2023 EXHIBITOR LIST & SPEAKERS SESSIONS

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Insights and ideas from local, regional and national keynote speakers.

9:00am ~ Doors Open!

9:30 – 9:50am ~ Andrew Zerner from RCS

10:00 – 10:20am ~ David Lange from Auscrimper

10:30 – 10:50am – Shane Joyce from Kumbartcho Enterprises

11:30 – 11:50am ~ Fergus Kane The Rattler Ringer

11:50 – 12:10pm ~ Victoria Kane, Soil Health = Human Health

12:20 – 12:50pm ~ Carbon Asset Solutions Demo – Soil Carbon Measuring

12:50 – 1:10pm ~ Hamish Andrews from Forage Farms

1:20 – 1:40pm ~ Anna Hughes from the Lachlan Hughes Foundation

2:00 – 2:20pm ~ Randal Breen from Echo Valley Farms

2:30 – 2:50pm ~ Yvonne Hennell from Landcare Gympie – Talking all things Dung Beetles

3:00 – 3:20pm ~ Kane Dabbouss from Red Soil Organics

2023 EXHIBITOR LIST

Exhibits from suppliers, distributors and ag-tech companies with new to market innovations, products or services.

Some of our Exhibitors

AGF Seeds is a family owned seed production and marketing business providing seed and independent knowledgeable advice throughout Australia. AGF are specialists in Cover Cropping. When you use AGF seed you get seed with quality assurances, which can not be guaranteed with farm gate seed.  All certified seed has been checked by independent certification agencies.

Carbon Asset Solutions uses newly precision-measurement patented technology, to measure and deliver high quality soil-based carbon credits to global markets faster and more efficiently than ever before. They generate more income for farmers, more security for companies and more opportunity for our planet to reach net zero emissions.

From Carbon Asset Solutions website:

“Through partnerships with global industry leaders, we use technology to innovate the carbon sequestration process, both in the field and digitally.

Our precision patented measurement technology has been extensively tested and proven over more than seven years of trials and independent review. We connect this technology with advanced software to deliver an accurate, transparent and audited carbon removal solution that meets the objectives of ISO certification standards, the global benchmark for carbon removal programs.

This process enables the transition to sustainable farming to take place, allowing us the measurement of sequestered carbon to generate carbon credits. These credits flow back up the pipeline to enable companies to transition to net zero. We benefit all parties involved, including our planet. Support the real impact we’re making.”

Agriwebb software leads the industry in ease of use for simply collating individual and/or herd data, livestock feed and treatment records, paddock moves and cropping/pasture improvement records for whole of life, whole of farm recording.  Organic & regenerative producers will have particular interest in this highly practical system of moving your farm into the 21st century.

Auscrimper is a rural, family owned business commenced by father and son team David and Charlie Lange. For over a decade, the Lange family have been implementing Regenerative Agricultural Practises on their Queensland’s Darling Downs family farm.

Why Choose Auscrimper?

  • Auscrimper have years of hands-on experience and use all products regularly ourselves,

  • Auscrimper focus on what is best for the customer and what your goals are in a timely fashion,

  • Auscrimper are Australian made, robustly designed and engineered,

  • Auscrimper products can be designed to suit customers needs.

What makes Auscrimper unique?

  • Auscrimper is the first Australian made cover crop crimper,

  • Auscrimper has a unique Australian design suited to our tough conditions,

  • Auscrimper Cover Crop Roller farm demonstration can be arranged,

  • Auscrimper can provide in-field support,

  • Auscrimper has experience with all the products we manufacture,

  • Auscrimper provide honest, reliable and good old fashioned customer service,

  • Auscrimper has a machine for dry hire so you can see the results on your own property.

Carbon Chip produces BioChar. BioChar refers to the carbon-rich materials (charcoal) produced from heating forest residue in a low oxygen environment.

Recently, there has been much interest in BioChar as soil amendments to improve and maintain soil fertility and to increase soil carbon sequestration.

