WHO WE ARE

Simon and Rachael Withers are third-generation farming family, together with their children Eliza and Lachlan. They own and operate their mixed farming business northwest of  Naracoorte in the mixed farming district of  Lochaber,  South Australia.   An average rainfall of 425mm, it provides the perfect conditions for sheep and cattle production on 1650 acres here at Pomanda.

Before relocating to their current home in Lochaber in the late 1980s, Simon’s parents had a grazing farm close to Robe where he spent his formative years. Due to demands from the wool industry to minimize black fibre contaminations in the middle of the 1980s, the family made the transition from the Suffolk ewes to White Suffolks during this shift. Rachael’s background is in agricultural science, having worked in sheep production and meat research for both South Australian primary industries and  Adelaide  University. 

Together Simon and Rachael have continued their passion for producing quality sheep that are structurally sound, resilient, and highly productive.

Alongside  the  2  studs,  they  have  a self-replacing,  non-mulesed,  Merino  flock  and  prime  lamb enterprise  of  1000 ewe  and  a 100-head  herd of commercial stud Simmental Cattle.