Chris Bell
Agronomist
In 2008 Chris completed a Bachelor of Agricultural Science, specialising in agronomy at Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga. After completing his degree, Chris spent 10 years working in retail agronomy providing production advice to broadacre cropping and livestock business within the Riverina. Chris commenced with BFB in 2019 as a farm business consultant, providing independent farm consulting advice to BFB’s farming operation and family farming clients, focusing on holistic farm production and profitability.
David Bushell
Agronomist
After completing a Bachelor of Applied Science in Agriculture at Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, David spent 25 years providing production agronomy advice to broadacre cropping and livestock businesses across the Riverina. Through this period, David has been involved in the whole farm change from largely wheat/sheep enterprises to the introduction of canola into farm rotations, and diversified no-till cropping enterprises where whole farm planning and rotation have become of paramount importance. In 2019, David commenced with BFB as a farm business consultant providing independent advice to family farming clients, as well as BFB’s farming operation, focusing on whole farm profitability and production.
Charles Edmonston
Agronomist
After completing a Bachelor of Agriculture Science, Charles began working for an agronomy company based in Cobram, Victoria in the role of Technology and Services. After two years in this role, he started as a trainee agronomist and a year later, Charles returned home to Ballarat, Victoria as a fully qualified agronomist. With 11 years of experience providing agronomic services, Charles took 12 months off to concentrate on the family farm and has recently returned to the industry on a part-time basis, joining the BFB agronomy team in 2020 where he provides insight to the development of BFB's crop management strategy.