The capacity to sequester carbon in the soil can be attributed to the relative stable nature and, therefore, long turnover time of biochar in soil and is of particular relevance to the solution of climate change.

Growth Agriculture Pty Ltd began operations in 1992 and is a manufacturer and wholesaler of a unique range of products heavily focused on foliar nutrition and Integrated Pest Management (IPM) in crop production.

The underlying beliefs behind Growth Agriculture is that:

    •  Agricultural production will continue to be a significant source of Australia’s income and culture.

    • Australian agricultural producers deserve the support of business partners and the community in general.

    • The agricultural sector will continue to require innovative methods of production to maintain its viability.

RCS partners with passionate Australian producers to transform their farm management practices to be more sustainable, profitable and achieve a better quality of life. Our education and advice provide the tools and support needed to transform business, production, land and people.

Regenerative agriculture is about balance. It requires simple but highly effective processes that replenish the landscape and repair the damage inflicted by production systems that degrade the soil and ecology. It is also about measurable outcomes. The balance and harmony created by the proven methods we teach at RCS lead to quantifiable outcomes. Over more than 30 years, we’ve been working alongside Australian farmers with programs like GrazingforProfit® and have seen clear results – increased biodiversity, increased soil carbon and greater economic profitability and resilience in farm businesses.

Whites Rural and Frauenfelder’s manufacturing have over 100 years’ experience between them and are two great Australian-owned family businesses working together with a shared vision for the future of rural fencing in Australia. That vision is to bring greater value to Australian farmers and fencing contractors through innovative, high quality products, and friendly, professional service.

They couldn’t think of a better way to supply wire product and support the Australian rural market than with product made in regional Australia.

Kandanga Farm Store proudly stocks Whites Rural’s products and can attest to the quality of their products.

Australia’s leader in the design and manufacture of high end cone bottom tanks. Enmach products are proudly Australian made in North Queensland with Australian materials by them, an Australian family owned company. Their cone bottom tanks and flat bottom tanks are manufactured from the highest quality materials, resulting in a superior range of products that are strong, lightweight, UV resistant and exceptionally durable to withstand the harsh nature of Australia’s outback conditions. Polyethylene construction is impervious to everything, with a fully compounded colour that won’t fade, scratch or corrode. Enmach is your choice for Australia’s most thought-out and customised cone bottom tanks / silos. They will personalise cone bottom tanks to suit your needs.

RDO Equipment launched in Australia in 2019, after being named the official dealer for John Deere Construction and Forestry equipment in all states (excluding Western Australia). RDO Equipment then went on to make three acquisitions, further strengthening our commitment to the Australian market.

Today, RDO Equipment is one of the world’s most trusted John Deere and Vermeer equipment dealers and sells and supports John Deere Construction & Forestry, and Agricultural & Turf machinery, as well as the full range of Vermeer equipment. RDO proudly employs over 900 staff, and operates out of 29 dealership locations in metro and regional Australia, providing parts and service support for the agricultural, roads, construction, environmental, landscaping, mining, and forestry sectors.

Red Soil Organics works with nature, not against it! Red Soil Organics supply and produce Biodynamic preparations, compost and potting blends, Regenerative farm consultancy, Self Sufficiency farm design, Swale building, habitat ponds, dry riverbeds, erosion mitigation, Market garden design and install!

Kane at Red Soil Organics also runs hands on workshops where you can learn how to harness the natural rhythms of the earth to improve soil fertility, increase crop yields, and enhance the overall soil health.

Taken from RED SOIL ORGANICS website ~ “Our biodynamic preparations are buried in the earth for up to one year before going into our blends.

This allows for natural processes to occur that transform the texture, structure, and nutrient content of the soil. Organic matter decomposes, releasing nutrients and deeply enriching the soil.

Microorganisms do their magic, breaking down harmful contaminants and toxins, creating a more fertile soil that is better suited for plant growth.”

