About

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 runs a mixed farming operation in the Wimmera region of Victoria and is a grower director of GrainGrowers. With over 20 years’ experience in agriculture including expertise in marketing, accumulation, education, financing and rural policy, Julia’s contribution to industry has been acknowledged with her inclusion in the inaugural 100 Women in Australian Agribusiness Awards. Julia is the Chair of the Rural NorthWest Health Board and is also a member of the Birchip Cropping Group. Julia was selected to take part in the Australian Rural Leadership Program in 2012-2013. Julia was also previously part of the GrainGrowers’ National Policy Group.

Nigel is a fourth-generation farmer from Goondiwindi QLD with over 20 years’ of farming and business management experience. Nigel is the Managing Director of New Leaf Ag Pty Ltd, a family owned food and fibre company. Nigel holds 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 Cotton Seed Distributors.