Humans of Agriculture

Today I'm excited to be welcoming Jill Kelly to the podcast. For more than a decade, Jill has been a district Vet with the Local Land Services in Western NSW supporting farmers with ruminant nutrition, welfare and sustainability on farm. When she's not up to her elbow dissecting a sheep carcase, Jill's creative side flares to life as a painter where she goes by the alias of Miss Vet. I love the saying, "When the going gets tough, the tough get going" – During the recent drought there were a few shining beacons, one being the well-known #BuyFromTheBush Campaign, for Jill it turned her hobby into something more. For Jill, on the front line of supporting farmers it was a little initiative called the Drought Smoko, as she describes 'an idea born our of necessity', every Tuesday she'd bake a cake, and spend the morning chatting about a topic that would help the farmers in her community with their livestock in the midst of the drought. If you enjoyed this podcast, please rate & review it and recommend any guests or topics you'd love for us to cover. This episode is sponsored by LAWD, The specialists in Agribusiness valuations and transactions, to find out more head to www.lawd.com.au --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/humans-of-agriculture/message

This week I'm excited to welcome Paddy Ward to the Humans of Agriculture Podcast. Paddy is a country boy through and through, from a childhood living out at Mount Hope he took up a lease opportunity and begun mustering goats to make a quid and support his dream of flying. He may be the unofficial Mayor of Condoblin, a community man at his core and his list of involvements in the town are extensive - He's the President of the Aero Club, on the Condoblin Races Committee, Avid golfer, retired rugby player and mate to many.  Paddy gives us an insight into his life from a kid from Mount Hope commuting 3 hours a day to and from school to finding an alternative income at the midst of the 2019 drought. Enjoy the chat! The Humans of Agriculture podcast is proudly supported by LAWD the specialists in Agribusiness valuations and transactions, to find out more head to www.lawd.com.au --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/humans-of-agriculture/message

Welcome to Part 2 of these podcast with Jane Weir. Part One kicked off with Jane sharing a bit about her early life, her travels overseas and her return home to not just the family property but back into Agriculture. In Part two, Jane shares more about her recovery, she gives you an insight into her tenacity and her motivations as she went after discovering what she was truly capable of.  Enjoy! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/humans-of-agriculture/message

Todays guest is a captivating story teller, her journey has been anything but straight forward. I first met Jane at Beef Australia, she was part of the advancing beef leaders program and shared a piece she had written in front of the audience, speaking about the importance of representation she used 'The Hat' as a symbol that represents our industry, good bad or indifferent the people wearing that hat are symbolic of who we are as people. You can find it on our Instagram or facebook. From a young age, Jane Weir had seen through her parents what it was like to be a trailblazer. Daring to have a greater impact they left their relatively accomplished farming operation near Roma in Central Qld and headed north where they took on the next challenge at Amelia Downs, not too far from Charters Towers. In Part One you will hear about Jane's early life, from a kid working the land alongside he parents to trying to get as far away from agriculture as she could, ultimately pursuing a dream of riding horses internationally. Taking a few short cuts, Jane returned home in 2013, where she was training a young horse when the horse fell onto her, beginning the journey that would be three operations, a bone marrow transplant and years of recovery. Thank you to this episodes sponsor who really help me make it possible to bring these conversations to life. LAWD are the specialists in agribusiness valuations and transactions. You can find out more at www.lawd.com.au --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/humans-of-agriculture/message

Welcome to the Humans of Agriculture podcast with Munro Hardy. Today we chat about Munro's extensive experience and journey into agriculture to where he is today as part of the team at Agriwebb.  He's a man of mystery who over the last decade has found his home in the air working in some of the most remote places in Australia. Determined to get his 'ticket' to fly, he dreamt of being a helicopter pilot and there wasn't much that could stop him from achieving it. He's spend the off-season or wet season collecting crocodile eggs and even spent a stint as an underground miner. If you aren't aware of Munro Hardy, by the end of the chat you'll have a bit of insight into what drew him from Western Victoria to the vast expanses of the north, he now finds himself working in AgTech with Agriwebb. Thank you to this episodes sponsor who really help me make it possible to bring these conversations to life. LAWD are the specialists in agribusiness valuations and transactions. You can find out more at www.lawd.com.au --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/humans-of-agriculture/message

