Written by: Simon Leake | Agronomist | 0439 999 173   Gypsum is normally used on dispersible heavy clay soils to ameliorate hard pans by improving the soil structure. This allows roots of plants to move more freely, makes oxygen more available to roots and...

Written by: Cameron Weeks | Farm Business Consultant | 0427 006 944   In the November 2022 Landline celebrating Planfarm turning 60 I was corrected on some of the facts by none other than our founder Peter Falconer. I apologise for the inaccuracy corrected by...

Written by: Peter Newman | Farm Business Consultant | 0427 984 010   Ford beat Ferrari at Le Mans in 1966. Can lupins beat canola for gross margin in 2023? Well no! However, it comes pretty close in a couple of circumstances, so is there a case for some lupins...

Written by: Cameron Weeks | Farm Business Consultant | 0427 006 944   Do you know of many investments that are worth 300% of what they were at the end of 2017? Whilst I personally don’t have such an investment (damn!) I do know of plenty, and they are all in the...

Written by: Chad Jefferis | Grain Marketing Advisor | 0429 811 244 With the rapid growth and need of the Planfarm team in the South of WA it is only fitting that we have moved into some new premises that will cater for employees and clients alike. The new offices...

Written by: Andrew Jones | Farm Business Consultant | 0456 688 171 Machinery investment decisions have always been an important part of the farming industry and will remain a complex decision. The complexity of the decision is highly dependent on the ‘service’ the...

Written by: Simon Leake | Agronomy | 0439 999 173   There has been substantial late season rainfall around the state this year leading to grain quality issues including sprouting in wheat and barley which is measured through the ‘falling number’ test. This...

Written by: Adrian Mondy | Grain Marketing Advisor | 0428 722 524 The CBH pricing saga has been much discussed in recent times and whilst I’ll attempt to discuss other pricing issues in this article, I can’t avoid including the topic because it has, and still is,...

Written by: Cameron Weeks | Farm Business Consultant | 0427 006 944   Undergraduate program   Back in 2016/17 when assessing the extra people, we required over the summer months for annual review/budget preparation it dawned on us that our need (Dec-March)...

Written by: Sang Ravindran | Farm Business Consultant | 0436 687 530   Originally ‘created’ for the intensive horticulture industry, the foliar nutrition application is now a common practice and often used in different agricultural industries. The uptake of this...

Written by: Richard Quinlan | Agronomist | 0428 648 828   The answer is probably. This is not because conditions are any more dangerous than in previous seasons, but because the system used to assess fire bans has changed in 2022. The Australian Fire Danger...

Written by: Nic Sewell |   Grain Marketing Advisor   |   0436 606 525   The last month of grain marketing has been a very interesting time, mostly due to the unusual pricing tactics implemented by CBH Marketing & Trading (M&T). M&T have made a...