Rozzie O’Reilly

Rozzie O'Reilly (I: @rozzieoreilly) grew up on a small sheep and cattle enterprise in southern NSW. She completed a Bachelor of Animal Science at the University of New England (UNE) in 2014, and went on to work in the beef feedlot industry for two years following. Rozzie now works for LAMBPRO, Australia’s largest prime lamb seedstock business and has done for the past five years. Her current role is Operations Manager. This involves managing the database for around 7,000 performance recorded stud ewes, coordinating staff and day to day activities for running the business, as well as providing numerous client services. LAMBPRO provides genetics to over 300 lamb producing businesses around the country, and it is expected in 2021 that these clients will produce over 1 million lambs.

Aside from work, Rozzie is a national committee member of the Australian Intercollegiate Meat Judging Association, and she and her husband John, also operate their own livestock business on lease and agistment country. Their goal is to purchase their own farm over the coming years.

Most recently, Rozzie was named a joint winner of the 2021 Zanda McDonald Award.