Project strengthening agriculture industry

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Mr Weidemann said it was also important that the depot would create more jobs.

“We want to encourage more people to get involved or stay involved in the agriculture industry,” he said.

“There’s no question that agriculture is a big economic driver here and what we want is more people staying in the area for agriculture.

“This business venture is a great opportunity for that to happen.”

Mr Hair said he hoped it would be a game changer for farmers.

“We think the area needs it. We’re just trying to make growers’ lives easier. If people support it, it should go really well and save people time and, hopefully, some money,” he said.

“We back growers and we listen to growers and a lot of them are telling us different challenges, so it’s important to listen to them and see what we can do to improve things for them.

“Hopefully it keeps us sustainable, too.”

Mr Hair said Wimmera contractors were building the shed and preparing the site.

“Brad Smith at Horsham Steel is building the shed, HED Industries are doing the base and the roads, and Damien Cameron is doing the concreting,” he said.

“We didn’t want to outsource this project – we had a couple of shed businesses come to us, but they weren’t local.

“Our contractors are a good group of young, Horsham entrepreneurs and are the best at what they do.”