Schulz Shorts: Rodney, Our Head Butter Maker

Tell us what you do at Schulz in 25 words or less.

I’m the Production Manager and Head Butter and Cheesemaker at Schulz Organic Dairy in Timboon.

If someone was making a movie about your life, who would you want to play you?

Keanu Reeves. While the appearance and fame may be less obvious - the age is identical! We share the same birthday, the second of September.

What’s your earliest dairy memory?

I was only four years old, my dad used to work at a butter factory in Chilwell, Geelong. It was right around the corner from where we lived at the time and I remember walking through with my parents, it was amazing!


How do you have your coffee?

I’m not too fussy. I start the day with a strong coffee with Schulz Organic Milk and no sugar. 

What Schulz product can you never say no to?

I’d have to say leftover whey and buttermilk. Drinking the whey helps me to stay hydrated during production and I save the leftover buttermilk for a stack of fluffy pancakes on the weekends with my wife.

If you were stranded on a desert island, what three things would you take with you? 

If I was stranded on a desert island then it wouldn’t have been planned… 

Tell us your favourite anecdote of life on the farm.

The freedom you have and the freedom you don’t.

What would your last meal be?

A slow-roasted leg of lamb with butter slathered over the spuds (maybe even a dollop of Schulz Organic Quark).

What is your go-to knock off drink? 

An ice-cold lime soda goes down a treat.