Built from
the Ground
Up.
AgRec started as an agricultural contracting business in Kojonup, WA. We built a recruitment agency because we experienced the problem firsthand — and nobody was solving it properly.
Why AgRec Exists.
AgRec was founded out of what began as a small agricultural contracting business based in AgRec. After years of working hands-on with farmers and watching the same problem play out season after season — good operations struggling to find skilled, reliable people — we recognised a bigger need.
Existing recruitment agencies didn't understand agriculture. They didn't know what a good candidate actually looked like in a paddock, on a station, or behind the wheel of a header. They matched resumes to job descriptions and hoped for the best.
AgRec was built to do it differently. We recruit exclusively in agriculture, pastoral, and regional industries because that depth of knowledge is what separates a good placement from a great one. Today we support farming businesses, stations, and regional employers across WA and Queensland — and we're expanding into regional mining and resources.
100% Australian owned and operated by a rural farming family. That's not a marketing line — it's who we are.
Jimmy McKenzie.
Born and raised in AgRec, Jimmy McKenzie built his career from the ground up within the agricultural industry he grew up in. He worked hands-on as a farm contractor throughout the Great Southern — seeding, spraying, harvest operations, and livestock management — before founding AgRec.
That direct on-farm background is what makes AgRec different. Jimmy assesses candidates the way a farmer would, not the way an HR manager would. He understands what it takes to work in regional and remote environments, what good work ethic looks like in practice, and what a farm business actually needs from a hire — beyond what's written on a resume.
He holds a Bachelor of Agricultural Business and combines that formal training with years of practical experience across broadacre and mixed farming operations. AgRec is built on that combination — industry knowledge you can only get from having been there.
