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Paddock Perspectives | Stephen Taylor and Fairlie Weston - SA
My name is Stephen Taylor, I am 24 and recently began working full time with my parents, Kym and Mel, on the completion of my welding/boiler making apprenticeship. We farm two properties: one in Waikerie, SA and one in Copeville, SA. Both are in the northern Mallee.

Aligning chemical regulation with our international grain markets
If you ever want to see the chaos caused by small numbers, consider the impact of Maximum Residue Limits (MRL) for agricultural chemicals. With differing regulatory frameworks and approaches to risk assessment across the global trading environment, the failure to ‘get it right’, has serious consequences for ongoing trade.

Paddock Perspectives | Bradley Foy - Barellan, NSW
My family have been on the same property in Barellan, South West NSW since 1885.

GrainGrowers hosts strategic grain marketing workshops around Australia
In the dynamic world of farming, staying up to date with the latest trends and opportunities in grain marketing is important. Recognising there was an opportunity to bolster grower profitability, GrainGrowers held a series of thirteen grain marketing workshops across WA, NSW, VIC, SA and QLD in June and July 2023.

Grains game changer: meet a grower shaping national policy
Denise McLellan is a grower from Horsham VIC with a passion for people and rural communities.

Paddock Perspectives | Nicholas & Tessa Turner
We farm approx. 3600ha at West River, between Esperance and Albany in WA. We’ve been farming by ourselves for the past 4 years and are excited about the possibility of expanding over the next few years.

Paddock Perspectives | Jim Wakefield – Walpeup, VIC
I grew up in the Walpeup area and started farming at the end of 2001.

Paddock Perspectives | Chris & Maree Gillam – “Mayfield” – Clifton
My wife Maree and I, along with our two young children (with number 3 on the way) farm at Clifton, around 40km south of Toowoomba in Queensland.

Is ESG a golden opportunity for grains?
There is still much confusion about ESG and sustainability. These terms?are often used interchangeably. This month, Sarah Hyland attended the Australian Farm Institute (AFI) ESG Goals and Target Setting conference in Adelaide to look at some of the industry perspectives on ESG in farming.

Paddock Perspectives | Patrick Way - Port Vincent SA
I farm on our family farm near Port Vincent SA with my mother Jackie and father Richard.

Paddock Perspectives | Tim Mooney - Moree NSW
North of Moree is where you will find me farming cotton, barley, wheat, chickpeas and sorghum. The soils are self-mulching clay loams with an average rainfall of 600mm.

Meet emerging grain leader Elly Stevens
Victorian grower Elly Stevens is a current participant of GrainGrowers’ Australian Grain Leaders Program (AGLP).

Paddock Perspectives | Peter & Carolyn Reid - Boyup Brook WA
Our mixed grain and sheep farm is a family-run business based at Boyup Brook, 260 kilometres southeast of Perth in the Great Southern region that we operate with our son, daughter and son-in-law, together with a full-time worker and seasonal casuals.

GrainGrowers and Grain Producers Australia encourage growers to take a break
Grain Producers Australia and GrainGrowers have joined forces to partner on strengthening mental health awareness and suicide prevention, to support Australian farmers and rural communities.

Paddock Perspectives | Andrew Barber VIC
I crop around 3500ha with my wife and three kids on a fourth-generation property near Birchip in North-Western Victoria.

Paddock Perspectives | Wayne & Leanne Ziesemer and family – Amaroo & Bonwin - Bongeen, Qld
We farm around 1250ha at Bongeen on the Darling Downs in Queensland. We have black self-mulching soils & grow corn, sorghum & wheat on a 3-year rotation.

Emerging Influencer: Mark Merret's Journey to Farm Vlogging
From ‘Sheep Shifting’ to ‘Wheat Watching’, YouTube has given Kaniva grower Mark Merrett a platform to take viewers from around the world along for the ride while he works on his family farm.

Paddock Perspectives | Ethan Vogelsang - Padthaway SA
I farm at Padthaway in the Southeast of South Australia with my wife Hannah, 8-month-old daughter Millie, and parents Roger and Jenny.