Welcome to
Mates In Grain.
A fast-paced digital series exclusive to Allied dedicated to the great people whom we have the pleasure of working with every day. Our Mates In Grain. We share the stories, the everyday challenges, the quiet wins and pockets of joy that comes with the job we know and love; working and living in grain. Got a sweet spot for the grain industry? Know a mate in grain? We invite you to join or nominate a mate for our popular series!
August 9, 2018
Jim Collis and his wife Sally manage Glen Hope, the 14,000 acre farming operation in Beckom, NSW which has been in his family for generations. Specialising in broad acre cropping, they […]
August 9, 2018
Jamie Latta is a fourth generation farmer in Walpeup, near Ouyen, North West Victoria in Mallee. Together with his father and two younger brothers, he produces a variety of crops on the 50,000 acre property […]
August 9, 2018
How Geoff enhanced longevity and marketability In partnership with his wife, Alison, Geoff Bergmeier manages a mixed grain and livestock enterprise near Lockhart NSW. Their main grain production comes from canola, wheat […]
August 9, 2018
Fraser Hewitt is a fifth generation farmer in Theodore, in the Shire of Banana, on the Dawson River. Together with his father and two younger brothers he manages 27,000-acre Charvel Grazing, the […]
August 9, 2018
Ian Hill runs 3000 acre Bailey Creek Piggery, a commercial pig farm in North Burnett. The principle owner, he runs his enterprise together with his wife and their four children. “My oldest […]
August 9, 2018
Graeme Hendy, together with his wife, Margo, manages their 2,800 acre enterprise in Numurkah, Victoria. A fourth generation farmer, Graeme builds on a rich history of farming dating back to the 1920s. […]
July 26, 2018
How Leigh Reduced Costs and Increased Output Alongside his father and uncle, Leigh Fuller manages a 3800ha mixed cropping and sheep operation in Koolunga, SA. Located in the Mid-North, their various […]