York farmer Duncan Young has made his first major foray into agripolitics in three years after joining the Grain Producers Australia board feeling “recharged” and eager to represent WA on a national scale.
Mr Young replaced Broomehill farmer Gerard Paganoni, who stepped down as one of the GPA board’s two western region directors after serving two two-year terms.
The move comes three years after Mr Young stepped down as grains council president at WAFarmers, but he remains a director of the State farm advocacy group and a member of its Avon grains council.
Mr Young said he felt refreshed after scaling-back his industry advocacy and contribution compared to “four or five years ago”, and said he had been impressed with how GPA had performed at a national scale.