Tess Herbert, along with her husband Andrew and their family, runs a 6,000 head cattle feedlot on their property “Gundamain” at Eugowra, along the Lachlan River. Tess is a passionate advocate for the red-meat industry, and currently holds several leadership positions within the industry where she is working on developing innovative approaches to the issues facing Australian agriculture.

In today's episode, Tess shares how important goal-setting has been in turning their small-scale family farming business into one of the largest employers for the region. You'll hear Tess talk about the challenges of feedlotting during the drought and floods, and give her perspective on some of the issues facing Australian Agriculture. Plus, Tess shares some handy marketing tips for forward contracts and working out your livestock buy price.

Local Land Services Mixed Farming Officer Rohan Leach squeezed in this chat with Tess ahead of the next truckload of stock being delivered into the feedlot.

 

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