News Gallery: South Gippsland Dairy and Farming Expo — day two By Jeanette Severs Sep 19, 2024 Arron Daniel Ag Contractors’ Arron and Samantha Daniel, pictured with their children Avery, Sofia and Joe, are first-time exhibitors at this year’s South Gippsland Dairy and Farming Expo. Photo by Jeanette Severs At Gibson’s Groundspreads site are Jacob Cecil, Paul Cornelissen and Paul Battersby. Photo by Jeanette Severs Jim Hare and Wayne Treacy were working at the DeLaval volunteer milking systems site. Photo by Jeanette Severs Eric Davis and John Main, of CLAAS Harvest Centre, with a CLAAS disco mower. Photo by Jeanette Severs Hico at Korumburra’s John D. Win (left) and David Anderson (right) with Phil McKenna and Cathy Bourke from Jetstream Genetics at Nathalia. Photo by Jeanette Severs Tyrel and Rhys Cox, of Bairnsdale Engineering. Photo by Jeanette Severs Bill Brown from Inverloch and Michael Banik from Korumburra. Photo by Jeanette Severs Lachlan Moon from TTMI at Leongatha with the Case iH Puma 140. Photo by Jeanette Severs CowBank’s Rod Banks, Luke Fitzpatrick and Kate Rivington with John Salce from McLaren Agricultural Machinery at Warragul. Photo by Jeanette Severs Jarrod Muir, of Inverloch, looks at machinery at the South Gippsland Dairy and Farming Expo. Photo by Jeanette Severs Meeniyan’s Brendon Martelli, Tom Peters from Chapman Machinery Service in Leongatha and Daniel Fullerton, from Fish Creek, with the Kubota LA340 digger. Photo by Jeanette Severs Leanne and Doug Wilkinson from Leongatha with Glen Alvie’s Ange Clark. Photo by Jeanette Severs Beau Saye from Neerim South, David Johnston from Tarago River and Ben Olsen and Kay-Lee Bransgrove of Neerim. Photo by Jeanette Severs Chloe, Barb, Georgia and Peter Challis, from Leongatha. Photo by Jeanette Severs Hanna Anderson, from Nar Nar Goon, feeds two-day-old lamb Snickers at the Reid Stockfeeds site. Photo by Jeanette Severs Rabobank’s Hannah Sturgiss with Kim and Tim Morley, of Gormandale. Photo by Jeanette Severs Saputo’s Penny Johnson with Bruce and Mark Calder from Dumbalk and Linda Sage from Leongatha. Photo by Jeanette Severs Technician Mark Brewer checks the GEA robot is working properly. Photo by Jeanette Severs Kim Price from GippsDairy with Belinda Egan from Jackman Jerseys at Armit. Photo by Jeanette Severs Past focus farmers Susan and Keith Straw, from Fish Creek, with Veronica McLeod from GippsDairy. Photo by Jeanette Severs Yanakie’s Mick Bright uses the Tow n Fert 1200-litre unit. Photo by Jeanette Severs Rod and Brad McIntosh, from Poowong. Photo by Jeanette Severs Mal Clark, of Glen Alvie, investigates the John Deere E18 stocked by Brandt in Leongatha South. Photo by Jeanette Severs Merryn Chapman from Kernot, Keith Fort from Inverloch, Luisa Huitson from Kernot and Tate Chapman from Kernot at the Burra Foods site. Photo by Jeanette Severs By Jeanette Severs Contributor
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