Multikraft develops products using multi-step fermentation, which results in a robust and adaptive microbial consortium. This consortium contains a diversity of beneficial liquid microbes combined with metabolites and secondary metabolites. Multikraft’s products support a variety of functions including biocontrol, induced systemic resistance and competitive exclusion of potential diseases. Their beneficial microbes enhance natural systems, helping you to Grow for Good.

Their natural, chemical free products target three core agricultural pillars:

  • Plants & Cropping

  • Animals

  • Environmental & Waste

All Multikraft products are safe and easy to use, maximising customers efficiencies through rapid productivity improvements.

Multikraft customers enjoy higher, sustained yields and increased profits, through premium, healthy produce.

Great Northern Tanks is a family-owned Australian business established in 2017. Great Northern Tanks is a premium brand that provides bulk water storage solutions to the agricultural, industrial and hobby farm markets across Australia.

The Great Northern Tanks brand was originally established specifically to provide bulk water storage to remote stations in Northern Territory.

Adrian and Emma Brown are cattle station owners in the Northern Territory who had a vision to develop cattle stations by providing more watering points allowing them to increase cattle numbers across their station.

Their aim is to provide a complete solution from supply and install for any bulk water storage needs. They manufacture 8 different size tanks ranging from 83,000L to 335,000L. Their products come in a range of Colorbond colours and Aluzinc.

The innovative Australian GEOHEX Erosion Control System stabilises turf and substrate in a myriad of applications. Made from high impact resistant, 100% recycled co-polymer polypropylene, GEOHEX™ has been engineered to reduce erosion, maintenance, and logistics costs while increasing safety and water conservation.

GEOHEX has an impressive load bearing capacity of 1,200 tonnes per square metre, once filled, making it ideal for use in areas subject to heavy loads such as cattle yards, feeding troughs and more.

GEOHEX is leading the way in sustainable & innovative plastic use with up to 130 million kilos of plastic entering our waterways each year, it’s time to put the planet first. The GEOHEX Erosion Control System is proudly manufactured from 100% recycled post-consumer plastics.

Beachport Liquid Minerals aim to broaden and strengthen the knowledge of livestock producers in Australia in a paradigm shift of supplementation for livestock.

Beachport Liquid Minerals 3-in-1 supplements help with improved feed conversion of both dry and green feed, reduced trace elements deficiencies, decreased shrinkage in transit and introduction and exit from feedlots. It assists your livestock to experience improved fertility, lower stress levels, faster and calmer weaning, and better health overall.

Terra Firma Fertilisers specialises in the manufacture of organic and organic based fertilisers to suit the needs from the budding gardener to the commercial grower.

They have examined the needs of plants in today’s growing climate & conditions.
The extreme fluctuations in weather means that fertilisers have to be smarter than before. They need to feed and strengthen. To achieve this they have reviewed their processes, looked at the latest research and sourced the best inputs in formulating their range. Their fertilisers are biologically activated, rich in readily available nutrients, and supply a wide variety of minerals and organic microbe foods to your plants.

PLASSON manufactures flexible fittings that can withstand a range of conditions, climates, pressures and aggressive fluids.

PLASSON has built a reputation as a manufacturer of high quality products. Quality is the key concept in all of PLASSON’S processes, from development and design through production, assembly, packaging, distribution, delivery, and after-sales services.

JVA is an Australian based multinational company whose focus is on delivering clever, high quality Electric Fencing products by leveraging their many years of marketing, design and manufacturing experience. Their aim is to deliver great value products backed by local service.

Electrified fences offer a less expensive and more effective method of animal control. They are lighter, faster and less expensive to erect, yet because the animals do not like to touch the fence they can be very long lasting. Many farmers have also realized the benefits of improved pasture management by using Strip Grazing fencing or Cell Grazing techniques.

Forage Farms is a family operation located south of Gympie in the beautiful Mary Valley.

Taken from Forage Farms’ website:

“The story behind Forage Farms begins in the Bylong Valley where three generations of Andrews have lived on “Tarwyn Park” the celebrated home of Natural Sequence Farming, as developed by Stuart’s father Peter Andrews. For over 40 years the family has been dedicated to understanding, practising and teaching methods of land rehabilitation. Natural Sequence Farming is used as a system of farming focused on implementing natural landscape functions back into degraded landscapes.

