Staff profiles
Kent Wooding
Manager, Swan Hill
Kent has over 15 years experience in agronomy and is based in Swan Hill, Victoria. Kent is the manager of AGRIvision Consultants which has 12 consultants and researchers in the team. He is responsible for developing and implementing AGRIvision Consultants strategic and operational plans, and for managing the operational functions of the business, and is also the editor of the AGRIfax service and Farmfact note series. Kent also oversees the project management operations of the business.
Jarrod Brown
Research & Development Manager, Quambatook
Jarrod grew up on the family farm at Meatian, Victoria, and still has a strong involvement with the management and operation of the property. After obtaining his Bachelor of Applied Science in Ag, Jarrod has advised growers and conducted research with several organizations including Incitec Pivot and DPI Victoria. Jarrod manages the research division for AGRIvision Consultants and conducts trials to obtain results for our clients, our consultants and the general farming community. Jarrod has a special interest in precision agriculture and systems management. Jarrod enjoys the challenge of developing, monitoring and evaluating trials and projects to deliver solutions against identified agricultural and natural resource management problems. Jarrod is focussed on ensuring the results contain the economic and financial data to help clients make better decisions. Jarrod sits on the board of the Mallee Agricultural Research Foundation.
Tom Bath
Tech Services Agronomist, Hopetoun
Tom grew up on the family farm at Culgoa in the Victorian Mallee, and still maintains an active role in the farms at Culgoa and Balmoral when time allows. Tom has completed a Bachelor of Agriculture at Melbourne University, Parkville Campus.
Tom's position is based between Beulah and Woomelang allowing Tom the ability to manage projects in these areas as well. Tom enjoys the many challenges that farming in low rainfall environments provide and his special interests are in precision ag and farm systems management.
Matt Bissett
Agronomy Consultant, Nullawil/Sea Lake/Woomelang
Matt works in close association with the local agronomy consultants and assists the R&D division with trial layout, implementation, monitoring and recording. Matt grew up on the family farm at Serpentine and came to AGRIvision Consultants via Melbourne University, Dookie Campus. Matt has a special interest in precision agriculture and takes a lead role in our EM 38 survey work and is proficient with FarmWorks mapping software.
Lee Connor
Agronomy Consultant
Lee studied at the University of Melbourne, Longerenong College Campus and graduated in 2005 with an Advanced Diploma of Agriculture.
Lee then started in agronomy with Landmark at Skipton. She quickly moved into the position of Account Manager for the Agronomy side of the business and gained a great deal of experience from this role. Last year Lee moved on to farm at Logan and took up an agronomy position nearby.
Lee is looking forward to concentrating totally on agronomy and helping farmers with their crop agronomy and farm management. Lee will operate in the Charlton, Boort and South of Quambatook regions for AGRIvision. As with all the consultants within the AGRIvision team, Lee will focus most of her time on AGRIvision clients but she is also contracted to provide service and advice to North West Ag Services.
Joe Fox
Tech Services Agronomist, Quambatook
Joe hails from the Lalbert region South West of Swan Hill and is actively involved in the family farm. Joe studied at Longerenong College, completing an Advanced Diploma of Agriculture and a Diploma of Agronomy.
He will be working closely with Tim Hill at Beulah to assist with the farm consultancy and agronomy in this dynamic region for agriculture. Joe will also carry out research as part of the extended R&D team.
Grant Gibbins
Agronomy Consultant, Ouyen
Grant has over twelve years experience as a farm advisor. After studying at Adelaide University in South Australia and later at Charles Sturt University in Wagga Wagga, Grant chose a career in agronomy in the Lower Mid North of South Australia. He gained valuable experience in agronomy over those eight years and gained a special interest in fertiliser and crop nutrition. He still maintains a special interest in soil management and crop nutrition. Grant has been back in the Mallee as an advisor for 4-5 years now. He is also making time to manage his own cropping program at home and running cattle. Grant loves the lifestyle and the characters that the Mallee environment provides. Grant is an active member on the board of the Mallee Sustainable Farming Project.
