Podcast: Showing Cattle, The Broncos and the Importance of Youth in Agriculture with Peter Cook

Listen to podcast: https://open.spotify.com/episode/580xeUQ640DuU3fbuhn2Hv?si=BCwe7WohRBSPmMHRlDoQRQ

This podcast was part of the Australian Simmentals – 50 years in the making series. Humans of Agriculture podcaster, Oli Le Lievre interviews Barana's Stud Principle Peter Cook AKA "Cookie".

Calling the Central West of NSW home, Cookie shares with us his journey from jackaroo, to stud owner. In this episode, Cookie shares more about:

• His early interest and involvement in agriculture

• What initially interested him about the Simmental breed

• The role that showing cattle had in his stud

• His family farming business

• The trends that he has observed in the breed

• Where he thinks the current opportunities are

• Where he sees the future of the Simmental breed going

• The importance and involvement of Youth in agriculture more broadly