Name Murray de Jong 
Twitter @murraydejong
Age 34
Location Perth, WA
What part(s) of the industry do you work in? Grain Accumulation and Marketing
Job title General Manager ? West Coast Region
What does your company/ business do? We work with growers, and grower organisations, to ensure the release of innovative products and premium services to assist with their grain storage and marketing requirements
Describe your job on the average day
Wake up and review market moves overnight and implications for grain pricing for WA growers.
Arrive at office and determine which growers have indicated that market structure suits their selling intentions.
Talk to range of growers regarding their selling intentions and depending on the day, agree and write some contracts with growers for sales of grain.
Discuss with regional trading manager what grains we have accumulated and any targeted accumulation of particular grades over coming days or weeks
Contact each regional grain merchant to discuss local activities, including grower meetings, promotional activities, local weather, selling or production issues
How did you get involved with agriculture? My father was involved in providing services to farmers in Victoria, and I was always drawn to work with people from regional and rural areas
Education
Law and Commerce degree
Masters of Business
If you studied/ trained in agriculture, why did you choose that degree/ certificate? Didn?t study Ag.
What are/were you plans after school/TAFE/university? To work in an industry, and with a company, which had good growth opportunities combined with interesting and changing operating environment
Job history?
Lawyer ? Anderson Rice Lawyers
Associate ? Hall & Wilcox Lawyers
Company Secretary / Legal Counsel ? Emerald Group
General Manager ? West Coast Region ? Emerald Group
What are your interests? Family, Sport, House Renovations
What is your favourite thing about the industry? The people. The grower customers that we deal with are extremely friendly and welcoming
Best experience in agriculture? Assisting Emerald to grow to be one of the leading Australian Grain Marketers, which in early 2010 lead to an investment from Sumitomo Corporation when it purchased 50% equity in Emerald. Being involved in this business as it has grown, and particularly the transaction which has linked Emerald into a global network, with offices in 66 countries around the world, has been amazing.
Worst experience in agriculture? The difficult conversations with grower customers that were facing financial and personal ruin due to the drought in WA during 2010
What do you think will be the biggest challenges of the agricultural industry in the future?
1. The separation between regional Australia and metropolitan Australia
2. Ensuring the talented young people remain in regional Australia
Why do you think less people are becoming involved in agriculture? There is more automation on farm, and farms are getting larger. There is an associated reduction in the employment opportunities for regional people and the services in the regional locations are diminishing as a result.
What advice do you have for people thinking about getting into agriculture? Do it ? it is very rewarding
How important do you think an agricultural background is to become involved in the industry? Not a requirement, but it can provide an impetus (incentive)
What do you think is the most common misconception about agriculture? That you need to work on a farm to work in agriculture.
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