Soil Health Focus

Rob is based at Brandon in North Queensland where he specialises in sugar and horticulture agronomy.

Rob has expertise in nitrogen use efficiency strategies, the role of enhanced efficiency fertilisers in the sugar cane industry and the best environmental use of fertiliser.

He holds a Bachelor of Applied Science Horticulture Technology (honours) from the University of Queensland.

Rob is both a Fertcare Trainer & a Fertcare Accredited Advisor.

Lee has been part of the IPF team for nearly 30 years, with experience in sales, technical agronomy and liquid development across the Mildura and Goulburn Valley regions of Victoria.

Today, as an IPF Technical Agronomist he is based in Arcadia, south of Shepparton, and specialises in cropping and pasture agronomy across dairy and beef and sheep operations.

He holds a Bachelor of Applied Agricultural Science from The University of Melbourne.

Lee is both a Fertcare Trainer & a Fertcare Accredited Advisor.

Jim is the Incitec Pivot Senior Agronomist located at Port Macquarie. He also manages the IPF long-term trial site at ‘Glenelg’ at Grenfell, NSW.

Jim has been part of the IPF team for nearly 30 years. He has extensive experience in agronomy, nutrient and soil management, precision agriculture and the IPF decision support system NA Pro.

Jim is specialised in identifying soil and nutrient management practices that maximise productivity and profitability while enhancing the productive capacity of the soil and quality of the environment.

He is both a Fertcare Trainer & a Fertcare Accredited Advisor.

Originally from the Blue Mountains in NSW, Fiona is based in Sunbury, Victoria, working with pasture, dairy and cropping customers across Central Victoria, Gippsland, south-western Victoria and across to SE South Australia.

Fiona joined the IPF team in 2018. She is involved in pasture and cropping agronomy trials, and enjoys working with customers to ensure they are applying the right nutrients, in the right amounts and at the right times.

She has a Bachelor of Rural Science with Honours from the University of New England.

Fiona is both a Fertcare Trainer & a Fertcare Accredited Advisor.

Originally from Loch Lomond, near Killarney, Bede is based in Toowoomba where he works across Central and Southern Queensland and Northern NSW. He joined the IPF team in 2010 as a Regional Business Manager in the sales department, before returning to agronomy as Technical Agronomist in 2013.

Bede is specialised in nutritional advice and training and is actively involved in R&D trials for crop nutrition and fertiliser solutions for summer, broadacre crops and native and improved pastures.

Bede manages the Colonsay Long Term Fertiliser Experiment (established in 1985) at Formartin, on the Darling Downs.

He is both a Fertcare Trainer & a Fertcare Accredited Advisor.

Originally from the Southern Riverina, David is now based in Tamworth and works across northern NSW and QLD.

He specialises in cropping and pasture agronomy, working with customers to maximise performance of their irrigated and dryland crops. He is actively involved in running IPF research into nitrogen application in summer irrigated crop systems.

David joined IPF in 2020 following roles in sales, technical agronomy, and liquid fertilisers across both broadacre and horticulture.

He holds a Bachelor of Rural Science (Honours) at the University of New England.

David is a Fertcare Trainer.