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On a recent Operation Flinders trip, one of the participants was off a farm and, once he found out I had the same background, we ended up having a few discussions about agriculture. There is [...]

Resilience is a bit of a buzzword, and tends to roll off the tongue pretty easily. If you look at the meaning, it is the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties. The word 'culture' is [...]

Advisory boards have had more prominence in the past few years than in past times. While there have been people and businesses that have provided advisory board services for many years, there are also quite [...]

Recently, an Adelaide-based accountant with a large agricultural client base mentioned the importance of obtaining timely advice. Many activities within the agricultural calendar are dependent on impeccable timing. These can be production-related, such as seeding [...]

I recently got thinking about the reasons why we purchase items. When it comes to farm machinery, numbers can get very large, and have long-term effects on cash-flow. Some people upgrade equipment regularly, others are [...]

There is plenty of advice that says you shouldn't make investment decisions based solely on tax considerations. I would normally fit fair and square in this camp in some cases, but there is a compelling [...]

With interest rates being at historical lows, and agriculture ticking along pretty well, this is a good a time to get your financial house in order. Significant annual savings are in the offing for those [...]

While other people know a lot more about the country's recent stoush with China on barley than me, I want to talk more generally about the risks of relying on a limited number of customers. [...]

No matter how well prepared you might feel when entering into an agreement, either verbal or written, there is always the potential for unintended consequences to arise from it somewhere down the track. This is [...]

Fortunately, agriculture has generally missed the immediate effects of the recent economic upheaval, though other business sectors have not been so lucky. Banks have come to the rescue pretty quickly for those businesses in need. [...]

I am fortunate to know lots of positive, productive people, and it never ceases to amaze me how much they get done. I really enjoy following people that are constantly evolving and growing. As they [...]

The old maxim of "she'll be right mate, we'll sort it out later" should be deleted from every agribusiness owner's vocabulary. This attitude may work in certain situations, but if it doesn't, the ramifications can [...]