Scott Michael

Balaklava, South Australia

 

 

1        How long have you been on the farm?

Eons

 

2        What is the general mix of your enterprise (ie crop types, stock, off-farm investments)?

Crops, sheep and agronomist tours

 

3        What do you enjoy most about farming?

Fresh air

 

4        What is the biggest challenge you face on your farm (ie herbicide resistance, soil restraints)?

Holding on to it!

 

5        What is the biggest change in agriculture you have witnessed?

Wide combs

 

6         What has been your biggest influence on the way you farm?

Craig (AW Vater's senior agronomist)

 

7        How do you learn about new technologies and techniques that may benefit your farming system?

            Vaters newsletter

 

8        If you could change one thing in agriculture what would it be?

Less reliance on rainfall (sorry huey!)

 

9        What are your hobbies?

                   Sport and socialising - in no particular order

  

10      What would you be doing if you weren’t farming?

PM's Adviser