Brendan Gove
Tech Services Agronomist, Ouyen
Brendan, born and raised on the family farm in the Beulah region is excited by the move to Ouyen. Brendan has been employed at North West Ag Services in Beulah for the past two years and has completed a Diploma in Agronomy at Longerenong Ag College.
Brendan works with Grant Gibbins at Ouyen and assists with the farm consultancy and agronomy in this dynamic region for agriculture. Brendan has a special interest in precision ag and getting the best from pulses in the Mallee farming system.
Tim Hill
Agronomy Consultant, Beulah
Tim grew up on the family farm at Colbinabbin and still maintains an active involvement in the farming operation. Tim is excited by the many challenges agronomy poses in a low rainfall environment. He works in close association with his client base in the region, and also assists the R&D division with trial layout, implementation, monitoring and recording. Tim completed his study at Melbourne University, Parkville Campus and has a special interest in no-till farming and sustainable farming systems.
Tom Lord
Agronomy Consultant, Wycheproof
After completing a Bachelor of Applied Science Agriculture from the university of Melbourne Dookie campus, Tom started working as a research science officer with BCG. Tom was responsible for a range of GRDC projects including brome grass control and herbicide resistance trials at a range of sites.
After a year in this role Tom was employed by Harm van Rees principal consultant of CropFacts Pty. Ltd as a consultant. Tom worked with a group of clients in an area covering the North Central Victoria, Northern Wimmera and South east Mallee. In this time Tom developed a passion for climate and local area weather patterns.
Tom is an owner of a grain growing business in the northern Wimmera where he maintains a direct influence. He enjoys a balance of both the practical and consultancy based agronomy.
Luke Maher
Agronomy Consultant, Quambatook
Luke grew up on the family farm at Nyah West and thencompleted a Bachelor of Applied Science degree at the University of Melbourne, Dookie Campus. Following university, he spent some valuable time on the family farm before commencing his agronomy career with North West Ag Services in 2003. As a highly regarded professional farm advisor, Luke has helped many growers adopt no-till farming technology with a "hands-on" approach. Luke also maintains a special interest in foliar disease management and precision agriculture. Having a very close link with his family farm allows Luke to test this technology before delivering the results to clients.
Tim Pilkington
Agronomy Consultant, Swan Hill
Tim comes to AGRIvision after working in the Swan Hill region as an agronomist for the past four seasons. Prior to this Tim managed the family farm at Red Hill in the mid north of South Australia where he was first exposed to the benefits of no-till farming. He gained a Bachelor of Ag Science degree at Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga and has an advanced diploma in rural business management through TAFE SA.
Tim Pohlner
Agronomy Consultant
Tim is originally from the Nhill region in the Victorian Wimmera. Tim completed a Bachelor of Agriculture from the Melbourne University, Dookie Campus and then ventured over to Western Australia to commence his career in agronomy.
Tim was an agronomist in Esperance for three years before coming back to Victoria to join the AGRIvision team. His experience with no till and zero till cropping systems will be a great asset to his clients and our team. Tim also has experience with EM 38, gamma radio metric and VRT mapping. The experience gained in the area was broad given the extreme variation in rainfall from the coast to the inland farm areas.
Tim has a real interest in herbicide resistant wild radish and economic weed control in pulses. He provides agronomic consultancy to growers in the Northern Wimmera region with AGRIvision.
Kate Wilson
Agronomy Consultant, Woomelang/Hopetoun
Kate is a very experienced advisor and has been involved with agronomy in the Woomelang district since 1993. She has developed a keen interest in soil science in the last few years as well as being at the forefront of helping many Mallee growers switch to a no-till farming system. Kate takes a lead role in the Crop Walker farm management software for the AGRIvision team. Kate farms locally with her husband and two children. She has a strong commitment to the communities of Woomelang and Hopetoun. Kate is also an active member of the BCG advisory committee.