G’day and welcome to episode 53 of the Humans of Agriculture podcast.  This week I’m very excited to welcome a friend and someone who I’ve got to know pretty well over the last few years as we worked together on a project and our own personal development through the NFF 2030 leaders program.  Nicole McDonald is a trained researcher in the field of vocational psychology who has put her skillset to use in a variety of settings, one of which being for over half a decade she has been looking to understand not just cotton farm workers’ job satisfaction with a research project looking at how they can adapt in regard to what the future skillsets may be for Cotton farmers. If you want to find out more about or get in touch with Nicole you can find her on twitter @Nic_career Thank you to this episodes sponsor who really help me make it possible to bring these conversations to life. LAWD are the specialists in agribusiness valuations and transactions. You can find out more at www.lawd.com.au --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/humans-of-agriculture/message

Dr Holly Ludemann is a vet as well as the Founder and Managing Director of the Livestock Collective. Like all our podcasts, I wanted to understand where her story starts and where the passion comes from, the experience of putting her head up and being a face of live export at a time when the industry was facing significant external negativity, this led her to taking a team of media on board and travelling from Australia to Kuwait to gather data and footage as to what happens on board. This chat is fascinating from someone on the ground and responsive for the overall health and wellbeing of livestock onboard As always, thank you to this episodes sponsor who really help me make it possible to bring these conversations to life. LAWD are the specialists in agribusiness valuations and transactions. You can find out more at www.lawd.com.au --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/humans-of-agriculture/message

Dr Robyn Alders was born and raised on a grazing property on the Southern Tablelands of NSW and for more than the last 30 years, has worked closely with smallholder farmers in Africa and Asia as a veterinarian, researcher and colleague. She’s Honorary Professor with the Development Policy Centre within the Australian National University, a Senior Scientific Advisor with the Chatham House Centre on Global Health Security and is a mentor in Timor Leste with a program focused on improving nutrition. Her journey begins as a young girl, with a dream of becoming a drover. When her horse fell sick and she saw the incredible work that vets do. From that day, her life took a turn, it's left her with some incredible experiences and stories to share. Thank you to this episodes Sponsor, LAWD, specialists in agribusiness valuations and transactions. You can find out more at http://www.lawd.com.au --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/humans-of-agriculture/message

Shannon Speight Shannon is the co-founder & CEO of Black Box Co. Shannon's career is anything but linear; born in Mount Isa she followed her parents across Australia for their work before beginning her studies with a focus on becoming a large animal vet. It was during her uni days that she stopped and reflected, and ultimately deciding to defer her studies saw Shannon heading to Northern Australia where her love for cattle and the northern pastoral industry really shone through. But it hasn't all be high tech for Shannon, as a qualified Vet, her work saw her playing an integral role in the Northern Genomics project where ultimately while on her mentoring trip as part of the Zanda Mcdonald Award saw her life changing opportunity really uncover itself. Shannon's accolades are plenty; the 2019 joint Zanda McDonald Award Winner, more recently being listed by Forbes as one of the 30 under 30 Asian region Entrepreneurs… mind blowing! Her story is one of tenacity, of rolling your sleeves up, of taking time to learn about others and what the problem is on hand, and what really makes Shannon so incredibly unique, on top of being able to fit in everything, is her willingness to give back. As always, thank you to this episodes sponsor who really help me make it possible to bring these conversations to life. LAWD are the specialists in agribusiness valuations and transactions. You can find out more at www.lawd.com.au --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/humans-of-agriculture/message

She's the author and photographer of five books that has seen her traverse Australia from the back of horses to the cabins of trucks. She's seen more of this country that most Australians and more of this country's agricultural industry than the average cockie. It wasn't all smooth sailing but following a life changing accident in her mid teenage years, Al Mabin has had a self-belief and a can-do attitude that has seen her create opportunity in some of the most unlikely situations. Thank you to this episodes Sponsor, LAWD, specialists in agribusiness valuations and transactions. You can find out more at http://www.lawd.com.au You can check out Al's website @ https://almabin.com/about/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/humans-of-agriculture/message