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G’day and welcome to the A Place to Call Home Podcast, a podcast sharing the stories of people building a life in agriculture across rural Australia.

In this episode, I sit down with Amanda Buchmann from JAB Agri Solutions, based in Southeast Queensland.

Amanda is a passionate advocate for the red meat and broader agricultural industry, focused on bridging the gap between industry knowledge and new entrants coming into agriculture. From growing up around livestock with her grandparents to building a career outside the industry in pharmacy and law, Amanda has taken a unique path back into ag — now combining her life experience with a mission to educate and support producers.

This conversation dives deep into the realities of entering agriculture today, the importance of education and compliance, and the role every producer plays in strengthening the future of the industry.

In this episode, we chat about:

🏡 Growing up in Warwick and early exposure to livestock through family
🚛 Lessons learned from time spent in livestock transport with her dad
📚 Building skills outside agriculture in pharmacy, law, and conveyancing
🐄 Returning to ag and starting a small cattle operation with her family
⚠️ The challenges new entrants face when buying land and livestock
📉 Common mistakes producers make when starting out
📊 Why record keeping, traceability, and compliance are critical
🛑 The risks of poor biosecurity and lack of education in the industry
🧠 Breaking down barriers between industry knowledge and new producers
🤝 Building JAB Agri Solutions to educate and support small-scale producers
🌱 Understanding ESG, natural capital, and telling your story as a producer
📈 How good management and record keeping can improve profitability
🌏 The importance of advocacy and strengthening the agricultural supply chain

Resources mentioned

📊 Integrity Systems (NLIS & LPA)
🌱 Australian Rural Leadership Program
📖 Stolen Focus by Johann Hari

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G’day and welcome to the A Place to Call Home Podcast, a podcast sharing the stories of people building a life in agriculture across rural Australia.

In this episode, I sit down with Lindsay Barlow from Triple B Brangus, based in Dingo, Central Queensland.

Lindsay and his family have built a highly regarded Brangus stud from the ground up, producing bulls for both southern and northern markets, while navigating one of the most important and often challenging parts of agriculture — succession.

Lindsay’s story starts far from where he is today, growing up on a pineapple farm on the Capricorn Coast before eventually finding his way back to cattle after a period of uncertainty post-school. What followed was decades of building, learning, and working through a long and complex succession journey within a family business.

This conversation dives deep into what it really takes to build a seedstock operation, the realities of succession, and the mindset required to create a sustainable future in agriculture.

In this episode, we chat about:

🏡 Growing up on a pineapple farm and early exposure to agriculture
🐄 How a Brahman bull over Angus cows sparked a lifelong Brangus journey
📈 Building the Triple B Brangus stud from a foundation herd
🤝 The realities of succession in a family business over decades
🧠 Why communication, trust, and patience are critical in succession
📉 The risks of wills being contested and planning ahead
🌱 Gradually taking on responsibility vs being thrown in the deep end
🐂 Expanding into northern Australia with a Charters Towers bull sale
📊 Using data, Breedplan, and DNA to create a point of difference
🚜 The workload and pressure behind running a seedstock operation
👨‍👩‍👦 The importance of having the right partner and support system
🌏 Why knowledge, education, and networks are key for the next generation

Resources mentioned

📊 Breedplan (performance recording and genetic evaluation) BREEDPLAN
🌱 Young Beef Producers Forum (Roma) Young Beef Producer's Forum - Australia

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G’day and welcome to the A Place to Call Home Podcast, a podcast sharing the stories of people building a life in agriculture across rural Australia.

In this episode, I sit down with Seamus O’Connor from O’Connor Agriculture, based across the Calliope and Boyne Valley regions west of Gladstone in Queensland.

Seamus and his wife Hannah are building a diversified farming business running breeders, backgrounding cattle, producing hay, and more recently selling beef direct to their local community.

But their journey into farming hasn’t been straightforward.

Seamus grew up in agriculture southwest of Goondiwindi before heading away to boarding school, studying engineering at the University of Queensland, and building a career in the resource sector during the LNG boom.

Like many people who grow up in the bush though, agriculture has a way of pulling you back.

What started with buying a small block of land and agisting cattle eventually turned into building a farming business from the ground up — navigating drought, market crashes, financial challenges and plenty of lessons along the way.

This is a conversation about first-generation farming, enterprise stacking, resilience, and the mindset required to build a life on the land from scratch.

In this episode, we chat about:

🏡 Using property investing as a stepping stone into farming
🐄 Buying their first block of land and starting with agistment cattle
📉 The lessons from drought, market downturns and early mistakes
🌾 Shifting towards regenerative grazing principles
📊 Enterprise stacking and building multiple income streams
🚜 Starting a hay production enterprise
🥩 Selling beef direct to consumers through boxed beef
📱 The power of social media in connecting farmers and customers
👨‍👩‍👦 Building a farm business while raising a young family
🌱 Why mindset and curiosity are key to building a future in agriculture

Resources mentioned

📘 Dirt to Soil — Gabe Brown
📘 A Bold Return to Giving a Damn — Will Harris
📘 Nourishment — Fred Provenza

Courses mentioned:

🌱 Grazing for Profit

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