James Culleton (I: @james_culleton) grew up on a Farm just outside of Williams in Western Australia. After attending boarding school in Perth and not really having a clear direction James started his livestock industry career as a trainee at age 19. In his 12-month traineeship Mr Culleton saw all sides of the company's livestock business - both commercial and stud stock, in locations such as Broome, Bunbury, Katanning and Albany and it was during the latter part of his traineeship that he started auctioneering.

Since finishing his traineeship Mr Culleton has been based at Corrigin for three and half years and last month he moved to Gnowangerup, taking up a new position covering the Gnowangerup, Ongerup and Borden areas.

He is the first representative from WA in six years to be invited to the Australian Livestock & Property Agents Association (ALPA) National Young Auctioneers Competition at Sydney Royal Easter Show.

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Caroline Robinson is an advocate for rural communities and the businesses, leaders and organisations within them. She is solutions focused, a creative strategic and broad thinker, bringing networks, services and information that will benefit rural communities and help them to grow.

Based on her family farm in the eastern Wheatbelt, Caroline founded the Wheatbelt Business Network which has since grown into a regional business association with impact.

Caroline has skills in group facilitation and also holds an Australian Institute of Company Directors qualification. She has held board positions on State Government and current positions include the Secretary /Treasurer of the Regional Chambers of Commerce and Industry WA and Bendigo Bank Bruce Rock.

Caroline was AgriFutures National and Western Australian Rural Woman of the Year in 2011 and is a passionate advocate for rural Australia.

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Other mentions in this episode: Rural Womens Day

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Calum Watt (T: @Calumwatt12) grew up on a small hobby farm in Harvey, in the southwest of Western Australia. From a young age he developed a passion for plants and agriculture, but it was not until a stint at university that he developed his third passion; genetics.

His passion for genetics, plants and agriculture has since seen him complete almost three university degrees combining them all. Currently in the final stages of his Ph.D., Calum is looking forward to combining genetics research and crop breeding to improve the productivity, profitability and sustainability of Australian crop production.

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Tori Kopke (I: @tori.kopke) is a wife, mother, Texan transplant, and small business coach based on the family farm in the Wheatbelt of Western Australia. With over 15 years of experience is small business, with half of those in the bush, she understands the everyday challenges rural businesses face. She is passionate about working one on one with her coaching clients. Known as the Rural Business Coach, she works with women in business across rural Australia. Knowing first hand how important accountability and support is for a solopreneur, she loves cheerleading and championing the causes of rural women in business. Tori has gone on to found an incredible community called Big Ideas Rural, which is centred around education and connection, so that any woman in business can network and upskill no matter their location. Big Ideas Rural features monthly masterclasses and coffee catch ups along with a vibrant Facebook community and weekly Instagram takeovers.

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Lachlan Hunter (T: @lachlanhunter) hails from a mixed cropping and livestock farm near Bruce Rock in Western Australia’s Central Wheatbelt region.

He has extensive experience within politics and government having worked as a Senior Policy Adviser for a number of State and Commonwealth government Ministers. Lachie studied a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture with a major in Political Science and International relations at The University of Western Australia.

He has also worked in the private sector within the agricultural industry holding mid-tier management roles. Lachie has a long history of volunteering within agriculture, community and mental health organisations. He is passionate about the future development of Regional and Rural Australia particularly in education, agriculture and technology.

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Callum Wesley (I: @callum_wesley, T: @callum_wesley) is an innovative farmer, agricultural inventor and rural role model. Callum is currently running his own contracting business along with co-managing his 8,000 hectares with his father and uncle where he has plans to continue to grow and innovate. He always knew Agriculture was his passion but after several years of drought, questioned if going back to the farm would be viable for him.

Callum invented what is called the Wesley Wheel that aims to harvest moisture from inter-row furrows. Callum has an open gate policy and is always willing to trial new things that might help their farming business further including his current trial of long colioptile wheat which is proving very successful.

Callum was also a member of the Western Australian AgConnect Committee, as well as being the 2014 Rural Ambassador of WA and an Innovation Generation Young Leader.

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Danielle England (T: @EnglandDanielle) is a recognised leader within Australian agriculture based in the South East of South Australia. She works closely with grower groups, research organisations, private advisors and farm businesses to deliver programs that optimise farm profitability and productivity.

Danielle has been listed in the Emerald 2014 100 Women in Australian Agribusiness, and was the 2013 Western Australian RIRDC Rural Woman of the Year. Both of these awards recognise her outstanding leadership and passion for the Australian agricultural industry. Danielle has managed multiple mixed-farming research and development programs, including Grain and Graze 3, in WA for Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) in cooperation with the Facey Group. Danielle studied her Bachelor of Agribusiness Marketing (Curtin University) at the Muresk Campus, and has a Graduate Certificate in Rural Systems Management (Queensland University, Gatton Campus), as well as a Diploma in Project Management and is a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

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Other mentions in this episode: Talia Ellis and The Birdsville Hotel

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Well a very happy Monday everyone! Today's episode is a little different because Vin and Kayla finally found time to sit down (trust us that the only time we're on pause together is in the car) and chat about the year that has been for Generation Ag, and celebrate that we've made it to episode 50! 

We definitely couldn't do it without all of you and we just want to thank you so much for taking the time to listen to all of our amazing guests and look forward to seeing what the next 50 have in store!

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Rebecca Barry (I: @raisingourkidsontheland) is a farmer, running a livestock operation with her partner Matt at Apsley, Western Victoria. She's a Mum of two kids, Oliver (3) and Charlotte (1). They're in a unique position of having two farms that are 500km apart: their grazing property at Apsley and Matt’s 4th generation broadacre cropping family farm at Port Broughton, SA on the Northern Yorke Peninsula. They split their time between the two farms, and love being able to raise their kids on the land. They’re passionate about the Ag industry, its people and what we produce.

They’ve been affected by South Australia’s hard border closure, particularly after their Cross Border Permit was cancelled just before they commenced shearing, splitting their family in two and making them decide which farm they could be based at. 

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Tanya Dupagne (T: @campkulin) has spent the past 15 years running camp and youth activity programs for at risk children in Australia, America, South Africa and Vietnam. She is one of the leaders in her field, and her programs have been recognised at State, National and International level.

Tanya has worked with over 130,000 children across the world. She is the founder of the Dance 4 Africa and Kwinana Children’s Choir programs, developed the Koorliny Arts Centre Boys & Girls Clubs, and in 2009, became the youngest female Councillor ever elected to the City of Kwinana Council. She was GM/CEO of charity Global Good Foundation for 2 years, leading large scale program expansion. She has travelled to 24 countries, and attends numerous events as a motivational/keynote speaker.

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Other mentions in this episode: Dunsborough Bush Fire Brigade and Brielle Hunt

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