The #nuffieldag Podcast

Paul Green, from Hyden in WA, believes farmers should be getting a better deal when buying agricultural equipment, and so he used a 2013 Nuffield Scholarship to learn more about the economics of machinery manufacturing around the world - listen in to find out more!

Nuffield Scholar Antony Vagg believes there’s great opportunity in the Australian rice industry to value-add straw rather than burn it - and when he travelled the world in 2013 to investigate further, he found potential solutions in places as far flung as Egypt, the UK and India - listen in to find out more!

Queensland beef producer Kara Knudsen was determined to improve the genetics of her beef herd, but realised to be effective, the techniques used had to be cheap and on a large scale - a 2013 Nuffield Scholarship was the key for her to be able to focus on better ways of accelerating genetic progression through reproductive technologies such as artificial insemination and embryo transfer - listen in to find out more!

Managing costs are important to all businesses, but in the intensive world of meat chicken production, it’s critical. New South Wales farmer Guy Hebblewhite decided there was a real opportunity to reduce his gas and electricity costs by using the manure produced on his Tamworth property to create biogas - listen in to find out more!

According to South Australian fruit grower Jason Size there’s a real problem in the way stone fruit is marketed, as it is simply categorised as a ‘yellow’ nectarine or a ‘yellow’ peach, rather than specific flavour profiles being marketed. In fact he says there is so much more work to be done on correct flavour profiling in stone fruit, he embarked on a Nuffield Scholarship in 2013 to study the topic - listen in to find out more!

Queensland farmer Trent De Paoli is focussed on value adding and sustainability as he prepares for the future of his family’s vertically integrated farming operation in Bundaberg. Luckily for Trent, a 2013 Nuffield Scholarship allowed him to travel the world analysing how some of the most successful businesses identify and leverage emerging market opportunities - listen in to find out more!

Kate runs a free range egg production business in the Great Southern region of WA and believes to engage better with consumers, operations like hers need to tell the full story of what happens on farm. She found plenty of great examples of businesses doing exactly that during her travels - listen in to find out more!

Good small-scale winery management is all about minimising costs and maximising returns according to Matt Pooley, and he used a Nuffield Scholarship in 2013 to find the best practices the world has to offer. As viticulturist for Pooley Wines in Seven Mile Beach near Hobart, Matt hopes his Nuffield research can be used by the wine industry more widely to improve efficiency and sustainability. Listen in to this edition of the #nuffieldag podcast as Matt discusses what he found.

A push for more structure to his biological farming systems on his South Australian farm led Tantanoola farmer Paul Serle to a Nuffield Scholarship, and a quest to find out how the best practitioners around the world operate. Listen in to this edition of the #nuffieldag podcast as Paul discusses what he found.

While smart chemical and crop rotation management is commonplace for graingrowers across Australia trying to get on top of weeds, controlling weed seeds at harvest has also gained popularity. Esperance farmer Matthew Hill is one of an increasing number focussing on harvest residue management, but with a big difference. The 2013 Nuffield Scholar is keen to not only reduce the resistance of weeds on his property to chemicals, but also to take the next step and value-add the process.