The purpose of the GIWA Oat Council is to:
- To represent the Western Australian Oat industry in the area of plant breeding, agronomic development, production, handling and processing of oat varieties in order to promote and safeguard the industries long term interests.
- To encourage sustainable production and marketing of quality Oats.
- To carry out, promote or assist in activities of any kind associated with the development, handling, processing, promotion and marketing of Oats and its derivatives.
- To co-ordinate all sections of the Oat industry to improve the image of Oats in Western Australia.
Have you heard of the Processed Oat Partnership? Find out more here.
The GIWA Oat Council
Members
Anna-Lisa Newman – Chair – Grower, Varley
Ashley Wiese – Deputy Chair – Grower, Highbury
Andrew Bolt – CEO, Demeter Grains
Lachlan Briotti – Specialist (Commodity Trading), CBH Group
Trent Butcher – Agronomist, ConsultAg
Fran Calderon – Oat Sourcing Manager, Quakers
Malcolm Gillett – General Manager Brookton, Balco
Brent Hope – General Manager Operations, Essantis
Sam Jackson – Grower, Kojanup
Jason Melchiorre – Director, Melchiorre Seeds
Jackson Morris – Trader, Premium Grain Handlers
Garry Page – Organic Oat Grower, Pingelly, and Certified Organic and Biodynamic WA
Allan Rattey – Oat Breeder, InterGrain
Guests (non-voting)
Sabori Mitra – Senior Research Scientist – Oats, AEGIC
John Orr – Director, Premium Grain Handlers (proxy member)
Blakely Paynter – Principal Research Scientist, DPIRD
Claire Shadbolt – Lead (Quality Planning), CBH Group
Michael Vaccari – General Manager Commercial, Essantis (proxy member)
