The Farmers Club

No 175 - Tuesday's Club Notes

Dwain Duxson
April 09, 2024

The “Club Notes” for Tuesday, the 9th of April, 2024.

By Dwain Duxson

The Brookfield story

We love nothing better than relaying stories about our Farming forefathers and what they created. Craig Wallace sheds some light on the Brookfield story here: This is the story of the evolution of Brookfield Agriculture, borne from the tinkering of my Wallace forefathers here in Cowra, NSW. Whilst we are blessed with rich fertile soil, my father Phillip and grandfather Gordon realised that the true potential of Brookfield Farms would only be realised with the most efficient tools and Machinery. This led to them building the first self-propelled suspended Boom Spraying rig in Australia in the 1960s. A passion for continual innovation and tinkering saw them make more and more Machines for their own use …all of which proved far more useful than what was available for purchase at the time. Dad lost his father at only 18 years old and had to take over the Farm reigns. He quickly attained a reputation around the neighbouring Farms and the broader district as they recognised his ingenuity in design and BROOKFIELD was born in the late 80's. And exactly as you outlined, today, BROOKFIELD is far bigger than the Farm and continues to be a market leader in creating sustainability with our flagship products: the BROOKFIELD ChainBar, BROOKFIELDOmniBin and AGRIBIN range. Dad continues to lead the R&D from the Farm, where we continually use and test our Machines and implements. Every day brings another learning for the entire team and another opportunity for us to continue to tinker and engineer BROOKFIELD and AGRIBIN products of the Farming future globally. Great story, Craig; thanks for sharing. Do you have any stories like Craigs? Reply to [email protected]

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Dwain Duxson
0427 011 900

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Your replies

Below are snippets from some of the replies you sent in. All quotes will remain nameless. See a few current ones below:

“Hi Dwain, As a young bloke with a half handy dog I went to a local weekend dog training school with Neil McDonald, and it would have been probably the most productive and informative training thing I’ve done. Lightbulb moment on dog training and Sheep behaviour. I still remember most of the specific lessons we learnt over 30 years ago”. - In reply to the Note we wrote on some significant moments in your Farming life that you remember.
“Hi Dwain. The reason craft beer is struggling is that because it tastes like sh#t; give me the mass-manufactured stuff any day. Loving The Farmers Club, cheers”. - In reply to our Note on how the once touted craft beer industry is now struggling.
“Centre Pivot Irrigation has been a game changer for Farming in Tasmania since the early 2000s”. - In reply to our Note on what significant moments or things have mad a difference on your Farm. The development of Irrigation has been a massive boon for Tasmanian Farming.
“I am really pissed off when I see my rates being used for Silo paintings, cultural events, and political signage. It is not their business”. - In reply to our Farm Tender Daily story on the survey results we gained from the Council/Shire survey that our partner Ag Surveys put together. Have a read here.