About

Nigel is a fourth-generation farmer from Goondiwindi QLD with over 20 years’ of farming and business management experience, and is the Managing Director of New Leaf Ag Pty Ltd, a family owned food and fibre company. Nigel is a GrainGrowers Director for the Northern Region and sits as the chair of GrainGrowers’ Grains Sustainability Steering committee, and Audit and Risk committee.

With a Bachelor of Applied Science Agronomy from the University of Queensland, Nigel’s work across agriculture has been recognised as Australian Cotton Grower of the Year and ABC Rural Australian Young Farmer of the Year. Nigel also received a Nuffield Scholarship. Nigel currently sits on the board of both Cotton Seed Distributors and Ability Agriculture.

A grain grower at Mallala, SA, Richard produces a wide variety of cereals, pulses and oilseeds. Richard served for six years on the Advisory Board of Agriculture, and seven years on the GRDC’s Southern Panel which included the Plant Biosecurity Cooperative Research Centre, Grains Advisory Panel. He was also a non-executive director and Chair of the Australian Grain Growers Co-op board and has served on the Rural Business Support Board since 2019.

Richard has experience in corporate governance, strategic and business planning, financial management and planning, implementation and project planning and oversight and graduated from the Australian Institute of Company Directors in 2015.

Julia Hausler is a grower director of GrainGrowers, and operates a successful family farming operation in Victoria’s Wimmera region which is annually benchmarked. Julia is an engaged and effective Board Director of GrainGrowers and is the Chair of GrainGrowers People and Culture Committee. In her tenure on the Board, Julia has positively contributed to governance standards, a refreshed strategy, investment portfolio growth, and has represented GrainGrowers nationally and internationally.

Julia has recently joined the Grains Australia Pulse Council and is on the Australian Institute of Company Directors Grampians Regional Advisory Forum. In addition to this, Julia is also a Director on Wimmera Southern Mallee Development Board to advocate for economic and social opportunities for her region. Julia brings is highly strategic bringing 25 years’ experience in agriculture alongside expertise in marketing, accumulation, education, financing, and rural policy as an excellent basis for her board work.