Written by: Simon Leake | Agronomist | 0439 999 173 After another year of early breaks and another year of still seeing growers disorganised at seeding time and not planting on time, I wanted to highlight how much money is being left on the table. We all know that...

Written by: Rob Grima | Farm Business Consultant | 0427 382 490 On a recent flight while on holiday, I did the right thing and listened to the air stewards tell us about the safety procedures in the event of an emergency. Whilst I regularly take flights, I can’t...

Written by:  Cameron Weeks | Farm Business Consultant | 0427 006 944 What do you read into the below table from the 2022 Planfarm Benchmarks publication? Record income in 2022? Record profits in 2021? Fantastic returns on capital? Ending equity at an amazing 93%?...

Written by:  Paul Omodei | Farm Business Consultant | 0427 728 566 Around this time last year I wrote an article referencing a trophic cascade (an ecological process which starts at the top of the food chain and tumbles all the way down to the bottom) and specifically...

Written by:  Nick McKenna | Agronomist | 0427 681 574   Growing lupins is a lot like flossing your teeth. You know its the right thing to do, but you probably don’t enjoy doing it, take any excuse to avoid it, and only realise that you should have done it a lot...

Written by:  Peter Newman | Farm Business Consultant | 0427 984 010   Machinery prices are totally bananas these days. Will the price of new gear ever come down? Of course, the dealers are saying no, this is it, get used to it. High machinery prices are here to...

Written by:  Nic Sewell | Grain Marketing Advisor | 0436 606 525   You have a contract!! Last month a Canadian farmer was sued for failing to deliver on a contract, as they believed that an emoji could not be used to confirm a legally binding contract. The buyer...

Written by: Cameron Weeks | Farm Business Consultant | 0427 006 944 Ever done a deal that you felt was a great one only to find out that others had done an even better deal with the same person or company? And what if it was substantially better let alone that you...

Written by:  Colin Rose | Business Manager | 0413 343 888 Planfarm have, for the past 6 years, invested into developing services in the Horticultural industry. We have been working with numerous clients and stakeholders in the horticultural sector developing a series...

Written by:  Danielle Gale | TerraWise - Technical Manager | 0410 213 310 It’s about time that we published an update on some of the carbon-centric activities that TerraWise and Planfarm have been working on this year. We have been busy and have hit some impressive...

Written by: Pierre Maartens | Farm Business Consultant | 0457 162 484 The reality that we live in a globally connected world was once again confirmed to me after spending a few weeks in South Africa, where my family operate a sheep farm. The domestic challenges are...

Written by: Simon Leake | Agronomist | 0439 999 173   In Western Australia, the red-legged earth mite (RLEM) has become a major pest of concern due to its increased levels of insecticide resistance. The reliance on chemical control methods has contributed to the...