Erica Halliday embodies optimism. Her upbeat nature is genuinely infectious, even when she is talking about some really difficult periods for her, her family and the business.

Erica and her husband Stu run Ben Nevis Angus Stud, a 5th generation family business situated in Walcha, New South Wales.

“I can see the actual benefit of the stuff we do there. So it just gives me that warm and fuzzy. so as far as I’m concerned, Yeah I am. I’m part of the agriculture industry in a potentially different way than others have done before”

There’s this idea that to be successful, you’ve got to get yourself a degree, but for Callan Daley, failing a maths subject a few times was the stepping stone to much greater things.

At 24, Callan is the Business Development Lead for MEQ, a start-up that creates technology that measures meat-eating quality, and this year has been jetting across the country and world with his work.

We got to know Ben Dwyer while filming This Is Aussie Ag - Harvest Road.  His career in Australian agriculture is very cool and he’s an all-round top fella.

As the Chief Operating Officer of Agribusiness, he's a seasoned executive having led major Australian agribusiness operations.