This is always an opportune time to assess

With harvest well underway across the state and finished already in some parts, the annual review season is rapidly approaching. This is always an opportune time to assess in a financial sense where things have finished for the current season, but also what do things...

Machinery solutions – with a twist!

Written by:  Mike Cameron | Specialist Farm Business Consultant | 0429 390 144 Given the cost of machinery Planfarm have developed some interesting solutions on how to get the very best out of them with a twist…. How to love your machines and get the very best out of...

Chemical carry over – friend or foe?

Earlier this year I was at work and came across some DAP. It wouldn’t have been noteworthy, except that it was September and I found it ~5cm beneath the soil surface in the paddock. It’s pretty dry if 4 months after seeding the fertiliser granules haven’t dissolved!...

Making sense of the new CBH harvest grades.

CBH have introduced several new storage/pay grades for the 2023 harvest. Some have been floated for a while now, whereas others have been introduced during harvest to combat seasonal quality issues from the early receivals in the north. I thought it worthwhile to have...