CAMERON Warne has a wide grin on his face as he leans on his ute door, looking out across the windrowed canola on his farm at Culgoa.

It's late October and the early morning air is still, the sky grey with clouds and the rewards of the season almost close enough to taste.

Ruffling his black and tan Kelpie Rex’s head, Cameron, who has recently been appointed to the Birchip Cropping Group board,...