With a tough season on the cards for many across Victoria, being on the front foot in your business will be key, heading into 2025. Although a poor season can no doubt feel discouraging, it’s important we as managers don’t let a single season define, compromise or...

This month, we say goodbye to a cherished member of our team, Shirley O’Farrell, who is retiring after an incredible 18 years with Planfarm. From the very first day, Shirley has brought warmth, good humour and vivacity, brightening the Narrogin office and making...

A lot of people see “The Bank Manager” as an imposing figure who they must go cap in hand to for seasonal finance or to buy land or other assets. In reality banks are a service provider to your business and finance is a competitive marketplace, so it’s possible to...

As of the 30th of September 2024, the chlorpyrifos (Lorsban) label has now been amended significantly. The decision was made based on toxicology, worker health & safety, environmental and residue/ trade issues. Most registered uses for chlorpyrifos that we have...

Western Australia’s horticulture benchmark data shows that strong relationships between growers and produce buyers are essential for long-term profitability. Whether supplying wholesalers, supermarkets, consumers, restaurants, or export markets, reliable partnerships...

As climate change continues to reshape industries globally, Australian farmers are facing growing pressure to measure and understand their carbon emissions. New mandatory climate reporting rules are coming into play, changing how businesses operate and interact with...

We can survive 3 weeks without food... 3 days without water… But only 3 minutes without breathing. Similar to many of us missing the how-to parent handbook, for our body, find and many other critical life functions, we have never been taught HOW TO BREATHE. The...

Over our 50 year history, Planfarm have long understood the value of Benchmarking as a tool to navigate the dynamic challenges of broadacre agriculture. Benchmarking allows a business to evaluate their own production and financial performance through time, while also...

Agriculture today is one of the most exciting, innovative and progressive industries in the world, one that is consistently growing, evolving and adopting in response to changes in consumer trends and localised or global events. We are witnessing the role that...

Recently, we have completed a review of a client's cashbook looking for details of previous transactions. What was interesting was the extreme volume of transactions that needed to be coded from 10 years ago, some 1,800 more per year on average, and that has only been...

As part of our role as Planfarm consultants we are privy to seeing exceptional application of technical skills. The ability to turn highly variable seasons into profit is outstanding. I don’t think many would doubt the technical ability of those we are involved with....

2022/23 Deferred Sales Pool (DSP) has now been finalised with final pool payments settled last month…well just about, 2022/23 DSP Lupin Pool will be finalised in November. While most WA growers may not need reminding of 2022/23 season records, let’s recap - WA growers...