Our Members
- Perth Office
- Lake Grace Office
- Narrogin Office
- Northam Office
- Kulin Office
- Dongara Office
- Bruce Rock Office
- Esperance Office
- Katanning Office
Kim Povey
B. Bus Agric, Grad. Dip Bus, MBA, AAAC
With a background in agronomy, farm management, finance and banking, Kim has extensive experience in consulting industries. Kim provides a complete business management service to clients, with key skills in farm management, grain marketing (Licenced Advisor with MarketAg Pty Ltd), feasibility studies, succession planning and farm business planning. Kim provides Advice under AgriConsulting Pty Ltd as trustee for the Mirlpunda trust.
David Sermon
B. Bus Agric (Hons), AAAC
David comes from a family farm, with a background in research and development, and experience with agricultural chemicals and fertilisers. David specialises in precision agriculture, farm mapping and imagery, crop nutrition and agronomy, and gross margin analysis. He is also responsible for IT at ConsultAg. David Sermon provides Advice under Moogakine Pty Ltd.
Richard Vincent
B. Sc Agric (Hons), AAAC
Richard is an experienced farm management consultant, with expertise derived from the banking, property valuations, farming and grain marketing sectors. With experience across a wide field, Richard provides a balanced approach to consulting, encompassing financial management, business strategies, marketing, and succession planning. He is a licenced futures advisor. Richard Vincent provides Advice under FarmVision Pty Ltd
Nathaniel O’Hare
Nathaniel O’Hare is a Farm Management Consultant with a lifetime of experience in Agriculture and Agribusiness. Nathaniel brings a unique combination of experience to any farming enterprise he supports including Agribusiness banking, farm consulting and farm management experience.
Having worked with a range of agriculture businesses, from grain and livestock producers, non-farming investors and processors, Nathaniel brings a broad outlook to every business he supports.
It is his background in farming, which enables him to understand the day to day farm operations, challenges and the environment producers operate within.
Matt Grey
B. Sc (Ag)
Matt has been working with Kim Povey at ConsultAg since February 2022, his focus being on grain marketing and client benchmarking. With a double major in UWA ag science and marketing, he worked in the ag chem industry for 3 years before joining the ConsultAg team in the Perth office. Having a keen interest in agricultural markets, farm business management, and economics he strives to provide value to consulting clients wherever possible while he continues to develop industry expertise and relationships. Matt provides Advice under AgriConsulting Pty Ltd.
Fiona O’DonoGhue
Office Administrator
For the last 9 years Fiona has worked in a secretarial capacity providing support to both single department and multiple individuals throughout various organisations. Combined with 5 years of corporate events management experience.
She is the first line of contact in our South Perth office and she provides essential support to our Advisors, staff and clients.
Steve Curtin
With experience in wheatbelt farming systems, research and natural resource management, Steve is well placed to provide a whole-farm approach to his consulting. His skills lie in crop and pasture agronomy, sheep production, business planning and financial management, making him a valuable member of the team. Steve Curtin provides Advice under Arohane Pty Ltd.
Garren Knell
B. Sc. Agric (Hons), AAAC
Garren joined the team in 1999, specialising in agronomy, research and development. He is responsible for our Frost Research Project. Garren has a passion for working with farming families, and prides himself on providing high quality, independent advice. Garren Knell provides Advice under Tarwonga Pty Ltd.
Trent Butcher
Research Agronomist B. Sc. Agric (Hons)
Trent specialises in agronomy with a particular focus on oats and oaten hay industry development, based out of the Narrogin office. Upon completion of an Ag Science degree at UWA, Trent spent two years undertaking trial work in the northern wheatbelt as a research agronomist. He now aims to use his learnt skills in research agronomy with his new skills in farming systems to present the most valuable information to clients. Trent Butcher provides Advice under Tarwonga Pty Ltd.
