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Kate Witham: 2025 Emerging Leader award – West

Kate Witham: 2025 Emerging Leader award – West

In this podcast, we speak to the 2025 recipient of GRDC'S “Emerging Leader Award” in the West, Kate Witham, whose career highlight has been her role as the SLR lead working on GRDC’s Long Coleoptile Wheat project, led by CSIRO.

GRDC Podcast

July 15, 202510m 55s

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Show Notes

Kate Witham is a research agronomist in Western Australia and has a passion for broad acre cropping. She’s also the 2025 recipient of GRDC'S “Emerging Leader Award” in the West.


So far, Kate’s career highlight has been her role as the SLR lead working on GRDC’s Long Coleoptile Wheat project, led by CSIRO. She's a dynamic operator in the industry, helping growers reap the benefits of her ongoing research across agricultural regions of Western Australia, and around the country.


Contact: 

Kate Witham

Research Agronomist, SLR Agriculture

[email protected]


More information: 

Western Seed of Light, Emerging Leader announced at GRDC Update

Visit https://groundcover.grdc.com.au/grdc/awardsscholarships/western-seed-of-light,-emerging-leader-announced-at-grdc-update

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