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Back L to R – Eric Nankivell, Chris Reichstein, Greg Curnow, Andrew Chambers, Andrew Fowler and front – Sam Guest, Lyndon Mickel, Leon Bowman and David Cox (Absent – Craig Newman, Chris Reichstein, Steve Tilbrook and Wayne Walter

Executive Committee 2012
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Lyndon Mickel

Lyndon Mickel

Executive Committee President
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 Lyndon is the current SEPWA President and he is also a member of the local Beaumont Better Farming group, host trials for SEPWA and conducts his own personal unofficial trials.

Lyndon's family farming operation consists of 1800 ha just north of Condingup and 4200 ha at the end of Parmango Road.

David Cox

David Cox

Vice President
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 David runs a broad acre cropping and beef enterprise in the Shires of Esperance and Narembeen with his wife Sally.

David was awarded a prestigious Nuffield Scholarship in 2004 to study the production and management of high yielding crops specialising in nitrogen management. As a result, David has extensively travelled both Australia and the world studying all aspects of agriculture and he has developed the E-ZEE Nitrogen (N) calculator for accurate real time in season nitrogen recommendations.

Greg Curnow

Greg Curnow

Vice President
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Greg Curnow farms at Cascade and was elected to the SEPWA Executive in 2008.

Greg is Chair of the Events Committee, a Trials subcommittee member and organises his local field day for farmers in the Cascade/ Coomalbidgup area.

Eric Nankivell

Eric Nankivell

Treasurer
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Eric is a local farm management consultant with Farmanco and brings 24 years industry experience to SEPWA since graduating from Muresk Institute of Agriculture in 1987.

He has also worked for BankWest and spent time with the Bank of Scotland in Edinburgh. Eric is a Strategic Advisory Group member of the Grower Group Alliance in WA and Farm Management Team Leader for Farmanco.

Angus  Sellars

Angus Sellars

Committee Member
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Angus Sellars is an agronomist with Esperance Rural Supplies. This role involves providing practical advice on the broadacre cropping and pasture agronomy requirements of a variety of farm businesses in Esperance and surrounding areas. It also involves facilitating broadacre production trials. This year is his first on the SEPWA Executive Committee.

Andrew  Fowler

Andrew Fowler

Committee Member
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 Andrew was elected onto the SEPWA Executive in 1998 and was President in 2008 & 2009. Andrew farms with his family east of Esperance running 17000ha of mixed cropping, sheep and cattle enterprises.

He has been involved in grazing crops for the last 3 year and is interested in further examining the synergies between crops and livestock. To this end he has recently been appointed to the Sheep Industry Leadership Council.

Chris Reichstein

Chris Reichstein

Committee Member
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 Chris farms at Wittenoom Hills and is a past president of SEPWA and helps organise the local Neridup field day. Chris is on the Grains Industry WA working group and also on the DAFWA Bridging the Yield Gap Advisory Committee.

Leon Bowman

Leon Bowman

Secretary
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 Leon farms at Grass Patch with his wife Natalie and he has always played an active role in the community and industry and has also completed a number of courses that complement his farming operation and he is also a member of the Grass Patch Sustainable Farming Group.

Murray Ayers

Murray Ayers

Committee Member
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Murray arrived in Cascade in 1988 with his wife Julie and two young children. Today with wife Julie, their eldest son Cameron and other son Lachie on a part time basis, they farm 6000 ha spread over four farms in the Cascade and Munglinup regions growing canola, wheat, barley and field peas. This is Murray's first term on the SEPWA Executive Committee.

Steve Tilbrook

Steve Tilbrook

Committee Member
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 First elected to the Executive of SEPWA in 1996 Steve has been active in the role of executive supporting sponsors, group travel, field days, and trials. Steve farms 4500 Ha at Mt Madden with Wendy, Daughter Sarah and Andy Frost. Steve is Chair of the Barley Council of WA.

Andrew  Chambers

Andrew Chambers

Committee Member
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 Andrew hails from Ravensthorpe and farms 5000 hectares with cropping the main enterprise along with a little lucerne and pasture for buying and selling sheep. Andrew is currently the Chair of the Ravensthorpe Agricultural Initiative Network (RAIN)

Craig Newman

Craig Newman

Committee Member
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Craig comes from the Varley, Holt Rock, Lake King area where he leases 6600 ha for cropping and livestock purposes. Craig is also involved in the Newdegate Crop Improvement Group, the Newdegate Field Days and the Newdegate Development Committee.


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