Written by:  Adrian Mondy | Grain Marketing Advisor | 0428 722 524   As a Grain Marketing Advisor, I am obviously trying to achieve the best possible outcome for my clients when it comes to the sale of their grain. A large part of the role involves accessing all...

Written by:  Colin Rose | Business Manager | 0413 343 888   Planfarm have made a concerted effort to provide opportunities for those young people interested in the service delivery with Agriculture. There are a number of ways we support young people in Ag coming...

Written by:  Dan Toohey | Planfarm Advisory | Farm Business Advisor | 0455 050 766   When taking stock of the 2022 season, it was a season that brought with it a roller coaster of emotions for many producers and brought with it a need for farmers to be nimble,...

Written by:  Emily Dempster | Finance and Administration Manager | 0410 789 164   I once had someone misunderstand what I meant by “PD”. They thought it was a personal day, and that I was going for a manicure. I quickly assured them it was professional...

Written by:  Cameron Weeks | Farm Business Consultant | 0427 006 944   As a sponsor of the recently held Rural Edge ‘Inspire 2023’ conference I was given the chance to represent Planfarm at a speaker and sponsor cocktail party the night before the conference...

Written by:  Jerome Critch | Grain Marketing Advisor, Director of Planfarm Marketing | 0488 404 848   Written 17th March 2023 If you are holding 2023 wheat swaps and are wondering when to roll them in to cash contracts this article is for you. If you are...

Written by:  Martin Anderson | Farm Business Consultant | 0439 150 458   With forward 3–5-year interest rates higher than the variable (approximately 2%) and farm balance sheets typically exceptionally strong is it time to rethink the use of equipment finance?...

Written by: Bronson Gledhill | Farm Business Consultant | 0497 822 681   Times are a changing and broadacre producers throughout the state are becoming accustomed to an unattractive outlook driven by our beloved operating costs (not). But the issue succeeds that...

Written by:  Nick McKenna | Agronomist | 0427 681 574   Many things in life make no distinction between being late and being wrong. You may have all the best information, an infallible plan and inscrutable logic, but if you get your timing wrong it’s the same as...

Written by: Cameron Weeks | Farm Business Consultant | 0427 006 944 “The contrast is necessary for the focus”. The 2022/23 annual review and budget season is coming to an end and in summary the experience for clients is a one of contrasting emotions. On one hand...

Written by: Graeme McConnell | Managing Director | 0418 900 065   In the last month, there have been two significant but incremental announcements that will impact the way we think about the carbon market. To start at the beginning, for those not aware an ACCU is...

Written by: Nic Sewell | Grain Marketing Advisor | 0436 606 525   This week CBH finalised the 2021/22 Harvest Pools. This is of particular interest to us as the Pools were strongly promoted to and used by Planfarm Marketing clients. As outlined in several...