The Peel Pastoral Team
Family Owned Business
Our family has a long history of involvement in agriculture in SA, dating back to 1870 with the Michell family’s first venture into agriculture. We have continued our forefather Colin Michell’s love of the land and the sheep industry, and incorporated cattle into the system to form our family owned business Peel Pastoral Pty Ltd that has been in operation in South Australia since 1976.
The agricultural enterprise of the business lies in the heart of the beautiful Wrattonbully district, in the South East of South Australia. Here we run a predominantly grazing system with 1400 black angus cattle and 4000 composite ewes. Our focus is on using regenerative farming practices. Over the years we have used what we believe are the best management practices available including time-controlled grazing, biological farming techniques and low stress stock handling to achieve this.
We are passionate about agriculture. We love it here and truly appreciate living and working in such a breathtaking part of the world.
Todd & Anne
Meet Our People
Todd Woodard
Managing Director
Memberships/ Accreditations:
Graduate of Roseworthy Agricultural College, 1985-87
Associate Diploma in Agriculture (Farm Management) and Associate Diploma in Agriculture (Agricultural Production)
Completed NTS Certificate of Sustainable Farming 2010 and 2014 (now Certificate Nutrition Farming)
Farming & Grazing For Profit 2019
Grazing for Profit 2000
Executive Link 2001
Anne Woodard
Office Manager
Memberships/ Accreditations:
Graduate of Roseworthy Agricultural College, 1985-87
Bachelor of Applied Science in Natural Resource Management
Completed NTS Certificate of Sustainable Farming 2010 and 2014 (now Certificate Nutrition Farming)
Executive link 2001
Tom Woodard
Assistant Livestock Manager
Tom has returned to the farm after living away for a couple of years and is at the beginning of his agricultural journey.
Memberships/ Accreditations:
Farming & Grazing for Profit 2019
Alex Walter
Assistant Manager
We’d like to welcome Alex to the Peel Pastoral staff. He comes to us with a wide range of skills and experience to complement our team.
Memberships/Accreditations
Angus Society of Australian cattle
Assessment School 2008
Ben Page Working Dog School 2011
Low Stress Stock Handling School 2013
Grazing for Profit 2015
Grazing Clinic 2019
RCS Graduate
Trevor & Heather Woodard
Sadly we lost Trevor, the patriarch of the family, in 2016. His influence and guidance in business and family life remains with us to this day.
Peel Pastoral
Memberships/ Accreditations:
- Safe Ag Systems
- MSA, One Biosecurity registered
- Soil Carbon Emissions Reduction Fund participant
- Grasslands Pasture accredited
- MLA
- Livestock SA
- Angus Society of Australia Members
- Low Stress Livestock Handling
- Advanced Livestock Movement and Management (Working Dog Clinic 2016)
- Lifetime Ewe Management
- Farming and Grazing for Profit
- LambsAlive
- EUCAS
We regularly attend training days to keep up with current technology and have hosted many workshops and field days on our property.
In a effort to give back to the industry, we have also enjoyed supporting several Marcus Oldham students with their year long practical placements.
Since 1976