Andrew lives west of Rockhampton QLD on 3,500ha along the Fitzroy River with his wife Meagan and has been based there since 2000 when they entered a family partnership after 15 years working in various roles with his mechanical trade.
Andrew is a GrazingforProfit®, GraduateLink (now Next Steps coaching) and ExecutiveLink® graduate. Post ExecutiveLink® Andrew’s family worked their way through family succession. Andrew and Meagan now have the privilege of running a cattle trading enterprise and living on the country he grew up on.
Over the last 16 years, Andrew, along with his family, changed their country from a traditional set-stocked operation to a more intensive time-controlled system. This transition has allowed Andrew to gain experience in property mapping, layout and installation of water and fencing infrastructure, management and monitoring techniques and a complete turnaround in livestock handling.
Andrew joined the RCS team in 2019 as a Technical Advisor, Facilitator and Next Steps Coach. He uses his invaluable experience to guide and advise the next group of farmers and graziers on how to run regenerative agricultural businesses successfully and profitably.
Andrew’s specialties include:
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Dennis Donohoe, farm manager with Aminya Pastoral, is a seasoned producer with decades of experience, and his story is a testament to how even minor changes in farming practices can lead to significant improvements in productivity and land health.
Once you have ownership as to why planning is important, the next ingredient is to work out where and how you will do your planning. When you write something down you change your relationship with the content. I cannot emphasise enough the power of getting your thoughts and plans out of your head onto paper or the computer.
The season in SA and Tassie is particularly tight right now with little or no useful rain since early January and a generally failed 2023 spring prior to that. Right now, across southern Australia and much of the eastern NSW, you won’t need to drive far out into the countryside to see cattle and sheep grazing (and lying on) hay and silage trails lined across paddocks.
Martha Lindstad and partner Robert James are farm managers on ‘Karalee’, Enngonia NSW. Both have travelled different paths to being where they are. Martha is originally from Norway, growing up on a three hectare farm before travelling to New Zealand and eventually the Pilbara in Western Australia. It was here that she saw the benefits of sustainable farming for the country and livestock.
The Prince’s RCS mentor, Raymond Stacey, sees a strong future ahead for Simon and Laura. “The Drought Resilient Soils and Landscapes project is about supporting graziers to manage their country and businesses better,” Raymond said. “I see an operation here where they’re working hard on their planning and putting their plans into action to leave their country, business and people in better shape.”
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