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Celebrating 50 years of Planfarm with Brendon Tierney

Celebrating 50 years of Planfarm with Brendon Tierney

Brendon Tierney was the ‘young gun’ consultant on the team when I joined Planfarm in 2005. He was universally known as one of the smartest consultants and was liked by everyone who knew him. It was inevitable that he would move on from Planfarm, but he has been missed...

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Banking Relationships

Banking Relationships

| Martin Anderson

In my December 2023 article, I briefly touched on the crucial role of a good relationship with your Banker or bank in the farm business. I thought it would be useful to delve further into that in this article, as it's a topic that's always relevant and beneficial....

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No Regret Grain Marketing

No Regret Grain Marketing

| Adrian Mondy

At the end of last year, after much to-ing and fro-ing, I purchased a new TV and eventually decided to go with an LG. As you know, smart TVs come with streaming apps and preinstalled catch-up channels; some, such as the LG, have their live channels. Just recently, as...

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Nothing Quite Like Experience

Nothing Quite Like Experience

| Zara Leusciatti

Picture this: a country bumpkin standing in a sheep holding pen with 20-odd uni students, wondering what she will learn on a university field day at a farm. "I need a volunteer." Sure. Why not? I step up nervously, awaiting the instructions. "I want you to walk up to...

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Solar is your superpower!

Solar is your superpower!

| Rob Grima

I love a sunburnt country, A land of sweeping plains, Of ragged mountain ranges, Of drought and flooding rains. I love her far horizons, I love her jewel-sea, Her beauty and her terror – The wide brown land for me! So many words in this stanza of the poem ring true. A...

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Celebrating 50 years of Planfarm with Peter Scott

Celebrating 50 years of Planfarm with Peter Scott

| Peter Scott

As part of celebrating the 50th year of Planfarm, we recently caught up with a previous employee, Peter Scott who started Planfarm in 2006. Here is a reflection of his time with Planfarm. My Planfarm career – Peter Scott, Grain Marketing Advisor I was diligently...

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Farming ahead: how to build a carbon-smart strategy

Farming ahead: how to build a carbon-smart strategy

| Toby Anderson

Carbon farming has burst onto the scene of late, you’re hard pressed to attend a conference or field day without it taking centre stage. This is fuelled a by the global imperative to slow the rise of atmospheric temperatures and bring the world towards ‘net-zero’...

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Grain Market Opportunities further out

Grain Market Opportunities further out

| Nic Sewell

I always have reservations writing Landline articles on Grain Markets, given how quickly things can change and how half reasonable advice can look quite poor once it has been distributed to an audience. However, I will do so today (22nd May) and will see how things...

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Embrace the Digital Natives

Embrace the Digital Natives

| Emily Dempster

Our farm started seeding this year with two Canadian backpackers on our team. Three weeks later, they’d left – gone to work in Kalgoorlie. We were left feeling let down, disappointed, and overwhelmed with the work that remained. Control what you can control But we...

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