Meet Jordan!
Having spent his childhood raising calves in Drouin, his early career servicing farms as an industrial electrician, and then moving into dairy automation, Jordan ‘Gordo’ Berg has always had one foot in a dairy farm. So when the opportunity arose to manage the new Lely Center in Warragul, he jumped at it - showing how diverse a modern career in dairy can be.
“I’ve been around cows my whole life”, says Gordo. “I grew up on a farm in Drouin East. We had 50 acres and raised 100 or so calves a season, and milked a few cows through an old wooden walk-through dairy.”
While he kicked off his career outside of the dairy industry, it always found a way into his work.
“I started out at Cutting Edge Electrical, which is an industrial-focused electrical contracting business, but I worked in a lot of farms there. Then I moved over to Eli Innovation who manufacture dairy equipment, where I installed cow identification and herd management systems.”
Taking his own advice to “never pass up a good opportunity”, he stepped up to manage Lely Center Gippsland when it opened in 2016.
“I really enjoy working with dairy farmers because they’re go-getters. They want to achieve the best they can and they go hard. Lots of them really develop their businesses to be as profitable as possible and to help them do that, it’s a big thing for me.”
As well as managing Lely Center Gippsland, Gordo is also a qualified Lely Technician and supports customers in managing their Lely farms as a Farm Management Services Advisor.
While he kicked off his career outside of the dairy industry, it always found a way into his work.
“I started out at Cutting Edge Electrical, which is an industrial-focused electrical contracting business, but I worked in a lot of farms there. Then I moved over to Eli Innovation who manufacture dairy equipment, where I installed cow identification and herd management systems.”
Taking his own advice to “never pass up a good opportunity”, he stepped up to manage Lely Center Gippsland when it opened in 2016.
“I really enjoy working with dairy farmers because they’re go-getters. They want to achieve the best they can and they go hard. Lots of them really develop their businesses to be as profitable as possible and to help them do that, it’s a big thing for me.”
As well as managing Lely Center Gippsland, Gordo is also a qualified Lely Technician and supports customers in managing their Lely farms as a Farm Management Services Advisor.