This continued with Stuart creating Tarwyn Park Training, a training program for landholders throughout Australia to attend and learn about Natural Sequence Farming and how it can be implemented into their landscapes.

As a way of broadening the understanding of Natural Sequence Farming, Forage Farms was born to merge food production with landscape restoration.

We added some foragers to the system to give us a helping hand in implementing natural landscape functions. Forage Farms is the home to pastured chickens and pigs along with grass-fed sheep and cattle. Our livestock quarter produce beautiful, fresh produce that is 100% nasties free with no artificial fertilisers and chemical free, ensuring the best for the animals, you and the environment.”

Landcare Australia is a national not-for-profit organisation established more than 30 years ago that supports the landcare community with funding, capacity-building, on-ground projects, information, networking and promotion of landcare achievements.

Together with the landcare community, our efforts improve biodiversity, build resilience in Australia’s food and farming systems, and create stronger communities. As a leader in the environmental sector, Landcare Australia has strong expertise in designing, managing and completing challenging and complex major ecological restoration projects involving large scale revegetation and carbon abatement.

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David Lange ~ Auscrimper

David Lange and his son Charlie started the rural business, Auscrimper. For over a decade, the Lange family have been implementing Regenerative Agricultural Practises on their Queensland’s Darling Downs family farm.

Taken from Auscrimper website:

Regenerative Agricultural Practises includes the use of these sustainable techniques:

  • Cover cropping,

  • Time controlled rotational grazing,

  • High density grazing,

  • Pasture cropping.

David and Charlie have seen these practises result in long-term benefits for the sustainable productivity and regeneration of the landscape.

The benefits they see include:

  • improving water cycle,

  • improving carbon cycle,

  • increased carrying capacity,

  • better-quality soil & pasture health,

  • enhanced pasture & animal productivity,

  • superior plant & soil microbe diversity,

  • greater property drought resilience,

  • and a relaxed farmer.

David Lange says, “The success of our Regenerative Farming Techniques has led to the innovation of a variety of products to equip the landholder with appropriate tools and implements designed for Regenerative Agriculture.” Thus the Auscrimper Cover Crop Roller was born.

Randal Breen ~ Echo Valley Farm

Randal and his family run Echo Valley Farm, a 300 acre property in the Goomburra Valley, South East Queensland.

Randal and his family have developed, and continue to develop, a multi species integrated farming system that includes a range of enterprises such as cattle, sheep, poultry, pigs, hay/grain and seasonal small cropping.

Taken from Echo Valley Farm website - Ethical, sustainable, regenerative and holistic farming. What does it mean to us?

When establishing our farming operation at Echo Valley, sound and ethical ecological farming practices took priority. Thinking long on how we could integrate these approaches into our farm systems, we developed the ‘4 Good’ principles.

‘Good for the animal, good for the land, good for the farmer and good for you’.

These 4 values are integral to every industry on farm, with each farming enterprise at Echo Valley having been thoughtfully established to be in harmony and linked to the other on-farm systems, creating a farm that not only applies the 4 goods, but is holistic in its approach.

Andrew Zerner ~ RCS

With his Bachelor of Applied Science in Rural Management and as a graduate of ExecutiveLink™, Andrew has a passion for the regenerative grazing principles he applies to his family farm. He brings this passion to teaching our Grazing Clinic, GrazingforProfit™ and Farming&GrazingforProfit™ Schools, advising producers on regenerative management and profitability and facilitating for the ExecutiveLink™ Program. 

Andrew joined the RCS team on a part-time basis in 2015. Andrew and his wife Katie have been RCS clients since the late 1990s and are graduates of ExecutiveLink® and the RCS Pathway. 

After completing a Bachelor of Applied Science in Rural Management through the University of Queensland, Andrew returned to the family farm where he ran a successful dairy operation with his parents near Murgon in the South Burnett. 

