Greg and Sally Chappell

Greg Chappell and his wife Sally have a long history of breeding high-performing cattle, establishing their stud, Dulverton Angus, in 1981. Greg first became passionate about seedstock Angus during the seventies while teaching at the Farrer Memorial Agricultural High School. It was there that he developed his first stud as a 'teaching tool' for his Beef Cattle Husbandry class.

In the early 1980s, Greg was awarded a scholarship to study meat science at the University of Illinois. While in America, Greg and Sally spent time doing what farmers do when they travel: visiting farms. They visited Angus ranches, feedlots and commercial cow-calf operations, learning specifically about cross-breeding beef cattle and its advantages for animal health, fertility, resilience and eating quality.

When the couple returned to Australia, they continued developing their Angus herd. Greg also spent time working with the Australian Meat and Livestock Corporation (AMLC) and later AUS-MEAT. He then became a consultant to the AMLC (previously the Meat Research Corporation), where he worked on meat quality research projects.

In 2001, the couple moved their Angus stud to Shannon Vale Station in Glen Innes, NSW. The property was in a degraded state when they arrived; soils were compacted and pastures were dominated by undesirable species with low nutritional value. For four years, they attempted to correct these issues using conventional methods but were unsuccessful.

This was when Greg and Sally started using more regenerative farming practices. They rejuvenated their pastures without the use of synthetic fertilisers and pesticides and saw a dramatic improvement in land health and resilience, as well as the business's productivity and profitability.