Gray Yates
B. Sc. Agric
Gray started with Consult Ag in February 2024 and aims to build upon his technical knowledge and background in research agronomy to present new information and provide quality advice to clients. Upon completion of a bachelor in Agricultural Science at UWA, Gray spent three years doing trial work across the wheatbelt as a research agronomist and gained experience with the challenges faced across many of WA’s cropping zones. Gray Yates provides advice under Tarwonga Pty Ltd.
Geoff Fosbery
B. Sc Agric (Hons), AAAC
Geoff has experience as an agronomist and consultant, operating his own private consulting business (Farm Focus Consultants) for 16 years. Geoff joined ConsultAg in 2007, bringing with him a wealth of experience in all aspects of farm management, most notably in agronomic planning, on-farm agronomy, and research and development. Geoff Fosbery provides Advice under Farm Focus Consultants Pty Ltd.
Jo Hunter
Jo has extensive experience in office administration within agriculture with previous time at DAFWA and 15 years with Farm Focus Consultants. Based in Northam, Jo undertakes the issues in farming and provides excellent back up support for consultants. Jo Hunter provides support for Farm Focus Consultants Pty Ltd.
Ben Whisson
B. Sc Agric, (Hons), AAAC
Ben completed a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture with Honours at The University of Western Australia. Specialising in on-farm agronomy, rotational planning, and crop and pasture nutrition for farming systems in the Wheatbelt since 2006, Ben has recently added farm budgeting services to the range of services he provides. Ben is the director of, and provides advice under Cropportunity Pty Ltd, and is based in Kulin.
Justine Tyson
B. Bus Agric
Justine grew up on her family farm in Carnamah. She completed a Bachelor of Agribusiness at Curtin University before moving into the banking sector. Justine is married to a local farmer in Kulin, and is excited to be part of the ConsultAg team to further her knowledge and provide advice under Cropportunity Pty Ltd.
Geoff Fosbery
B. Sc Agric (Hons), AAAC
Geoff has experience as an agronomist and consultant, operating his own private consulting business (Farm Focus Consultants) for 16 years. Geoff joined ConsultAg in 2007, bringing with him a wealth of experience in all aspects of farm management, most notably in agronomic planning, on-farm agronomy, and research and development. Geoff Fosbery provides Advice under Farm Focus Consultants Pty Ltd.
Wyatt Verhoogt
Wyatt specialises in on-farm agronomy for grain and mixed farming systems which encompasses crop rotation, input planning, crop nutrition, soil analysis, soil amelioration and weed/pest/disease management for the central wheatbelt of WA. Working with both family farms and corporate entities. He has previous experience with field trial management in the R & D space. Before starting with ConsultAg in 2022, Wyatt previously worked for Nutrien Ag Solutions for 6 years, where he was an Agronomist and Branch Manager at Bruce Rock
Sean Randell
B. Sc Agric (Hons)
Sean has experience in on farm agronomy as well as herbicide resistance and harvest weed seed control research. He runs his own private agronomy business based in Esperance and specialises in on-farm consulting. Sean is passionate about moving the industry in a more sustainable direction with a major focus on precision agriculture. Sean Randell provides advice under Esperance Private Agronomy WA Pty Ltd.
Frank Boetel
Frank is based in Katanning and servicing clients in the Great Southern region of Western Australia. Frank comes with over twenty years’ experience in broad acre cropping and pasture-based farming systems. With a sound knowledge of corporate agribusiness, Frank continues to recommend proven independent agronomy advice to his clients and associates within the agricultural industry. Frank Boetel provides advice under Primary Agronomy Pty Ltd.
Myles Prasser-Jones
Myles studied a Bachelor of Agribusiness at Curtin University after growing up on his mixed enterprise family farm in Kojonup. He began working with Primary Agronomy in January 2021, and is based out of the Katanning office specialising in agronomic consulting and precision agriculture applications. He aims to develop his current agronomic knowledge and develop improvements to the current farming agronomic and PA systems, to help growers with the ever changing agronomic and sustainability issues. Myles Prasser-Jones provides advice under Primary Agronomy Pty Ltd.