Today, Andrew and Katie continue to live on the family property and run a beef trading enterprise. Andrew has a passion for the regenerative grazing principles that he practices daily, and brings this to his coaching, teaching and advisory roles within RCS. He loves working to help bring about positive change, where knowledge and appropriate management can reduce inputs and improve profitability and balance in people’s lives. 

Anna Hughes ~ Lachlan Hughes Foundation

Anna grew up in the idyllic semi-rural area of the Samford Valley before taking herself off to a job in the far Southwest of Queensland on a remote cattle station for 12 months at the completion of high school.

Returning after her outback adventure to the University of Queensland in 2003 she studied a dual degree in Agribusiness and Animal Science, supporting herself through this degree as a chemistry tutor and feedlot pen rider. Receiving a reciprocal exchange scholarship to Texas A&M University in the USA gave her the opportunity to expand her world view and experience the difference in agriculture between cultures.

It was while at University that Anna met Lachlan, and on completion of her degree began their working life together, beginning with preparing yearlings for the Magic Millions on a thoroughbred stud near Scone, before the couple settled at the family property at Dulacca. Here they worked closely alongside each other in all aspects of the business and life.

Anna has a wide range of interests which throughout the years have included animal and human nutrition, home herbalism, an extensive home vegetable and herb garden, a Diploma in Equine Bowen Therapy, certifications in Equine Body Work, Natural Sequence Farming, Biodynamics, composting and soil health.

In late 2018, while pregnant with their 3rd child all this changed when Lachlan had a fatal on-farm accident, leaving the family in shock and deeply devastated. The Lachlan Hughes Foundation was created as a legacy to Lachlan’s commitment to better land management. The Foundation aims to support people who are motivated ‘to do’ and are ‘implementers of change’ and ‘champions for regenerative agriculture’.

A new Program was developed commencing in 2023 to provide training for at least six participants annually. The four module Program has workshops of two and half days each spaced throughout the year. Participants benefit from coaching in capacity building, personal development, project design and regenerative agriculture. Mentoring assists with the outcomes-based, on-farm regenerative agriculture project.

The aim is to grow leaders in regenerative agricultural practices and to support them to lead change in their industry and communities.

As a member of the selection panel for the Lachlan Hughes Foundation, Anna is this year participating as a reviewer in the newly formatted program with the view of ensuring the program meets the needs of up and coming leaders of the industry.

Hamish Andrews ~ Forage Farms

Hamish is a third-generation regenerative farmer. Hamish grew up on the 1500-acre property “Tarwyn Park”, the celebrated home of Natural Sequence Farming (NSF) pioneered by his grandfather Peter Andrews.

Hamish now spends his time between two businesses.

At Forage Farms, Hamish is the farm manager, where he overlooks the production of pasture-raised eggs, chicken and pork, and grass-fed beef.

In Tarwyn Park Training, he plays a pivotal role behind the scenes and is currently in training to become a full-time educator at the course.

Hamish is passionate about sharing his knowledge of food production and farming, along with assisting people in understanding how their landscape functions and how to implement NSF practices.

Shane Joyce ~ Kumbartcho Enterprises

Shane has been involved in what's now called "Regen Ag" for 49 years!

The names have varied over time, & include hippie, tree hugger, conservationist, sustainable, organic, biodynamic,  biological, alternative, & more!

He has played in many landscapes, & now owns and runs a farm at Kilkivan since 2014.

Here they play with biodynamics, Natural Sequence Farming,  Syntropic Agroforestry,  & Human Health!

Their aim is to run an agricultural system with zero external inputs, & as well zero external inputs for human health!

They have a focus on the "water element" in their landscape, & believe that water is the most limiting factor in our farming /gardening systems.

This has led him into both Natural Sequence Farming,  & Syntropic Agroforestry  as both place their focus on water.

Biodynamics are seen as a great tool to remind our land of its innate intelligence to function effectively, which it did before we came along.

Why the focus on human health?

