For over nine years Willoway Farming has been a loyal customer of Maxi-Tankers in South Australia. Bob Morton, BDE together with Johnny O’Loughlin, MXT Operator, have created a positive, enduring business relationship where Willoway Farms continues to produce their massive crops, raise livestock, produce the highest standard of wool globally, and for Refuelling Solutions to supply the bulk fuel necessary for this enormous enterprise’s agricultural machinery. 

Willoway Farms is an Australian family farming group owned by Ben Brinkworth, who is possibly the largest landowner in SA, consisting of approximately 20-30 farms in the SE of SA. Additional large properties are in NSW, notably Uardry Station which is a very large sheep station with an enduring historical story. For those who might remember the 1 shilling coin … the engraved image of the sheep on the reverse of the coin was from Uardry Station.

Ben Brinkworth and Johnny go back a long way. Both men are born of the land that creates tough men with kind hearts. When our Maxi-Tanker is seen driving across the various locations to bulk fill a tank everyone at Willoway can get on with farming knowing Johhny is taking care of business. RFS is proud to be associated with this great Australian agricultural and livestock group, and our commitment to provide fuel, sometimes under the most difficult conditions, will always be a top priority for the team at RFS.

Our team consists of Johnny O’Loughlin, operating from the Keith depot, which started almost 10 years ago when RFS took small steps into this area. Also loading from the depot is Craig Miller, delivering to the Bordertown area into Victoria, fuelling up again on his return trip from the tank at Kaniva which Operator, Marco De Angelis from our Largs depot, fills daily in ‘his’ MXT B-Double, and Operator Anthony Wood has a daily run from Murray Bridge, delivering throughout the region …. Our small team love the work they do and more importantly, our customers are happy in these farming communities, as the relationships have grown over time, developing into friendships.

Willoway Farming is part of the broader ‘Willoway Group”, an Australian family owned and operated aggregation of agricultural interests that span more than 943,000 hectares (2,330,203 acres) through the South-East of South Australia, the Pastoral regions of northern South Australia and far-western New South Wales, plus the Riverina region in southern New South Wales. Their activities include irrigated cropping, irrigated and dryland lucerne seed production, livestock and wool.

The basis of the Group’s success rest in the early acceptance of innovative and sustainable farming practices through the efficient use of resources. The adoption of modern management practices ensure water use in irrigated cropping activities is utilised efficiently and minimises the harmful impacts of salt, over irrigation, flooding and other problems often experienced by Australian water users. This innovative approach has delivered lucerne seed yields higher than industry averages for more than 20 years, with the Group widely recognised as the most advanced and largest independent lucerne seed producer in the southern hemisphere.  Recently another accolade for Willoway Farming receiving the SA Premier’s 2024 Family Business of the Year Award on the 11th October. A great honour for the many people involved in achieving this award.

Refuelling Solutions and our Maxi-Tanker team congratulates Willoway Farming on their recent award.