2025 Hay Quality Award Winners - With Wade Alexander (Part 1)

In this first of a two part series of Hay Matters, Steve Page speaks with Wade Alexander from Mundubbera, Queensland - the winner of the Queensland Visual Lucerne Hay Award and the National Dual Visual Award.

Wade shares his journey from growing up on a poultry farm to becoming a lucerne hay producer. After floods devastated his family’s property in 2013, Wade rebuilt with a new focus on irrigation and hay production, leaning on his engineering background to master the machinery and systems needed to survive.

Key Topics Covered:

• Wade’s shift from poultry and cattle to lucerne hay
• The role of irrigation bores and Mundubbera’s unique conditions
• Machinery choices: from round balers to big square bales
• Building a customer base and workin ...