Steven Clarke

• Increased farm productivity by introducing modern farming practices and equipment upgrades.
• Improved animal health through regular monitoring, vaccinations and drenching programs
• Created a 5 year plan, outlining paddock selection, crop rotation, fertiliser requirements and pasture blends.
• Implemented a strategic culling program based on productivity, structure, fertility, temperament and do ability.
• Worked with owners to achieve their goal.
• Formulated a drought strategy, which involved both herd reduction and feed supplements/rations.

• My wife and I own a 70acre irrigation property, which is presently being run by our middle son.
• Predominantly producing lucerne small bales for the horse market.
• Also utilising cereal crops for forage and hay production.
• Irrigated with pipes.
• No contractors are used, everything was performed by myself.

• Koolewong was an 1800acre property which ran both stud and commercial Angus cattle.
• I was responsible for the day to day running of the property, working with the elderly owner two days a week as he lived and worked an hour and a half away.
• No contractors were used or other employees.
• Some of the duties I performed include

-spaying, ploughing, sowing, fert/lime spreading, pit and wrapped silage, freeze branding, artificial insemination, programming and ai of donors, recip programs, herd data collection, bull sales and everything else involved in the running of such a property.

• We carried approximately 380 breeders plus replacement heifers(80hd), yearling bulls (50hd) and 30-40 2yo sale bulls. Being predominantly spring calving.