Increasing efficiency while reducing their environmental footprint has been a key component of Chris and Tania Parker’s Summit Park Enterprises since they bought their 80ha property at Hamilton 14 years ago.
Farmers who graze livestock under solar panels, wind turbines or other renewable energy infrastructure must now declare it under the national on-farm assurance program.
A holistic approach to farm management and a committed grazing routine has allowed Chris Main to keep his inputs and cost of production low while increasing profits and soil carbon levels.
Four months ago, Julie and Russell Gillie hung up their dairy farming hats and jumped into a different seven-days-a-week lifestyle as the new owners of the Cock N Bull Boutique Hotel at Echuca.
In the labour-intensive and market-challenged field of strawberry growing, Queensland producers Tina and Bruce McPherson have been fortunate to find their sweet spot.