A Place to Call Home | Stories from Australian Agriculture

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  #87: From Digger to Stockman with Jack Blaine 03.10.2026 43min

  Send us Fan Mail G’day and welcome to the A Place to Call Home Podcast, a podcast sharing the stories of people building a life in agriculture across rural Australia. In this episode, I sit down with Jack Blaine, a former Australian Army serviceman, founder of Diggers Cattle Co. and the man behind Diggers to Stockmans, an initiative helping veterans transition into the cattle industry. Jack grew up on the Gold Coast with a love for rugby league and a growing interest in agriculture. After fin...
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  #86: From the Bush to the Brisbane Broncos with Bree Spreadborough 26.09.2026 40min

  Send us Fan Mail G’day and welcome to the A Place to Call Home Podcast, a podcast sharing the stories of people building a life in agriculture across rural Australia. In this episode, I sit down with Bree Spreadborough, Senior Relationship Analyst with Rabobank and NRLW player for the Brisbane Broncos. Bree grew up around agriculture, horses and properties across Central Queensland before studying a Bachelor of Agriculture at CQUniversity and beginning her career with Rabobank. Rugby league w...
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  #85: Building B Rural Co. Work Ethic, Innovation and Backing Yourself with Brandon Sigvart 19.09.2026 1h 7min

  Send us Fan Mail G’day and welcome to the A Place to Call Home Podcast, a podcast sharing the stories of people building a life in agriculture across rural Australia. In this episode, I sit down with Brandon Sigvart, founder of B Rural Co. A growing rural business built around practical fencing tools, workwear and a strong connection to the bush. Brandon shares his journey from growing up in rural Australia and working in the mines, to saving hard, buying his first property and eventually tur...
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  Ag Innovation Series | Innovation Beyond Technology with Josie Copley 18.06.2026 29min

  Send us Fan Mail AG INNOVATION SERIES | Innovation Beyond Technology with Josie Copley In the final episode of the Ag Innovation Series, Sam Fryer sits down with Josie Copley from Copley Pastoral to explore what innovation really means in modern agriculture. As part of a fifth-generation family beef business and Brahman seedstock operation, Josie brings a unique perspective to the innovation conversation. Working across livestock production, marketing and communications, she sees firsthand ho...
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  Ag Innovation Series | Ceres Tag, Livestock Technology & The Future of Beef Production with Jean Liebenberg 11.06.2026 34min

  Send us Fan Mail Ag Innovation Series | Ceres Tag, Livestock Technology & The Future of Beef Production with Jean Liebenberg with Jean Liebenberg In this episode of the Ag Innovation Series, Sam Fryer sits down with cattle producer and Ceres Tag Business Development Manager Jean Liebenberg to explore what innovation actually looks like in the Australian beef industry. Drawing on his experience as both a producer and ag tech professional, Jean shares his perspective on technology ado...
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  Ag Innovation Series | Innovation, Agronomy & The Future of Farming with Sam Simons 04.06.2026 23min

  Send us Fan Mail Ag Innovation Series | Innovation, Agronomy & The Future of Farming with Sam Simons In this episode of the Ag Innovation Series, Sam Fryer sits down with agronomist Sam Simons from Poole Ag to explore innovation through the lens of modern farming systems. Working with producers across broadacre agriculture, Sam is on the front line of some of the biggest challenges and opportunities facing the industry today. From weed resistance and labour shortages through to auto...
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  Ag Innovation Series | Practical Innovation, Mobble & The Next Generation of Agriculture with Will Bucknell 28.05.2026 27min

  Send us Fan Mail AG INNOVATION SERIES | Practical Innovation, Mobble & The Next Generation of Agriculture with Will Bucknell In this episode of the Ag Innovation Series, Sam Fryer sits down with young producer Will Bucknell from Quambone in north-west New South Wales to explore what innovation actually looks like on the ground for the next generation of Australian agriculture. After growing up on his family’s steer trading operation, Will went on to work on large scale cattle stations acr...
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  Ag Innovation Series | Adapting, Innovating & Evolving in Viticulture with Liz Riley 21.05.2026 22min

  Send us Fan Mail Ag Innovation Series | Adapting, Innovating & Evolving in Viticulture with Liz Riley In this episode of the Ag Innovation Series, Sam Fryer sits down with Liz Riley — an independent viticultural consultant and trainer based in the Hunter Valley, as well as sitting on the Plant Health Australia board and a Nuffield Scholar with more than 25 years of experience working across viticulture, sustainability, biosecurity and agricultural leadership. Liz completed her Nuffi...
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  Ag Innovation Series | What Innovation Really Looks Like in Australian Agriculture 14.05.2026 41min

  Send us Fan Mail AG INNOVATION SERIES | INTRODUCTION with Sam Fryer & Alice Armitage Welcome to the first episode of the Ag Innovation Series — a new collaboration between Pandaemonium and A Place to Call Home. In this introductory conversation, Sam Fryer and Alice Armitage unpack what innovation in agriculture actually means beyond the buzzwords. From drones and AI to genetics, data collection, storytelling and succession, this episode explores the real-world challenges and opportunities...
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  #84: A Different Take on Succession with Tamara Finger 25.04.2026 43min

  Send us Fan Mail G’day and welcome to the A Place to Call Home Podcast, a podcast sharing the stories of people building a life in agriculture across rural Australia. In this episode, I sit down with Tamara Finger, owner and manager of TF2 Grazing Company, a beef breeding operation recently relocated to Theodore in Central Queensland. Tamara shares a powerful and practical story of succession done differently — starting with being gifted cattle as a child, building her own herd from a young a...
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  #83: From New Entrant to Advocate: Educating the Next Generation of Producers with Amanda Burchmann From JAB Agri Solutions 18.04.2026 59min

