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The ProFarmer Team
As part of ProFarmer's commitment to providing timely and reliable information to subscribers, we have a national network of on-the-ground analysts who provide up to the minute, accurate information from local markets.
Richard Koch, Managing Director
Richard was raised at Collarenebri in the far north-west of NSW.
Richard is one of Australia's leading agricultural market analysts with 15 years experience across various commodity markets and in a range of sectors servicing these markets. Richard was Senior Economist at the Australian Meat and Livestock Corporation (AMLC) before joining BankWest to lead its push into the Eastern States agribusiness finance market. During his time at BankWest, Richard also worked in corporate finance where he led a M&A team in valuing and purchasing finance assets. Richard left the finance industry in 2004 to move back to his roots and follow his passion for Australian agriculture. Since taking over ProFarmer in 2004 and despite several years of drought, grower subscriptions have more than doubled and income from corporate subscribers has increased 10-fold.
Richard has an honours degree in Agricultural Economics from the University of New England (UNE) a Diploma in Applied Finance from the Securities Institute of Australia (SIA) and a Masters in Business Administration from the University of WA (UWA).
Richard can be contacted at richard@profarmer.com.au
Rob Imray
Rob has a Bachelor of Business, Masters Degree in International Business and a Graduate Diploma in Accounting. He also has a Diploma of Export from the Australian Institute of Export and is a licensed derivatives advisor and broker.
Rob manages an extensive client base throughout Australia and is also responsible for assisting them with all facets of agricultural marketing. Prior to this, Rob had worked as a Treasury Analyst for Queensland Sugar Corporation and as an Accountant and Business Adviser with a Toowoomba based accounting firm. Rob is very highly skilled in commodity analysis both in the derivatives and cash markets. Rob lives with his wife and kids in Toowoomba, QLD.
Lachie Stevens
Lachie comes from a mixed farming background in southern NSW. He holds a Bachelor of Agricultural Science at Melbourne University, Commodity Price Risk Management from Monash University and an Advanced Diploma of Applied Finance and Investment at the Securities Institute of Australia (now FINSIA).
From 2001-2007 he worked at Louis Dreyfus Australia where his roles included; Oilseed manager & Trader, Risk Manager, Wool Trader, Sorghum Trader and Grain & Oilseeds Analyst. He is a current AFSL holder for wholesale clients in financial product advice and is trained in Contracts and Dispute resolution to a level GAFTA Grade 2.
Erin Truby, Editor and Publications Coordinator
Erin comes from a mixed science and english background in British Columbia Canada, having worked as a forestry and fisheries biologist in the public and private sectors, and as an editor both while appointed as a biologist and as a private contractor. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Resource Conservation from the University of British Columbia, Canada and an Advanced Certificate in Technical Writing and Editing from Malaspina University, Canada.
Erin can be contacted at erin@profarmer.com.au
Nolene Wake, Administrator
Nolene can be contacted at nolene@profarmer.com.au
Caroline Fowler, Analyst
Caroline grew up on a mixed cropping and wool enterprise at Williams in the Great Southern Region of WA. Caroline graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture (Hons) from the University of Western Australia in 2005. After graduating, she worked in several capacities on the family farm before embarking on a one-year world tour.
Caroline can be contacted at caroline@profarmer.com.au
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