Shane believes that our land will mirror our state of health, so it is important that those managing landscape have good health!

Victoria Kane ~ Winsland Park

Victoria grew up in a farming family in North Queensland and as did most country kids, was moved to the city to complete Secondary School. From the verandah of an inner-city apartment, the girl from the bush still managed to grow food, acquire a menagerie and teach her new city friends how to forage for food growing in their own backyards!

Victoria studied Food Promotion upon leaving school as the dream was to open her own chain of restaurants. That direction changed when she was offered the adventure of a lifetime (for an 18-year-old) and headed West to be the Cook on Bulloo Downs, a cattle station then owned by Stanbroke Pastoral. It was here she met her now husband Adam and together they headed off on a different adventure involving airlines and accumulating children.

Forward to today and Victoria continues to grow food and accumulate animals combined with being an Integrative Behavioural Nutritionist, markets K2 BEEF and ECO MEAT for Tim & Amber Scott as well as all the things that accompany mother and wife, all on the family farm in the Mary Valley. Victoria completed a Bachelor of Medical Science – Nutrition and inspired by the Microbiology lecturer, she has continued to expand her knowledge to work with the Human microbiome, gut health and mental health. In addition, working within the rural sector has enabled Victoria to apply her Microbiology to better understand soil health and the impacts on Human Health. The combination of Victoria’s roots in agriculture, her love of food, qualifications in Health and her ability to ‘keep it real’ enables her successfully work within all these industries at once.

Victoria brings together her lifetime of skills and knowledge to present how she as a Farmer can do more for human health than she can as a Nutritionist and introduces the mysterious and wonderous world of your Microbiome with tips to improve your physical and mental health.

Fergus Kane ~ Rattler Ringer

Fergus is an 18 year old farming enthusiast. He works on the Kandanga Farm doing a range of tasks, such as, fixing things, fencing, managing stock, etc.

He has been currently running a trial of animal grazing on the railway track alongside “Ecosse” at Amamoor. It aims to demonstrate the value and open the opportunity of grazing across the whole route of the Mary Valley Rattler as an economical, and more passive form of vegetation control.

Cattle grazing on the train line provides a passive, cost effective, environmentally friendly, and socially beneficial alternative to the current maintenance practice. Stock grazing the railway would mostly, if not completely eliminate the need for active vegetation maintenance of the train line. In turn, lowering the cost of the operation, environmentally, and economically. Furthermore, the use of cattle on the railway grants the producer larger grazing area’s which will be used to turn unwanted vegetation and grasses into nutrient dense, high-quality food which will support a healthy community.

Overall, the end goals of this trial are:

  • To if not decrease, eliminate the use of herbicides, as well as mechanical management along the track.

  • Measure the cost impact.

  • Measure the impact on the train service.

  • To assess the risks involved in this method off train line management and compare them to the risks involved with the current form of management. (Environmental, personal, economical).

Kane Dabbouss ~ Red Soil Organics

Kane is an unpretentious biodynamics guru. He creates and teaches how to make biodynamic compost, fermented potting blends, fermented mulch and creating biodynamic preparations. Kane runs workshops in Biodynamic preparation and raises awareness about the need to re-cultivate our overworked landscape and gives the knowledge and resources to do so.

Biodynamic compost is a type of compost that is made using specific methods that help to increase the fertility of the soil. It involves the use of special preparations and techniques such as crop rotation, cover cropping, and the use of manures and other natural sources of fertility. The result is a rich and nutrient-dense soil that provides the perfect environment for plants to thrive.

Yvonne Hennell ~ Gympie Landcare

Yvonne Hennell, Gympie & District Landcare’s Biological Services Manager spent twelve months trapping dung beetles and learning about the different introduced species on the Sunshine Coast and Wide Bay District.  Yvonne will talk about the benefits of dung beetles, how to trap and ID them, how to look after your beetles, and the effects of chemical drenches.

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A showcase of the amazing produce and products from our local food producers. Bring your shopping basket and stock up on some tasty treats.

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