Bryce Riddell

Nuffield Australia 2012 scholarship winner

Bryce Riddell, from Yarrawonga in Victoria, receives the 2012 Nuffield Scholarship sponsored by Rural Finance Corporation.

Bryce is looking to study commercial production and value‐adding opportunities for alternative hay crops, such as Orchard Grass, Timothy Grass and Teff Grass.

"When it is the off‐season for the northern hemisphere, mainly in the US and Canada, I think there could be a real opportunity to supply a gap in the international market with these hays," he says.

Also Bryce would like to investigate domestic opportunities, saying "I'd like to establish local markets for these new hays for the equine and dairy sectors."

In addition he plans to research different handling, processing and transport methods for hay, for both domestic and export markets.

Places Bryce plans to visit include both North America and Japan.

Bryce is a co‐manager of their family‐run farming business, which comprises of a commercial Angus herd of cattle, and also lucerne and oaten hay production. They also run a lucerne cubing plant based in Yarrawonga, where they produce lucerne hay cubes, as well as a variety of other types of hay cubes for the domestic and export markets.

83‐87 Benalla Rd,
YARRAWONGA, VIC 3730
0408 550 125
multicube@bigpond.com