THE CHANGING FACE OF WESTERN NSW

One of those leading the change in agricultural practices in the region is Churinga Station’s Garry Hannigan. In recent years, Garry has successfully turned his energy to the development of organic lamb production combined with a rise in conservation on his 49,000ha property, which is situated between Wilcannia and Broken Hill. He is now running some 3000 Damara-cross,Wiltshire and Dorper ewes and 2000 Merino ewes, all for organic lamb...
Published in R.M.Williams OUTBACK magazine, Issue 46 Apr / May 2006
Story by Mark Muller, Photos By John Denman

A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE

Garry Hannigan, from Churinga Ranglands, Broken Hill, NSW, has won the 2005 Nuffield scholarship for a livestock producer supported by Meat and Livestock Australia...
Published in Australian Organic Journal Dec 2005
Contributed to Australian Organic Journal

ORGANICS TAKE ROOT IN HOSTILE TERRITORY

Garry Hannigan's business card lists him as a bush and comedy poet - "poems written on request" - but his day job as an outback organic farmer is not something he does for laughs. Once the preserve of weekend warriors and alternative lifestylers in the lush coastal regions, organic farming has spread to the conservative and arid backblocks of the far west...
Published in The Sydney Morning Herald on July 24, 2004
By Daniel Lewis, Regional Reporter

RIPE FOR THE PICKING

Out in the far west of New South Wales at Broken Hill, there were three main drivers in Garry Hannigan’s move from growing wool to an operation where 80% of his stock is in meat sheep....
Published in CountryBIZ
Contributed to Jane Sandilands.