The Farmers Club Podcast

In part 2 of the full podcast, we spoke about the following: About where the herd and flock size are atAnd the opportunities around thatHow climate is determining how many Cattle or Sheep we breed.How they are utilising finance to create a new enterprise.We spoke about the importance of measuring.And what the metrics behind a Grass budget mean to his business.Nigel explained the process they follow when making big decisions about what they do.One of our subscribers asked for 3 bits of advice ...

In part 1 of the full podcast, we spoke about the following: Weather and trading conditions at Kerin Ag.The cost of doing nothing. Refer to this article here.How Nigel tried low-input Farming back in the 90s.And how they were literally forced into low-input Farming in the 90s.How you have to replenish what you take out when it comes to production.How is it that when we want something to work, we will pull out all stops to justify it to ourselves and others?Nigel gave us some of his learning f...

Jeff McDonald talking about mindset and why we do what we do...Ah shit, where do you start? This interview with Jeff went for a long time, and we covered a lot of ground. And usually we do a reasonably long 2 to 3-minute intro. I don’t think this podcast needs that. So I am just going to jot down some dot points on the subjects that you will pick up on. Here goes: > We humans dominate this earth because we have a front brain. > There’s a science behind how we act. > Jeff follows Masl...

This podcast is a little different; it’s from a panel we were involved in during the Farmers Day Out at Ballarat in late March. The lineup included: Lachie McKenzie - Founder of McKenzie Ag - Panel Facilitator. Brooke Dawson - CEO of Oakdale Meat Co. Phil McFarlane - CEO of Australian Plant Proteins. Alistair Ham - Founder of Windemere Oilseeds. Dwain Duxson - Founder of The Farmers Club The quality of a panel podcast depends on the quality of the questions asked, and Lachie McKenzie didn’t l...

We recorded this podcast with Barry Clark live at a conference, and I had the pleasure of co-hosting this interview with the affable and ultra-professional Kirstin Diprose. This one is a real standout story on so many fronts, and it's chock-full of great business lessons and takeaways. In this podcast, you have to listen intently and perhaps replay some of the points to find the take-home bits. Barry was a panelbeater but turned his hand to Shearing and was on the handpiece for 28 years. So...