We had the chance to sit down with Tom Baker at the Sydney Royal and then only a few weeks later I was calling through his neck of the woods so we sat down in his sale ring to chat about their farming business, their stud, and the love of Simmental cattle.
The Baker family have a rich history with the Simmentals in Australia. Tom’s father Dale, was the first one to import semen in and they put semen in 500 hereford cattle.
Their business is fascinating, from the commercial cattle through to the native flower business. At the 50 year celebration at Sydney in April, Tom was given life membership of the Simmental breed, so we thought we better sit down with this person that plenty of you will know a lot about.