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Gallery | Cream of the Crop day one

By Jeanette Severs

Aug 20, 2025

Alysha Conlan from Cobden, Emma Bant from Cudgee and Renata Cumming from Naringal. Alysha was attending her second conference, Emma was attending her fourth conference, and Renata is a founder of the Cream of the Crop conference. Photo by Jeanette Severs

The fourth Cream of the Crop conference was held in Gippsland, with day one at Warragul on July 29.

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Conference MC Sarah Thompson welcomed more than 100 women to this year’s conference. She said 433 people had attended the conference in the four years.

Most of the attendees at Warragul were at their first conference, with several at their second or third conference. Emma Bant of Cudgee was attending her fourth conference.

Attendees were from throughout Victoria’s dairy regions, and a couple of attendees from NSW and South Australia.

Corinne Kelly from Meeniyan and Amy Cosby with Noah Ballagh, from Ballagh Boys Farming at Leongatha. Photo by Jeanette Severs

Monique Bryant from Kaarimba and Gabrielle Toscan from Dairy Protect at Warrnambool. Monique was attending her second conference. Photo by Jeanette Severs

Danielle Smith from Zoetis and Melanie Wallace from Poowong. Photo by Jeanette Severs

Sarah O’Brien from Dennison and president of the GippsDairy board, and Ashley Rosewarne from Gardiner Foundation. Photo by Jeanette Severs

Deanne Kennedy, CEO of Jaydee Events, Nicki Bell from Buffalo and Wendy Brown, ADFC out of Bendigo. Photo by Jeanette Severs

Simone Jolliffe from Wagga Wagga NSW and a Dairy Australia board member, with Alison Meagher, butcher and one of the conference speakers. Photo by Jeanette Severs

Vanessa Forsyth from NAB at Warragul, Sandra Buckingham from Jancourt East and Jess Brown, from Warrnambool and one of the founders of the conference. Photo by Jeanette Severs

Kelsie Hore from Bacchus Marsh and Nadine Lynne with Eva Lynn, from Gunbower. Kelsie was attending her third conference and Nadine was at her second conference. Photo by Jeanette Severs

Shauna Sambrook from HiCo at Korumburra, Emily Pendlebury from Ricklee Pastoral Co at Bass, and Rhiannon Schellekens, ABS Genetics in Gippsland. Photo by Jeanette Severs

Anneka Pellet from Westbury, Tiah Capobianco from Wilandra Farms at Clydebank, and Belinda Griffin from Westbury and GippsDairy. Photo by Jeanette Severs

Lesleigh Wright from MaxCare and Hannah Lepp from noumi. Photo by Jeanette Severs

Bridget Johns from Grants Simplified at Alford on the Yorke Peninsular, South Australia, with Karen McLennan, general manager of GippsDairy. Photo by Jeanette Severs

Maddy Harris from Mirboo, Bernie Price from Warrnambool and Tiffany Jones from Fonterra in Gippsland. Maddy was attending her second conference. Photo by Jeanette Severs

Kay-Lee Bransgrove from Neerim, Belinda Griffin from Westbury and GippsDairy, Tania Staley from Toora and Dr Alex Boileau from ProDairy at Warragul. Photo by Jeanette Severs

Courtney Gleeson from Warrnambool and Laura Conheady from Noorat. Courtney was attending her second conference and Laura was at her first conference. Photo by Jeanette Severs

Gabrille Toscan from Dairy Protect at Warrnambool, Karen Moroney from Eskdale, and Bernie Price from Dairy Protect at Warrnambool. Photo by Jeanette Severs

Kyella McKenna from MSD Animal Health at Warrnambol, with Brooke Monk from Kyabram. Brooke was attending her second conference. Photo by Jeanette Severs

Jess Williams and Stacey Mastwyk, Westpac. Photo by Jeanette Severs

Sarah Jelbart from Loch and Courtney Sangkhamatr, Westpac. Photo by Jeanette Severs

Millie Sheridan and Sarah Kelly from Clyde. Photo by Jeanette Severs

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