Our Story
My name is Ana Pimenta and together with my husband we run Gado Management - a beef farm business.
Both Tom and I have higher education in Agriculture.
I completed my University degree with Honours in Portugal and Tom did his in Australia and a Masters of Beef Science in America.
We are proud self made farmers
We started our business in 2009 and since then expanded substantially
We have a 7 year old daughter Alice and a 5 year old son Lucas
Our FarmIn 2009 we started our farming business by renting one small property and running just 30 head of cattle.
Our business kept growing with hard work and determination. We took planned risks and it paid off.
We now own and lease 2000 acres of productive land. We run around 2000head of cattle - pure Angus and Angus cross. We have a self replacement herd of 750 cows and sell the progeny to the store market and finish to the prime market.
Our beef are 100% grass fed and we keep it as natural as possible.
We love farming. We respect all our animals and the land where we farm them.
What will you get from us
We want to share with you our passion for farming, our knowledge, our experience.
We are young entrepreneurs that by our own mistakes and successes found our way in agriculture.
Tom has a masters degree in in Beef Science. An Angus Australia scholarship, gave him the opportunity to do his masters in America. Tom came to King Island as a 1 y. o. and has an excellent local knowledge.
Ana has a degree with honors in livestock production. Ana is also an active committee member of the King Island Beef Group and liaises with many other local farmers. She has also developed and managed several sustainable agricultural projects as part of her job in the local Landcare group - King Island Natural Resource Management Group.
Our professional and personal experiences has provided us with the skills to run a successful farming business and we would like to share this with you.
Our aim is to get more people motivated to support our farmers and to incentive young people to give agriculture a go.
Ana was a MSA grader (grading meat in an abattoirs in order to determine the eating quality of the beef). We want to tell you how the life of an animal will translate to the plate, and how we, as beef producers, can have an influence on this.
We will give guide you around the day to day farm activities:
Ana is also passionate about cooking and Portuguese cuisine. We believe that our passion for farming and cooking, and the care for our animals will translate in the plate.
We also want to showcase other King Island products. We have found perfect marriages between our beef and eggs and other King Island produce, such as garlic, milk, cheese, salt and many others.
King Island has now top golf courses but we always have and we will be a farming island, and that is what we do best.
My name is Ana Pimenta and together with my husband we run Gado Management - a beef farm business.
Both Tom and I have higher education in Agriculture.
I completed my University degree with Honours in Portugal and Tom did his in Australia and a Masters of Beef Science in America.
We are proud self made farmers
We started our business in 2009 and since then expanded substantially
We have a 7 year old daughter Alice and a 5 year old son Lucas
Our FarmIn 2009 we started our farming business by renting one small property and running just 30 head of cattle.
Our business kept growing with hard work and determination. We took planned risks and it paid off.
We now own and lease 2000 acres of productive land. We run around 2000head of cattle - pure Angus and Angus cross. We have a self replacement herd of 750 cows and sell the progeny to the store market and finish to the prime market.
Our beef are 100% grass fed and we keep it as natural as possible.
We love farming. We respect all our animals and the land where we farm them.
What will you get from us
We want to share with you our passion for farming, our knowledge, our experience.
We are young entrepreneurs that by our own mistakes and successes found our way in agriculture.
Tom has a masters degree in in Beef Science. An Angus Australia scholarship, gave him the opportunity to do his masters in America. Tom came to King Island as a 1 y. o. and has an excellent local knowledge.
Ana has a degree with honors in livestock production. Ana is also an active committee member of the King Island Beef Group and liaises with many other local farmers. She has also developed and managed several sustainable agricultural projects as part of her job in the local Landcare group - King Island Natural Resource Management Group.
Our professional and personal experiences has provided us with the skills to run a successful farming business and we would like to share this with you.
Our aim is to get more people motivated to support our farmers and to incentive young people to give agriculture a go.
Ana was a MSA grader (grading meat in an abattoirs in order to determine the eating quality of the beef). We want to tell you how the life of an animal will translate to the plate, and how we, as beef producers, can have an influence on this.
We will give guide you around the day to day farm activities:
- how and why are the animals moved,
- pasture maintenance and improvement,
- soil biology,
- fertiliser management,
- dogs,
- livestock low stress handling,
- livestock and genetic management,
- How technology and innovation applies to farming.
Ana is also passionate about cooking and Portuguese cuisine. We believe that our passion for farming and cooking, and the care for our animals will translate in the plate.
We also want to showcase other King Island products. We have found perfect marriages between our beef and eggs and other King Island produce, such as garlic, milk, cheese, salt and many others.
King Island has now top golf courses but we always have and we will be a farming island, and that is what we do best.
