#74: Grass, Cattle & Customers: Building an Ag Businesses with Charlie Thurgate
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Send us Fan Mail G’day and welcome to the A Place to Call Home Podcast. In this episode, I’m joined by Charlie Thurgate, a 24-year-old cattle producer based in Tamworth, New South Wales — and someone who genuinely wears a lot of hats. Charlie’s story is one of resilience, responsibility, and having a crack. From stepping into management at a young age, to building his own trucking business, surviving a serious accident, and rebuilding from the ground up — Charlie has packed a lot into his ear...
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