In my December 2023 article, I briefly touched on the crucial role of a good relationship with your Banker or bank in the farm business. I thought it would be useful to delve further into that in this article, as it’s a topic that’s always relevant and...
At the end of last year, after much to-ing and fro-ing, I purchased a new TV and eventually decided to go with an LG. As you know, smart TVs come with streaming apps and preinstalled catch-up channels; some, such as the LG, have their live channels. Just recently, as...
Picture this: a country bumpkin standing in a sheep holding pen with 20-odd uni students, wondering what she will learn on a university field day at a farm. “I need a volunteer.” Sure. Why not? I step up nervously, awaiting the instructions. “I want...
The recent release of the 2023 national vegetable and onion benchmarks has highlighted the vast range of operating profit margins between the more profitable businesses ($22,900 $/ha), the average ($2,906/ha) and the least profitable (-$16,000/ha). You have to ask,...
I love a sunburnt country, A land of sweeping plains, Of ragged mountain ranges, Of drought and flooding rains. I love her far horizons, I love her jewel-sea, Her beauty and her terror – The wide brown land for me! So many words in this stanza of the poem ring true. A...
