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Project Advisory Panel
Name: Jack Banks Role: Producer - Springleigh Phone: 07 4657 5958 springleigh@bigpond.com Jack Banks grew up in the Blackall district and with wife Rhonda now runs “Springleigh”, which is a Merino breeding and commercial flock operation in central west Queensland. Jack has been a board member of AgForce Sheep and Wool for about five years, and he and Rhonda’s three children all work in the rural sector. Name: Peter Campbell Role: Producer Phone: 07 4626 5454 peter.campbell53@bigpond.com Peter Campbell runs “Wyambeh” at Surat in southern Queensland where his recent on-farm innovations include planting and cell-grazing about 450 hectares of saltbush as a high-protein drought reserve, and selectively breeding to increase carcass weight by 30 percent and improved worm resistance. Peter has established an SRS (soft rolling skin) Merino Stud and has been an AgForce Sheep and Wool board member for the past four years. Name: Gordon Collie Role: Communications Coordinator Phone: 07 38563614 gordon@agriprose.com.au Gordon Collie has more than 30 years experience in the rural media. He worked with Queensland Country Life and at The Courier Mail before establishing the rural consultancy Agri-Prose in 1999. His clients have included the Sheep CRC and Australian Wool Network. Gordon is President of the Australian Council of Agricultural Journalists. Name: Brent Finlay Role: Producer Phone: 07 4685 7100 brent.finlay@halenet.com.au Brent Finlay is a third generation wool producer who, with his wife Margie and father Scott, runs up to 8000 wethers on the family property “Cooinda” at Dalveen. Mr Finlay is an innovator who has taken their flock of coated sheep into the superfine end of wool production. He has been an active member of the regional producer group Traprock Wool and is a Vice President of the AgForce Sheep and Wool Board. Name: Peter Hanrahan Role: AWI Representative Phone: 03 5345 3046 phcpl@vic.chariot.net.au Peter Hanrahan sits on the Project Advisory Panel as the representative of the Australian Wool Innovation Limited. Peter runs his own consultancy company and brings extensive experience of the management of wool industry projects from across Australia. Name: Jenny Keogh Role: Producer & PAP Member Phone: 07 4657 5987 amaroo6@bigpond.com Jenny and Rick Keogh live on “Amaroo”, 120km south-west of Blackall where they run 2000 Merino stud ewes as part of their Merino stud and flock enterprise. Jenny is most interested in integrating management systems, and improved outcomes for sheep and wool producers. Name: Geoff Knights Role: Project Manager Phone: 0746208121 geoff.knights@deedi.qld.gov.au Geoff is the manager of Leading Sheep and has qualifications in Animal Husbandry, Wool Science and Applied Research (Rural Extension). He has had a long and varied career in research and extension with DPI&F and over the years has managed a number of sheep and wool projects. He is currently based in St George and has spent all his working life in western Queensland.