The #nuffieldag Podcast

The #nuffieldag Podcast episodes:

• 07.30.2015

  2013 scholar Antony Vagg on adding value to rice straw

  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...

  
• 07.30.2015

  2013 scholar Paul Green on the economics of farm machinery manufacturing

  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...

  
• 06.18.2015

  2013 scholar Kara Knudsen discusses using genetics to improve cattle profitability

  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...

  
• 05.14.2015

  2013 scholar Jason Size on the need to improve marketing of stone fruit flavour profiles

  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...

  
• 05.14.2015

  2013 scholar Guy Hebblewhite on reducing costs in business

  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...

  
• 04.30.2015

  2013 scholar Trent De Paoli on value adding in business

  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...

  
• 04.23.2015

  2013 scholar Kate Mason on connecting with consumers

  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...

  
• 04.02.2015

  2013 scholar Matt Pooley talks about sustainable small-scale winery management

  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...

  
• 03.20.2015

  2013 scholar Paul Serle discusses biological farming systems

  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...

  
• 03.03.2015

  2013 scholar Matt Hill on value-adding grain harvest residue

  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...

  
• 02.10.2015

  2013 scholar Joe Muscat discusses fibre crops

  Having spent more than a decade working on incorporating fibre crops into rotations on his central Queensland sugar farm, Joe Muscat knew there was still something missing. The Oakenden farmer had grown kenaf, sunn hemp and industrial hemp to world...

  
• 02.03.2015

  2013 scholar Lachie Seears talks supply chains

  Farmers in general don’t have a good understanding of supply chains beyond the farm gate according to South Australian farmer Lachie Seears, and so he used a Nuffield Scholarship to do something about it. He set off to research the...

  
• 12.19.2014

  2013 scholar Matthew Ipsen talks about sheep reproduction systems

  A journey that started with using using a Nuffield scholarship to investigate world’s best practice in sheep reproduction has led to flying drones over his paddocks checking sheep. Matthew runs a sheep and cropping property in Maryborough in central Victoria,...

  
• 12.19.2014

  2012 scholar James Walker on improving western Queensland production systems

  Serious concerns with the consistency of production systems in western Queensland sent pastoralist James Walker on a journey of learning around the world with Nuffield Australia, to find some ways to improve the model. It was in the unlikely fields...

  
• 12.12.2014

  2012 scholar Ewan McAsh on revitalising the NSW oyster industry

  Burill Lake (NSW) oyster producer Ewan McAsh wanted to help revitalise his industry after seeing long term decline, and used a 2012 Nuffield scholarship to research how to do it. Being a small industry in global terms, Ewan believes a...

  
• 11.07.2014

  Dr Kelly Manton Pearce talks about sheepmeat supply chains

  In 2012, Nuffield scholar and Yealering (WA) farmer Dr Kelly Manton-Pearce researched how to gain more efficiencies, and therefore profits, in the sheepmeat supply chain. In this episode of The #nuffieldag Podcast, find out the common themes of successful industry...

  
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  2013 scholar Antony Vagg on adding value to rice straw

  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...

  
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  2013 scholar Paul Green on the economics of farm machinery manufacturing

  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...

  
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  2013 scholar Jason Size on the need to improve marketing of stone fruit flavour profiles

  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...

  
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  2013 scholar Kara Knudsen discusses using genetics to improve cattle profitability

  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...

  
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  2013 scholar Guy Hebblewhite on reducing costs in business

  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...

  
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  2013 scholar Trent De Paoli on value adding in business

  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...