18th Annual Robb Ruralfocus Dinner

Open to Alumni & Industry to attend - why not book a table & bring your clients?

Wednesday 24 July at Armidale Bowling Club - BLACK-TIE EVENT

5.30pm Cocktail commencement

6.15pm Please be seated in the Conference Room for 6.30pm Welcome and Opening 6.45pm Dinner

Guest Speaker: David Brownhill, Merrilong Pastoral

“My Stories in Agriculture. Issues & Opportunities for the future”

David Brownhill completed a Bachelor of Applied Science - Agriculture degree at Hawkesbury Ag College and graduated with awards in leadership and sportsmanship. He jointly manages Merrilong Pastoral Company whose five properties focus on dryland and irrigated grain production. David is also a founding director of a grower group of 24 farms, AMPS Commercial Pty Ltd, which is committed to information dissemination, structured farming and returning profits to research.

He undertook a Nuffield Scholarship in 1997 and has since gone on to hold roles with the state, national executive, board chair and governance/finance Committee of Nuffield.

David also sits on the RAS foundational board, is a regular presenter at the GRDC Grains Research Updates, been a member of GRDC Update committees and presented at ABARES and the Oxford Conference on Australian Agriculture.