10 minutes with a ‘plant doctor’ in the North with Tom White

While at the Northern Australian Food Futures Conference, host Oli Le Lievre sat down with Tom White, an agronomist for Elders in Katherine.  Originally from Toowoomba, Tom has a real love of plants and has wanted to be an agronomist since doing work experience at B&W Rural...during a drought. 

They discuss:

• How he made the move to Elders Katherine after turning down the job for thinking he was “too green”, but now says that you’ve got to “learn to be uncomfortable”.
• Tom sheds light on the role of an agronomist, describing it as being a "doctor for plants." 
• Address the myth about intense production systems in the NT.
• His advice to students: “Give it a crack, you only have to be as good as the fellow that’s applying next to you. So don't ever cut yourself short or think that you're not ready or that you’re not good enough.”