For those with kids in the age brackets of year 3 through to year 6, there is the inevitable heavy decision in the background of what are the plans for high school education? There are many pathways to follow, but at the end of the day, you really want to get this...
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Insights that sow success: How operating efficiency targets differ between agricultural industries.
Operating efficiency is an important metric measured in Planfarm’s business analyses, as it highlights how effectively resources within a farm business are being utilised and provides insight into the farm’s productivity and profitability. As part of the analysis...
Time to regroup
Welcome to 2024 It is always a good time to reflect on your business, strategy, personal goals, and ultimately, why you are doing what you are doing – we are advisors, and I’m sure you would expect us to say that! But - it is more relevant now, given that many of you...
Soil Sampling & Testing Guide 2024
In anticipation for the end of harvest and getting prepped for the 2024 growing season I thought it might be useful to put together a guide for you to make getting your program started easier and save you some of the guess work. Sampling Start with seeing if you have...
Timing is everything… a carbon farming story
We are having more and more discussions with growers who are interested in integrating carbon farming activities into their business. One of the common themes in these discussions is timing - how soon can they have a carbon project up and running? The answer, in short...
Temporary Full Expensing, Instant Asset Write-Offs and the COVID Hangover
A hangover: ‘fleeting pleasure traded for tomorrow's discomfort, a zero-sum exchange where momentary joy equals morning's regret’. With harvest winding to a close for many, it’s not just a rowdy cut-out that will lead to headaches for farmers and businesses across...
Navigating Grain Markets from AWB Basis Pool to Global Strategies
It’s great to be a part of the Planfarm team, albeit a baptism of fire with a mid-harvest start date! I originally moved to WA to work in the grain industry in 2000 when producers were looking for assistance with a new hedging product called the AWB Basis Pool...
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...
Taking stock, planning ahead, and making the most of your annual review.
Written by: Cameron Weeks | Farm Business Consultant | 0427 006 944 After the record crop production results of the past two years 2023 has been a challenge to say the least. In WA the major factor of course has been rainfall or lack thereof across the...
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...
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