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Partners 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. 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!
October 31, 2024
Greg Thomas runs a mixed farming enterprise alongside his wife Linda and Mother-in-law Maree. They have 4000 hectares of land in Gubbata, about 87 kilometres northwest of West Wyalong, in the Central […]
May 22, 2024
Brooke Kaveney is a research fellow currently involved in an international project, helping to fund alternative solutions to rice production in the saline soils of Southern Vietnam, where local farmers are grappling […]
February 15, 2024
Mitch Hawker is a second-generation farmer from Brobenah, New South Wales, a small farming area with rich soils 45km east of Griffith. Mitch alongside his father Graeme, runs a mixed farming operation […]
November 9, 2023
Meet Andy. Andy Laidlaw is a grain farmer from Ararat, a former gold mining town in regional Victoria, nestled within the foothills of the famous Grampians Ranges. Andy, along with his […]
July 13, 2023
Click below to Listen to our Podcast episode with Kayla, hosted by Emma Smith. Kayla Evans was raised on a grain and beef farm on the Darling Downs in Queensland. […]
May 24, 2023
Steph Schmidt is a farmer and Clinical Psychologist from South Australia, who is on a mission to build a thriving Rural Australia by promoting resilience and well-being among farmers and their families. […]
March 30, 2023
Brothers, Jeremy and Alec Pengilley are grain farmers from the Liverpool Plains in NSW. Together, they run a mixed cropping enterprise that spans across 4,500 acres. The family farm is located on […]
December 22, 2022
Dom Parkman is a fourth generation farmer from a small village called Murringo, near Young NSW. He works alongside his Dad Peter on the family farm, running 3500 merinos and 2500 crossbred […]
November 9, 2022
Ben is a co-founder of ag software company AgriDigital, and is a fourth generation farmer. Ben grew up on a mixed family farm between Young and Cowra in NSW, before going away […]