Anna Brand (I: @annabrand17) is not your average entrepreneurial mother. She studied and became a nurse, working in the NICU, married a farmer and ended up on a farm with her three beautiful children.

Growing up on a mixed merino grazing and cropping farm in the Riverina, She was always surrounded by wool growers, knitters and an appreciation for the natural fibre. The Woolly Brand was developed from a Brand family holiday. Following some beautiful beach weather, the usual southerly cold change whipped through and out came our 100% merino woollies.

"The Woolly Brand, to me, is an opportunity to replicate the nostalgia of our childhoods, the sense of freedom we had in the world."

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Rebecca Bennett is a passionate and devoted self-proclaimed Beefatarian with knowledge, connection and experience across the beef supply chain. She has a deep family connections to agriculture have developed a loved of the land and all it produces. Cattle handling from a young age sparked a love of beef and the curiosity to find out absolutely everything about it.

Bec is currently working as a Project Officer for ACC, managing a diverse portfolio of research, development and innovation projects. She also has extended involvement in many areas of the agricultural industry, including being the Australian Oceania representative on the Young IFAMA Board, coaching UQ in Intercollegiate Meat Judging and being an MLA Red Meat Ambassador.

Bec is a qualified MSA grader and operations professional studying a Graduate Certificate in Agribusiness following the completion of a Bachelor in Agriculture and Bachelor of Business from the University of New England.

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We've joined forces with the Southern Rangelands Pastoral Alliance to tell the stories of pastoralists in the region who are innovating to build resilience against drought and other challenges. The WA Southern Rangelands encompass all of the land area south of the Pilbara, excluding the Agricultural Zone of the South West Land Division.

In this final part, we talked to pastoralists as they addressed the challenges associated with running small stock in the Southern Rangelands. First up, we met Gemma Cripps of Gabyon Station, who is utilising Maremma sheep dogs to combat the significant impact of wild dogs in the area. The impact that these dogs have made in such a short period of time is quite astonishing. 

And our final stop was to visit the Foulkes-Taylor family at Yuin Station. The four generations living at Yuin Station work together to develop not only their pastoral land, but the community they live in. Ross, Emma, and their family have invested significantly in developing their own dog proof fence to protect their stock. 

This series is brought to you by the Southern Rangelands Pastoral Alliance, in conjunction with the #FutureDroughtFund and the Foundation for Rural and Regional Renewal.

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Lachlan White is currently managing an intensive beef operation outside of scone, After attending Agschool Lachlan new Agriculture was the industry for him heading to university to study agriculture at Sydney University.

During the pandemic Lachlan was introduced to the dairy industry working from the ground up he has developed a passion for sustainability in agriculture with a focus on the dairy. Currently Lachlan is a participant in the Horizon and Cultivate Scholarship completing his honors.

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Millie Moore (IG: @milliee_anniee) grew up in the agricultural region of the Fleurieu Peninsula and today services this area, as well as Kangaroo Island, Upper South East, Mallee & Wimmera. After completing her Bachelor of Agricultural Sciences at the University of Adelaide in 2019, Millie jumped straight into the industry and started working at S&W Seed Company in 2020. Millie has a particular passion for cattle and animal nutrition, and is enjoying developing her knowledge and skills in the industry. She is driven by her thirst for knowledge and working with the S&W team to find innovative solutions for the benefit of her customers.

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We've joined forces with the Southern Rangelands Pastoral Alliance to tell the stories of pastoralists in the region who are innovating to build resilience against drought and other challenges. The WA Southern Rangelands encompass all of the land area south of the Pilbara, excluding the Agricultural Zone of the South West Land Division.

In part two, we chat to pastoralists about the different ways they're regenerating their land. First, we met Toby Nichols at Edah Station, doctor turned pastoralist. Toby and his brother Angus have been completely destocked the last three years as they work to revive the pastures on their historic property. 

Our next chat was with Don Maasdorp at Pindabunna Station. Don and his family have spent many hours on a grader looking to slow down the natural flow of water across their property, allowing it to spread further across their landscape. The results are already speaking for themselves!

And finally, we met Jorgen Jensen at Yoweragabbie Station, who has similarly been working on controlling the flow of water across his property, only in a slightly different way. Jorgen shares how he believes that his investment of time and resources now will have a massive impact on the long term viability of the station, and therefore, the community.

This series is brought to you by the Southern Rangelands Pastoral Alliance, in conjunction with the #FutureDroughtFund and the Foundation for Rural and Regional Renewal.

For more information about the Southern Rangelands Pastoral Alliance, visit https://srpa.org.au/

A Temora farmer by birth, Sam O’Rafferty’s (T: @SamORafferty1) agricultural journey has been determined by water, and the lack of it. He grew up in the Millenium Drought and for 18 months helped his family cart water from town to support the needs of their mixed farm.

But farming was in Sam’s blood and the drought did not deter him from following agriculture to university. During holidays lack of water once again influenced him when he worked as an irrigation overseer, experiencing extended extreme heat periods, which caused increased water demand for crops and tightened irrigation schedules.

Coming full circle, Sam now works as an irrigation agronomist in the Riverina in a wet year and is seeing 100% water allocations lead to record crops, though he knows the next drought will be just around the corner. “My aim is to continually improve water use efficiency and productivity on farm and help producers adapt to the variability in the climate. This will come through a variety of improvements to on-farm water delivery systems, plant genetics and improved soil management practices.”

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Matthew Pete (IG: @matthewpete_) is a Leeton-based business professional with over 7 years’ experience in communications, public relations, media, events and agribusiness. Matthew has been involved in creating and developing a wide range of full business communication strategies and campaigns across the agricultural industry. With a family farming background and proven track record across two commodity groups, Matthew understands the complexities of communicating within the agricultural sector.

Matthew is the Communications Manager for Ricegrowers' Association of Australia, a member association representing and advocating for Australian rice growers. Additionally, he is employed parttime with the SunRice Group providing communications and corporate affairs services to their agribusiness team and Rice Extension program.

With a passion and drive for improving the way we engage and share our agricultural story; Matthew has spent the last 14 months at the RGA streamlining communications and imbedding a number of new strategies to improve the reach of the Australian Rice Industry.

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We've joined forces with the Southern Rangelands Pastoral Alliance to tell the stories of pastoralists in the region who are innovating to build resilience against drought and other challenges. The WA Southern Rangelands encompass all of the land area south of the Pilbara, excluding the Agricultural Zone of the South West Land Division.

In part one, we chat to pastoralists about how they're utilising technology on their stations to solve problems. Our first chat is with Jack and Jasmine Carmody of Prenti Downs, one of the most remote stations in the region. They've implemented a station-wide fixed wireless system which is having a massive impact for their business and their family. 

In the second part of this episode, we chatted to station owner Mayne Jenour and his business partner, Nigel Brown, about the implementation of drones and other autonomous technologies in the Southern Rangelands. 

This series is brought to you by the Southern Rangelands Pastoral Alliance, in conjunction with the #FutureDroughtFund and the Foundation for Rural and Regional Renewal. 

For more information about the Southern Rangelands Pastoral Alliance, visit https://srpa.org.au/ 

Mandy Matthews (IG: @miss_rae93) is a livestock manager in Brookton, WA. Hailing from a Livestock property in NZ. Mandy was motivated to move to Australia playing polo cross. After the journey took her to WA, she hasn’t looked back having worked on a feed lot and several wheatbelt properties after 9 years Mandy calls WA Home. Recently Mandy started posting on TikTok and now boasts over 443,000 followers on TikTok. Mandy uses the platform to educate for the livestock industry and hopes to see more interest in merino wool and meat.

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