Tim started his career in 1997 at Auscott “Midkin” in the Gwydir Valley, where he held positions of Agronomist and Farm Manager. Following his 11 years at Auscott, Tim held the position of General Manager of Reardon Farms a large-scale irrigation and dryland farming business east of Mungindi, before moving to Goondiwindi and starting with MCA Ag in 2010.

Tim is currently a director of MCA Ag, a consultancy business that specialises in agronomy, farm management, and agricultural research and development. His direct area of responsibility is the Cotton Team, that specialises in agronomic and management advice for clients with a focus on irrigation and in particular cotton. He and his team advise to farmers across the Darling Downs, McIntyre, Gwydir and Namoi Valleys. Additional to his agronomic skills, Tim has a passion for precision ag and land development and helps his clients in these vital areas of production.

Tim returned to the CCA board as President in 2023, after a previous tenor on the CCA board from 2012-16, he brings over 25 years of agronomic and farming experience to the position and has also previously held various industry positions within ACGRA, TIMS Committee and Cotton Grower Associations. He also holds a Bachelor of Rural Science and a Graduate Certificate in Agriculture – Cotton Production.

Alexandra is an agronomist with seven years of experience in cotton and broadacre agronomy working in Moree NSW. She works for HMAg Pty Ltd Moree, an independent agronomy business. Alex brings enthusiasm into not only her job but many community roles including the Gwydir Cotton Growers Association board and Moree Young Aggies Vice President. She loves the challenges and complexity of cropping in Northwest NSW and loves the ability to engage with clients that do as well.

Alex has completed a Bachelor of Agricultural Science at Charles Sturt University and a Graduate Certificate in Cotton Production at the University of New England.

Alexandra joined the board in 2023.

Bede has over 20 years practical knowledge of Qld and Northern NSW’s cropping, pasture and irrigated crops. Following study at both UQ Gatton and UNE, he has been involved in practical roles in agricultural supply, territory sales management, agronomy consulting, government extension and training. Bede has a strong interest in practical crop nutrition and simplifying products and application techniques.

He is currently a Technical Agronomist with Incitec Pivot Fertilisers, based in Toowoomba. Covering a geographical area of Emerald in Central Qld, Southern and SW Qld, to Narrabri in Northern NSW, he specialises in providing frank crop nutrition advice, training in Agronomy in Practice and software platforms, conducting long and short term field trials and product development activities in the cotton and summer grains markets.

Bede joined the Crop Consultants Australia Board in 2021.

Dean is an Agronomist with Steve Madden Agriculture, an independent farm consultancy business based out of Wee Waa, located in Northwest NSW.

Dean grew up on a family Irrigation farm, with a focus on cotton legume rotations and farm sustainability. He has developed a strong interest in crop rotation for disease management, IPM with beneficial releases, and long-term farm sustainability. Starting his career as a Sales Agronomist with CGS Wee Waa in 2014, Dean then moved into independent consultancy with Steve Madden in 2016.

He holds a Bachelor of Agriculture Science with a major in Soil & Plant Physiology from the University of New England and joined the CCA Board in 2022.

James is a consulting agronomist with over 10 years of experience in the industry. He started his career in the Wagga Wagga area before entering the cotton industry in Moree where he worked in an independent agronomy business for the first time. After this he relocated to Griffith where he worked as an agronomist for a large agribusiness, before establishing his own independent agronomic consulting business based in the Murrumbidgee and Murray valleys. In his spare time he also works in his family’s farming business and thoroughly enjoys the diversity in enterprises that agriculture has to offer.

James holds a Bachelor of Science (Agronomy & Livestock Production) and a Graduate Certificate in Agriculture – Cotton Production.

James joined the Crop Consultants Australia Board in 2021.

Tessa Dimond is a broadacre and irrigation agronomist for AGnVET RURAL from St George, Queensland, with 14 years of experience in the agricultural industry. As a 2023 Nuffield Scholar, she has travelled globally over the past two years researching Maximum Residue Limits’ (MRLs) and their impact on Australian grain prices and international market access, understanding how EU regulation and policy is influencing chemical regulation globally and how this affects her clients and the industries access to key crop protection products.

Tessa is also the Scholarship Manager at Nuffield Australia, the secretary of the St George Cotton Growers Association, and participates in the Bayer Egg Collection Program. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Business from Central Queensland University, a Graduate Certificate in Agricultural Science from the University of Queensland, and a Master’s of Science in Agriculture from the University of New England.

Tessa joined the Crop Consultants Australia Board in 2024.

Starting as a Consulting Agronomist in 1995 Tony has spent the last 18 years in the Moree district. Tony’s experience spans intensive horticulture and irrigated field crops to broad acre cropping and grazing agronomy in the Wide Bay, Darling Downs and Moree Plains with some remote clients in the Gulf, Northern Territory and PNG. Tony serves on the local AMPS Research Committee, NGA Consultative Committee, Australian Sunflower Association and has 10 years of not-for-profit Board experience. He has been an aerial pest controller for 14 years and Chaplain and Committee member at the Weebolla Bulls Moree Rugby Club for the last 6 years. As AMPS Moree branch since the end of the drought, he enjoys mentoring the other AMPS group agronomists.

Tony joined the CCA Board in 2024.

Sally is an Agronomist and Digital Ag consultant with 7 years of experience as a broadacre and cotton agronomist working across the southern Darling Downs and Border Rivers region. In recent years, a lot of her work has focused on the utilisation of spatial data to better understand the drivers of production and using this to manage and develop a more sustainable production system. 

Sally has completed a Bachelor of Agricultural Science at Charles Sturt University and a Graduate Certificate in Cotton Production at the University of New England. Sally is currently studying a Master of Philosophy through the University of Sydney researching the use of multitemporal electromagnetic induction to spatially map soil water.

Sally joined the board in 2022.

Charlie is a consulting agronomist with Customised Farm Management (CFM), an asset management and farm consultancy business based in Griffith NSW. Since beginning the role in late 2020, Charlie has been involved in the management and consultancy of cotton, grains, oilseeds, pulses and horticultural enterprises across the MIA and Lachlan Valley regions. The role at CFM offers a detailed exposure to farm management with an agronomic approach and considers himself fortunate to work within a good team at CFM.

Growing up in Moree NSW, Charlie was exposed to all aspects of farming from early on and is passionate about all things Ag. Charlie completed his dual bachelor’s degree in Agribusiness and Agricultural Science at The University of Queensland in 2020 and joined the CCA Board in 2023.