Our Team

Jimmy prides himself on offering great customer service. With a "Can-do" attitude, Jimmy makes every effort to forfill his customers wishes.

Gardening, turf laying and agronomy are amongst his interests.

He graduated with agriculture and business degrees from the University of New England.

Jimmy is married and raising children in the New England. With this in mind he is well known in our local community for his ongoing support of many community projects.

Mick has a backround in poultry and equine industries. He's been a valued staff member, providing excellent customer service for many years now.

Yifei (Howard) Zhou began at Purkiss Rural in 2022. He has a Bachelor of Agriculture Degree from UNE. Howard provides some of the best advice, friendliest service and support available.

With over 35 years in our business, Maria is the rock of the business. “She isn’t going anywhere!”.

Maria has excellent knowledge of products and suppliers. At Purkiss Rural, Maria handles all NLIS Tag's, accounts and stock inventory.  

Peter has been working in Local Land Services for many years. He has great knowledge on feral animal control on farm and provide the best strategies for your on farm pest control.

Andrew is one of the newest members of our team. He has experiance in cattle production & small acreage management.

Purkiss Rural Armidale's newest team member. Tom enjoys showing stud cattle, pigs and pursuing rural actvities. Tom topped his year in Agriculture and Primary Industry studies and takes pride in his customer service.

Matthew is a young man with a keen interest in the land and outdoor life. He's been providing enthusiastic customer support and service for over 2 years.