterprise at Branxholme and is a leading figure in working dog trialling, plus wrangles four kids.
Ali Davies
Ali, aged 34, works alongside her husband Richard across eight properties.
“We started with 800 ewes with the goal of getting to 30,000, and we’ve done that in four-and-a-half years,” she said.
Steven Wishart is driving the transformation of a traditional stud, Burnbrae Poll Merinos, into a modern sheep breeding business using new technologies.
Steven Wishart
A third-generation cattle farmer, Darcey Heffernan took over the family farm about two years ago, when she was just 21.
Darcey Heffernan
Darcey has introduced adaptations to run 160 Poll Hereford cows and a small flock of Poll Dorset sheep.
She is holding on to yearling steers normally sold on the store market to grow them out to about 500kg at 15 or 16 months old.
Jackson Dargaville isn’t your typical beef farmer. The fourth-generation butcher purchased the 100ha property with his father and brother.
Jackson Dargaville
"It’s exciting," he said. "We’ve known about butchering all our lives. But to get into agriculture is an exciting thing."
The sole focus is to produce grass-fed beef which they then sell at their family butcher shop, Flora Hill Meats, in Bendigo.
Using certified organic methods, Christina Kelman and her family have taken a corner of the organic, asian greens market. In 2019, Christina was awarded a Nuffield Australia Scholarship for her work.
Christina Kelman
Lucy Collins boasts a number of titles: veterinarian, Nuffield Scholar, dairy medicine student, and dairy farmer and is focused on preserving and promoting high standards of animal welfare.
Lucy Collins
See the full list of young farmers to watch
See the full list of young farmers to watch 																																								

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