Rowan Paulet

Nuffield Australia 2010 scholarship winner

Gippsland producer Rowan Paulet has been awarded the 2010 Nuffield Scholarship supported by the Grains Research and Development Corporation, to study the integration of livestock and cropping in high rainfall zones.

Rowan co-manages a mixed family farm enterprise across 1600ha near Traralgon, with his parents and brother. They run a 3000 head self-replacing fine wool Merino flock and prime lambs, 300 head beef herd and have a summer and winter cropping program, with some spray and flood irrigation.

He plans to visit the United Kingdom, US, Canada and New Zealand to study how other countries have overcome issues related to cropping in high rainfall areas, and strategies for managing cultural change in farming communities like those in Gippsland which are increasingly diversifying from grazing into mixed cropping and livestock systems.

206 Maxfields Rd
Flynns Creek, Vic, 3844
Phone 03 5197 7290
Mobile 0427 924 435
Email rowpaulet@hotmail.com