Saturday, September 3, 2022

Farmer John Fenton's obsession with planting trees was ridiculed but he created a legacy

By Pip Courtney

 

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Deep in winter, as wind, rain and biting cold make Victoria's western districts a bleak place for farmers and livestock, David Fenton feels like Australia's luckiest farmer.

"I possibly live on the best farm in the world. It's a great place to wake up in the morning and a great place in the evening," he said.

"Every day, there's something new."

David owns Lanark, a 700-hectare prime lamb-grazing property at Branxholme.

A third of Lanark is covered with built wetlands and several hundred thousand trees planted for stock-shelter, wildlife habitat and forestry.

"I love the word environmentally sustainable," David said.

"They're probably my two favourite words, and we've been that now for at least the last 12 to 14 years."

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