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Keith Pengilley, Director of Research Services and past Rotary Youth Exchange Student joined us for dinner this week with his wife Dr Georgina Pengilley. Keith Pengilley works as a Director, Research Services at Department of Primary Industries (DPI). He is an experienced Chairperson with a demonstrated history of working in the research industry. He is skilled in business planning, farming, rural development, infrastructure development, natural resource management and agronomy. Keith Pengilley grew up on the Liverpool Plains and has always had a passion for agriculture. He studied rural science at UNE in Armidale and had planned to be a vet. It was here he met his wife to be Georgina. His first job out of university was as an agronomist at Wellington before being employed by DPI in weed and herbicide management and weed control in western NSW based at Condobolin. A very brief timeline of how Keith got to where he is now: - 2001: Agronomist at Wellington in central NSW
- 2002-2004: Weeds Researcher with NSW DPI at Condobolin
- 2005-2009: Private consultant in the Midlands of Tasmania
- 2007-2016: Manager of family farming business in Tasmania with wife Georgina.
- 2007 – 2017: Managing Director and Director of Tasmanian Agricultural Producers
- 2007 – 2018: Southern Region Panel Member and then Chair, Grains Research and Development Corporation
- 2007 – Rotary GSE program to Brazil
- 2017 – 2018 - Aggregation Manager, Warrakiri Cropping, Goondiwindi
- 2018 – Current: NSW DPI Tamworth: Leader Northern Agronomy and Pathology for Northern NSW then Director Research Services
Currently the program oversees 25 research stations, 3 fish hatcheries, 13,500 hectares with 15,000 sheep, 8,000 cattle and 72 million bees. Currently working on a new goat research project at Condobolin. Fielding a question Keith provided an update on the future of the Yanco site. ******************************** Graeme’s Something to Smile About “Research has shown that laughing for two minutes is just as healthy as a 20-minute jog. Therefore, it’s better to sit in the park laughing at all the joggers.” ******************************** Carmel’s Brain Teaser What do an island and the letter “t” have in common? ******************************** |
