“I don't want to make it sound too fluffy, but it lit a fire inside of me. And it was like, ‘Hey, I'm going to build a tech business in the bush’.” 

And that’s exactly what Mark did.

“Tech was disrupting every other industry, but it hadn't really disrupted agriculture.”

“I wanted to start something where we could solve a problem straight away for farmers.”

“There was no power, no water, no telephone, and that's how we lived for the first few years until we could build a house.”

You listen to Clancy Mackay speak and you wouldn’t believe he is only 27 years old. A man with decades of experience, and a love of animals, family and adventure has seen him explore the globe in pursuit of his agricultural adventures.

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. 

In this episode of This is Aussie Ag we are heading from conception to consumption in Western Australia.

We’re here to meet the team to understand the role of people within their vertically integrated gate to plate beef business, an established and growing aquaculture brand and emerging horticulture operations.

Jo Treasure is blazing a trail and showing what’s possible for Women in Agriculture, in her words, there are three things that make a successful woman in ag: grit, determination and her network.

“I would‘ve spent nearly three and a half years on and off sailing and I got to the point where I knew I needed something a little bit more. I was incredibly isolated for several years, away from my family and friends, from human connection and professional opportunity.

Angus Street is an extraordinary leader, Oli was fortunate to be part of his team at AuctionsPlus, so in wrapping 2022 Oli thought he’d sit down with Angus to find out more about his story and journey.

Young Livestock superstar, Kari Moffat, leads from the front with her passion for agriculture and supporting communities across the world through higher animal welfare in the livestock export industry.

“My interest in the live export trade has primarily been through supporting the interests of producers. The live export trade not only supports the entire northern beef supply chain but businesses, families and communities throughout regional and rural northern Australia.”

As a boy from Western NSW, Pat Barrett stepped straight out of a Sydney private school into a role as a station hand – a ringer – in Australia’s top end and he hasn’t looked back.

Early in life, Tom Sharp decided he never wanted to be a farmer. Fast forward 20 odd years and his love for agriculture has superseded every alternative he has tried his hand at.

Charlie left school thinking a career as an architect looks pretty good, that was until he turned his hand to working on a merino stud and cattle properties in the Western Riverina of NSW.