Ben Haslett runs his family owned orchard business, Woolenook Fruits, near Paringa in South Australia.

He grows citrus, wine grapes, sugar plums and almonds. He is also a Nuffield Scholar, and has an honours degree in science from the University of Adelaide and the University of California, Davis.

Earlier this year he was asked to speak at the ABARES National Outlook Conference to provide his experience and knowledge as a southern basin irrigator.