What our farmers want this season

Bryan Littlely
February 3 2019 - 10:12am
ATTENTIVE TECHNICIANS: Service technicians Billy Brown and Mitch Dennis at work at the Ramsey Bros Cummins branch. The region had a bumper year in 2018, with many saying it was their best on record. While investment in new machinery will vary depending on successes in each region, there are plenty of farmers looking to the future with confidence.
ATTENTIVE TECHNICIANS: Service technicians Billy Brown and Mitch Dennis at work at the Ramsey Bros Cummins branch. The region had a bumper year in 2018, with many saying it was their best on record. While investment in new machinery will vary depending on successes in each region, there are plenty of farmers looking to the future with confidence.

On the back of bumper seasons in select areas of the state – in stark contrast to some of the toughest seasons seen in a number of regions – how farmers are preparing for the season ahead and what equipment and machinery purchases they are making is wide and varied.

Bryan Littlely

Bryan Littlely

Group Advertising Features & Special Publications Journalist

Started with Fairfax (Rural Press) as a compositor in 1992 at the Victor Harbor Times and progressed to journalism as a cadet and then on to editor at The Barossa & Light Herald. After 8 years with Rural Press, joined News Corp as a journalist at The Advertiser. I held various senior positions at The Advertiser including Regional Editor, Motoring Editor, Chief Of Staff and Investigations Editor. My time with News Corp also included an 18 month secondment to the Northern Territory as Editor at the Centralian Advocate, Alice Springs. After a year working as assistant director of media with the Fair Work Ombudsman and a year at the helm of a public relations firm, I have returned to my farming background and home community on the Fleurieu Peninsula. I am co-founder of missing persons foundation, Leave A Light On Inc, and am also on the board of Indigenous foundation Around The Campfire. Local sport and community activities, horse racing and learning what I can about farming are my key interests outside of journalism.

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