  Send us Fan Mail G’day and welcome to the A Place to Call Home Podcast, a podcast sharing the stories of people building a life in agriculture across rural Australia. In this episode, I sit down with Amanda Buchmann from JAB Agri Solutions, based in Southeast Queensland. Amanda is a passionate advocate for the red meat and broader agricultural industry, focused on bridging the gap between industry knowledge and new entrants coming into agriculture. From growing up around livestock with her gr...
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  #82: Succession, Scale & Seedstock with Lindsay Barlow from Triple B Brangus 11.04.2026 1h 7min

  Send us Fan Mail G’day and welcome to the A Place to Call Home Podcast, a podcast sharing the stories of people building a life in agriculture across rural Australia. In this episode, I sit down with Lindsay Barlow from Triple B Brangus, based in Dingo, Central Queensland. Lindsay and his family have built a highly regarded Brangus stud from the ground up, producing bulls for both southern and northern markets, while navigating one of the most important and often challenging parts of agricult...
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  #81: Starting a Farm from Scratch with Seamus O’Connor from O’Connor Agriculture 04.04.2026 1h 7min

  Send us Fan Mail G’day and welcome to the A Place to Call Home Podcast, a podcast sharing the stories of people building a life in agriculture across rural Australia. In this episode, I sit down with Seamus O’Connor from O’Connor Agriculture, based across the Calliope and Boyne Valley regions west of Gladstone in Queensland. Seamus and his wife Hannah are building a diversified farming business running breeders, backgrounding cattle, producing hay, and more recently selling beef direct to the...
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  #80: From Music Festivals to Farming with Mark Vass 28.03.2026 1h 9min

  Send us Fan Mail G’day and welcome to the A Place to Call Home Podcast, a podcast sharing the stories of people building a life in agriculture across rural Australia. In this episode, I sit down with Mark Vass, a fifth-generation cane farmer from the Burdekin in North Queensland. Mark’s journey into agriculture hasn’t been a straight line. Starting out as a boilermaker, Mark spent time working across the country before jumping into running a music festival with his brother in his early 20s — ...
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  #79: Finding a Way Back to Farming with Nick Holliday from Belvedere Farm. 21.03.2026 1h 1min

  Send us Fan Mail G’day and welcome to the A Place to Call Home Podcast, a podcast sharing the stories of people building a life in agriculture across rural Australia. In this episode, I sit down with Nick Holliday from Belvedere Farm. Nick and his wife Brydie are building a diversified farming business producing grass-fed beef, pasture-raised pork and eggs, selling their products direct to consumers. But Nick’s pathway back into agriculture hasn’t been the typical one. Coming from generations...
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  #78: Feedlots, Fitness & Building a Life in Agriculture with Teek Carmichael 14.03.2026 53min

  Send us Fan Mail G’day and welcome to the A Place to Call Home Podcast, a podcast sharing the stories of people building a life in agriculture across rural Australia. In this episode, I sit down with Teek Carmichael, based around Condamine in Queensland, who somehow manages to wear a few different hats across agriculture, business, fitness, and community. Teek works in finance with Business and Rural Solutions, helps run the family cattle and feedlot operation with her husband Ben, and is als...
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  #77: Dream Big, Plan Smart: Finance in the Bush with Brecken Curtis from Seasoned Finance 07.03.2026 44min

  Send us Fan Mail G’day and welcome to the A Place to Call Home Podcast. In this episode, I sit down with Brecken Curtis — rural finance specialist, business owner, investor, and long-time Longreach local. Brecken originally moved west for what was meant to be a two-year stint in banking… and more than 20 years later, he’s still there — having built a career in agricultural finance and stepped out to create his own brokerage, Season Finance. This is a conversation about rural lending, risk, vi...
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  #76: You Can’t Produce Beef, Without Leaf with Ross Newman from Pasture to Prosperity 28.02.2026 57min

  Send us Fan Mail G’day and welcome to the A Place to Call Home Podcast. In this episode, I sit down with Ross Newman — pasture agronomist, problem solver, decision-making coach, and lifelong learner based in Rockhampton. Ross works with beef producers across Queensland helping them solve the problems consuming their pasture systems — and more importantly, coaching them to make smarter decisions in their business. From growing up on a potato farm that’s been in the family since 1897… To ...
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  #75: Building Connection in Regional Australia with Mia Ryan from Howdy 21.02.2026 50min

  Send us Fan Mail G’day and welcome to the A Place to Call Home Podcast. In this episode, I sit down with Mia Ryan — founder of Howdy, a community-focused app designed to help young people connect in regional Australia. While studying at university, Mia stepped into the world of tech and entrepreneurship, building an app in an industry she’d never worked in before. From training horses to pitching investors. From rural roots to startup founder. From idea to execution — all while stil...
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  #74: Grass, Cattle & Customers: Building an Ag Businesses with Charlie Thurgate 14.02.2026 1h 4min

  Send us Fan Mail G’day and welcome to the A Place to Call Home Podcast. In this episode, I’m joined by Charlie Thurgate, a 24-year-old cattle producer based in Tamworth, New South Wales — and someone who genuinely wears a lot of hats. Charlie’s story is one of resilience, responsibility, and having a crack. From stepping into management at a young age, to building his own trucking business, surviving a serious accident, and rebuilding from the ground up — Charlie has packed a lot into his ear...