Agronomist, business owner and Young Farming Champion Emma Ayliffe has been named the Young Farmer of the Year in the 2020/2021 Kondinin Group and ABC Rural Australian Farmer of the Year Awards, at a ceremony at Parliament House in Canberra on June 17. Emma Ayliffe and her partner Craig Newham The prestigious awards recognise outstanding […]
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Emma Ayliffe says there is an urgent need for industry to take a whole of farm approach to careers in agriculture.
We are very excited to be launching our Crafting Career series which is a culmination of a number of interviews with thought leaders in the agriculture and education sectors that call for the agriculture sector to move from awareness to action to ensure we are workforce ready now and in the future The Crafting Careers […]

Leadership is Language – Emma Ayliffe co-Founder of Yacker sits down with Mandy McKeesick
We are excited to have our Youth Voices Leadership team chair Emma Ayliffe, co-founder of Summit Agriculture sits down with our wonderful journalist Mandy McKeesick to chat about the new conversation starting app Yacker, and why it is important to understand your audience. Key Messages Leadership is about understanding your client or customer Being empathetic […]
Leadership is Language – with Host Emma Ayliffe and Guest Sally Murfett
In this episode of Leadership is Language Sally Murfet sits down with Emma Ayliffe to discuss succession planning and the communication styles, generational drivers and relationship dynamics that can make succession a smoother and more productive process. Key Messages some of the hardest conversations are the most important conversations to have ask yourself what is […]
Emma Ayliffe and Marlee Langfield show the value of Place-Based Leadership skills for rural Australia
As part of our series showcasing champions in government, not for profits and the private sector doing great stuff we will be sharing stories about rural entrepreneurs, community champions and young people walking the talk as role models. The research shows for young people in rural, regional and remote Australia to navigate change and take […]
Emma Ayliffe paying it forward for Tulli Young Farmers
“If you want to keep leading, you need to keep growing, and few things stretch a leader like leading growing leaders.” John Maxwell Rural Entrepreneur and finalist in the 2020 Channel 7 NSW Young Leader of the Year Emma Ayliffe is paying it forward supporting young farmers to be the best business and environmental managers […]
Young Farming Champions Dan Fox and Emma Ayliffe find farming in a drought is a steep learning curve
Young Farming Champions Dan Fox and Emma Ayliffe come from different ends of the farm ownership spectrum but both have learnt valuable lessons as they have embarked upon new enterprises during a drought. Dan, the 2018 Australian Innovation Farmer of the Year is a fifth-generation farmer, whose family have been farming in the Marrar district […]
Meet Emma Ayliffe at the Sydney Royal Easter Show and learn how spiders can be your friend
Meet Young Farming Champion, Farmer and Agronomist Emma Ayliffe who with farmer Craig Newham will be running the Good Bugs, Bad Bugs Workshop at Sydney Royal Easter Show Primary School Preview Day. Read Emma’s story in AGWomen Global HERE Student participants will go home with a new appreciation of the insects around us using cotton […]
Elders joins the Art4Agriculture team to support rising leader Emma Ayliffe
We would like to welcome Elders to the Art4Agriculture team. Elders will be joining the Cotton Research and Development Corporation to support Emma Ayliffe to undertake advanced training as part of the Young Farming Champions program “Emma has a unique role within Elders,. Half of it is doing research, development and extension and the other […]
Emma Ayliffe says agriculture in the outback is the journey of a lifetime
Today’s guest blog from Emma Ayliffe starts on a sheep station in outback South Australia and takes us to the lush lakebed cropping fields of one of New South Wales’s most unique cotton operations. She’s a girl from the bush who’s found her way back again as on-farm agronomist, an enthusiastic photographer and a lover […]