Growing farmers mental health: Dr Kate Gunn is the winner of the Excellence in Agriculture Research award. She's founded Ifarmwell making meaningful connections with farmers and worked with communities in the Riverland. @UniversitySA#ausfarmerawards
Innovative commericial vegetable, livestock and egg producer Jake Ryan has won the Excellence in Diversification Award. He's passionate about diversification, soil biological activity and the climate. #ausfarmerawards@WAFarmers
Matt Norton takes out Rural Consultant of the Year. He's directly contributed to successful outcomes for development approvals allowing for the growth of the Australian feedlot sector by over 100,000 head and the pork sector by over 200,000 pigs. #ausfarmerawards
Victorian dairy farmer Sarah Parker is named Community Leader of the Year. She's a mentor, leader of multiple organisations and even spoke at the United Nations. #ausfarmerawards
Meet Agricultural Student of the Year James Easter. He's passionate about creating opportunities for students and anyone interested in a career in agriculture, showing you don't need to be brought up on a farm to have a career in ag. #ausfarmerawards
With a passion for technology and scientific research, grain farmer Brad Egan from Scadden in WA has been named Young Farmer of the Year. #ausfarmerawards
🏆NSW multigenerational farmer Michael Taylor who has a passion for sharing his knowledge with others has been named the 2022 Australian Farmer of the Year. @ausfarmerawards@KondininGroup
Who inspires you? 🤠 There are 10 Australian Farmer Of The Year categories spanning all ages and stages of life on the land, you can enter yourself or someone you know here: ab.co/AFOTY22
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🏆 The Farming Legend of the Year Award goes to @BlazeAid founders Kevin and Rhonda Butler 👏👏 The sheep farmers from Kilmore East started BlazeAid after the 2009 Black Saturday fires to help communities rebuild after disasters #ausfarmerawards
🏆 Congrats to @AmyMunro4 for taking out Agricultural Student of the Year! 👏👏 Amy grew up on a family beef farm at Cumnock, NSW. She’s now a practicing vet and the Vice President of @AustWomenInAg#ausfarmerawards