More Than Milk

Roger Heath has the Jersey & Illawarra Stud, Wanstead and a real passion for cows. In this week's epsiode of the podcast he shares his passion for genetics, how he uses embryo transfers and IVF to sp…

Meaghan Johnston is currently the milk supply manager for Bega based at the Koroit Site. This is Part 2 of her incredible story!!! 

In Part 1 she gave an insight into her experiences getting into the…

Meaghan Johnston is currently the milk supply manager for Bega based at the Koroit Site. Although as you may have noticed, this is only Part 1 of this incredible story!!! Meaghan grew up in Melbourne…

Brooke Lane farms in Alvie, near Colac. She wanted to undertake a dairy apprenticeship in year 10, but her mum wouldn’t let her. She could never have imagined that just a few short years later she wo…

Jodi Probert and partner Brett farm in Curdievale, having progressed through the industry, starting on a ⅓ share, moving to a 50/50 share before building enough equity to purchase their current farm.…

Mel McDonald is a 4th generation dairy farmer, who farms alongside her husband Will in Bessiebelle.

Mel never thought she’d return to her family farm, she never imagined her life the way it turned ou…

Tom Newton works for Maxum Foods, and whilst you may not recognise the company name I'm sure you will recognise the calf milk powder brand, Maxcare. Tom grew up in Queensland and although was surroun…

Sarah Chant milks about 270 Jersey cows, on her family farm, which she took over from her dad 7 years ago after he passed away from Cancer. Although taking over the farm hasn’t been easy, especially …

Michael Harvey is a Senior Dairy Analyst at Rabobank, with decades of experience within the dairy industry. He grew up on a dairy farm in Northern Victoria before heading to Melbourne for Uni, workin…

Monique Jeffries is an agri-accountant, working for McLaren Hunt in Warrnambool. She always had an aspiration to be an accountant, growing up in New Zealand, it was her fathers accountant who was a r…

Jacqui Suares is a dairy farmer at Calderbrae Holsteins, in Larpent where she and husband Ross milk around 165 Registered Holsteins. Whilst at Ross’s family farm in Hordern Vale, their eldest daughte…

Paul Weller is based in Lockington, Northern Victoria, and has spent his life in dairy. 

His father and grandfather farmed before him, with many changes to the farm over the years. In the early days,…

Rebecca Toleman is the newly appointed Teaching & Education Manager for Agriculture at South West Tafe. Although she never completed high school herself and never imagined she would get into Educatio…

Celia Hobbs grew up on a sheep property in the Wimmera before her parents made the move to Northern Victoria, where their sheep were surrounded by dairy cows. Her parent's made the switch to dairy fa…

Mary Burgess is an absolute inspiration. Whilst teaching in South West Victoria, she closed her eyes and stuck a pin in a map looking for her next adventure and found it on a farm in Swanpool in Nort…

Rem has recently made the move from Nursing to Agriculture and is currently working alongside her partner Josh in Wallacedale. Although she grew up on a dairy farm, her dad sold the cows and leased t…

Adam Dee has had quite an impressive career within the dairy industry. His passion for cows and breeding was obvious at an early age and it was within genetics that he had a career spanning over 20 y…

Teena Pearse farms in Northern Victoria and does NOT like mud. She cut her teeth during the millennium drought and has faced many challenges over the years including the extended wet season of 2022. …

Nathan Mugavin had a passion for cows and dairy farming from an early age. He is currently managing a farm with his partner Sophie near Warrnambool in South West Victoria. He has had quite the journe…

Carlie Barry and husband Owen milk 300 cows on a certified organic farm near Camperdown in South West Victoria. In this chat we cover everything from her experience as a young mum, her time working a…