Barry Murphy
- Indexed articles, last 90 days
- 16
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- Sep 2, 2026
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Meet the nurse turned agronomist who became a rural mental health advocate (opens the original)
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Jessica White admits her pathway into agriculture was as unconventional as it gets. Ms White, Maryborough, worked as a nurse for eight years before deciding to go to university to study agriculture. As an avid cyclist in her youth, she'd spent hours on the road witnessing the annual cycle of cropping country. "I wanted to do it probably from about 14 onwards," she said. Now a full-time agronomist with Swan Hill-based cropping consultancy firm AGRIvision with clients at Marnoo and St Arnaud, Ms W
'A content printer': how this farmer built a 450,000-subscriber YouTube empire (opens the original)
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In the race to close the information gap between farmers and non-farmers, one young south-west sheep producer could be the agriculture industry's secret weapon. Tara Farms first started vlogging day-to-day farm life on her family's 1600-hectare sheep operation in 2022. By early 2023, she had 30,000 subscribers to her YouTube channel. This grew to 200,000 in early 2024 and today, she has a staggering 450,000. With a significant 40 million views on her content over the last 90 days alone, Tara has
How these farmers used an 8000-head feedlot to scale their sheep operation (opens the original)
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An 8000-head sheep feedlot has allowed one farming couple to double the size of their business, lift stocking rates by 20 per cent and bolster their operation for the future. Todd and Tess Lamont, Woorndoo, bought their first farm together in 2017 and currently run 7200 June-lambing ewes on 1500 hectares. The farm is stocked at 14 dry sheep equivalent (DSE) a hectare, up 20pc from 12 DSE/ha just two years ago, and consists of 4800 first-cross ewes, 2000 Merino ewes, and 400 pedigree Poll Dorsets
'Point of difference': how these woolgrowers target Europe's fashion houses (opens the original)
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A central Victorian woolgrowing family is aiming to lift demand for their product by at least 10 per cent through the creation of their own wool brand. Targeted at the fashion houses of Europe, St Enochs Pastoral, Stockyard Hill, has a story packed with history, sustainability and quality credentials but it is not written in the traditional sense. The operation is run by David and Deb Bain, with the next generation, daughter Katherine and her fiancé Ben McCullum, taking on the reins. The family
How an unusual composite breed is delivering producers 20 per cent more beef (opens the original)
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A Victorian farming family steeped in Angus tradition has developed composite cattle which deliver 20 per cent more beef. Paringa Livestock stud co-principals Tom and Olivia Lawson, Clarkes Hill, are pushing the boundaries of bovine genetics, without fear of new breeds or crossbreeding. Tom's late father, Don Lawson, was one of the first in Australia to performance record cattle, and like the generation prior, the couple bred Angus in their early years in the stud game. However, about 20 years a
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