Bob farms in the North-eastern wheatbelt of Western Australia. The family grow wheat, barley, canola, lupins and chick peas. He has a strong interest in crop agronomy, soil health, whole of landscape management and resilient farming systems. Bob's a past member of the GRDC Soils Constraints West steering committee and currently sits on the GRDC board and WA Soil and Land Conservation Council. He completed a Nuffield Scholarship in 2014 looking into ‘Mitigating Risk in a Dry and Variable Climate’ in response to the drying out and increase in seasonal variability. Bob was awarded the GRDC Seed of Light in 2019 for his work in managing soil constraints.