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Growing lupins is a lot like flossing your teeth
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...
Camera’s on your next boomspray?
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...
Thumbs Up
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...
Wind turbines on farms and optimizing the opportunity.
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...
We are all in the Agricultural game. What can be learned?
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...
A 2023 milestone – 100,000 ha of potential carbon farming project land assessed
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...
Sheep Prices – The Perfect Storm
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...
Managing Red-Legged Earth Mite Insecticide Resistance
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...
Cyber Risks for our Clients
Written by: Martin Anderson | Farm Business Consultant | 0439 150 458 What an exciting and fast changing world we live in. The changes in new technologies that we’ve experienced within generations have been phenomenal. Think of computers, laptops, iPods,...
It’s a mixed bag so far this season so take your own circumstances into account when estimating likely crop yields.
Written by: Cameron Weeks | Farm Business Consultant | 0427 006 944 Can you believe it’s July already and the year is half over? My grandmother always told me things sped up as you aged so I guess that’s what’s happening given I’m 55! Given that the growing...
Tending to Your Mental Health
Written by: Carter Johnson | Farm Business Consultant | 0429 264 550 How frequently are you tending to the maintenance of your most crucial asset – your mental health? The statistics tell us that two in five Australians over the age of 16 have experienced a...
The Basis for Change
Written by: Nic Sewell | Grain Marketing Advisor | 0436 606 525 Written on: 29th May 2023 What a ride this past 12 months has been! As I write this newsletter, it is interesting to recall what was happening on this day 12 months ago. The horrendous Ukrainian...
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