#78: Feedlots, Fitness & Building a Life in Agriculture with Teek Carmichael

Send us Fan MailG’day and welcome to the A Place to Call Home Podcast, a podcast sharing the stories of people building a life in agriculture across rural Australia.In this episode, I sit down with Teek Carmichael, based around Condamine in Queensland, who somehow manages to wear a few different hats across agriculture, business, fitness, and community.Teek works in finance with Business and Rural Solutions, helps run the family cattle and feedlot operation with her husband Ben, and is also a personal trainer building community through fitness in the bush.From growing up outside Injune as a bush kid… To heading to Brisbane for university and elite-level netball… To finding her way back into the Australian beef industry and helping build a family feedlot enterprise from the ground up…This is a conversation about life in rural Australia, agriculture, feedlots, community, resilience, and building your own path in the ag industry.It’s about navigating life between two family farming businesses.It’s about learning new enterprises from scratch.And it’s about remembering that looking after yourself matters just as much as looking after the business.In this episode, we chat about:🌱 Growing up outside Injune and life as a bush kid🏐 Moving to Brisbane for university and playing elite-level netball🐄 Returning to agriculture and marrying into a farming family⚖️ Balancing time between two family farming businesses📈 Building and learning a feedlot enterprise from scratch👥 The importance of building the right team around an agricultural business💪 Why fitness and mental health matter in agriculture🤝 Community connection in rural towns like Condamine📱 Using social media to help tell agriculture’s story🌾 Creating your own path in agriculture without giving up your passionsResources mentioned📘 Business and Rural Solutions📘 Beef Central – Week in Beef PodcastFollow Teek📸 Instagram: @teekcarmichaelIf you enjoyed this episodePlease share it with a friend or leave a review — it really helps these stories reach more people across rural Australia and the agriculture industry.Stay connected with A Place to Call Home:📘 Facebook: A Place to Call Home📸 Instagram: @aplacetocallhomepodcast🔗 LinkedIn: A Place to Call Home Podcast🌏 Website: www.aplacetocallhome.com.au🎙️ Podcast Partner — HalterThis episode is proudly partnered with Halter.Halter® | Virtual Fencing and Pasture ManagementHalter is the app and smart collar helping producers run more productive cattle properties. It provides virtual fencing and remote shifting, allowing you to move and manage mobs straight from your phone — no shifting breaks, no extra fencing, and no chasing labour.With 24/7 location tracking and pasture insights, you can see exactly where your cattle are at any time and make better decisions around grazing management.Halter has been built alongside beef producers to help reduce infrastructure costs, improve pasture use, and increase productivity on farm.To learn more, visit halterhq.comSupport the show