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Deirdre Graham

Teaching Ag for the future

SUE Pratt and Carolyn Johnson have a few things in common, but a shared passion for teaching agriculture would probably top the list. Sue is South Australia’s lead agriculture teacher – a role appointed last year to help boost agriculture...

Deirdre Graham

May 2023

Livestock

Goats abound at Lameroo

ABOUT 10 years ago Lameroo’s Amy Eatts fell in love with goats. Now, seven years after moving to Lameroo with husband John and her three boys to a 90-acre farm Amy has a collection of 20 Boer goats, plus about 80 miniature and pygmy breeds. “...

Deirdre Graham

January 2023

Beef

Bull Oak Well Angus goes from strength to strength

IN 1997, Pinnaroo farmers Heath and Amanda Nickolls registered their first calves. Now, 25 years later, Bull Oak Well Angus calves about 240 stud calves each year, while selling 60 bulls at its annual February sale and another 30 to 40 privately...

Deirdre Graham

October 2022

Horticulture

A passion for flowers blooms in the Mallee

When Jetty Baks was growing up as a young girl in Holland, little did she know her passion for flowers would translate into an emerging business as a flower grower and arranger near the small SA town of Lameroo...

Deirdre Graham

July 2022

Beef

Weathering the storms at Roseleigh Angus

ROSELEIGH Angus is one of South Australia’s oldest Angus studs. The third-generation farm located near Pinnaroo has weathered the ups and downs of the industry since it was founded by Charles Cowley in 1954. These days the property is run by...

Deirdre Graham

February 2022

Sheep

Turning passion into success: Glenlea Park goes from strength to strength

PETER Wallis (pictured) has always had a passion for sheep breeding, and the success of his Glenlea Park stud near Pinnaroo is testament to that passion. Two years ago he sold a ram, lovingly named ‘Smithy’ after Australian cricketer Steve...

Deirdre Graham

February 2022

Sheep

Shear your way to success with labour shortage expected on sheep farms

SHEEP and shearing go hand in hand. Both are ingrained in the national psyche in films and art such as Tom Roberts’ 1890 Shearing the Rams painting or the 1975 film Sunday Too Far Away that propelled Jack Thompson into acting royalty. These days...

Deirdre Graham

February 2022