“If you can see it, you can be it”

- Marty Lovegrove

Growing up, Martin Lovegrove, who is most definitely a ‘Marty’, dreamt of being a shearer, just like his Dad.

By his mid teenage years with plenty of time on the boards of the woolshed, Marty’s career aspirations would shift from fleece to fields. A pathway mapped, to finish school and proceed to tertiary education.

“I went [to University] to meet people, which is the biggest part of agriculture, probably.”

Like many young adults, returning home was a drawcard, however it was the encouragement of his father that would see Marty move further afield, securing a job with the Department of Agriculture on South Australia’s Yorke Peninsula.