Farms Advice Podcast

Jack Owen, author of the book 'You Are Not Your Farm', discusses his journey in Australian agriculture and the inspiration behind his book. He shares how he discovered the importance of mindset and personal development in farming success. Owen emphasises the need for a morning routine and the power of vulnerability in the farming community. He also highlights the significance of gratitude and the...

Bonnie Skinner, CEO of Sheep Producers Australia, discusses her non-traditional pathway into the sheep industry and the role of her organisation in representing and advocating for sheep producers. She highlights the need for a cohesive vision and strategic plan for the industry, as well as the importance of market access, biosecurity, and animal health. Skinner also addresses the challenge of prom...

Welcome to the Farms Advice Podcast we we chat everything farming and DIGITAL AG is top of the agenda today. Emma Leonard, an expert in digital agriculture, discusses the challenges and opportunities of adopting AgTech in Australian agriculture. She highlights the importance of reliable connectivity and the need for digital transformation in the industry. Emma explains the concept of the fourth wa...

In this Farms Advice episode, Carmen discusses the importance of budgeting and forecasting in agricultural businesses. She highlights the gap in business skills among farmers and the need for training in areas such as finance and administration. Carmen emphasizes the significance of succession planning and setting long-term goals. She also provides insights into the power of the family farm office...

In this episode of the Farms Advice podcast, host Jack interviews Sally Martin about the Optimizing New Lamb Joining Outcomes project. They discuss the use of mate cell for ram breeding, the role of genomics in sheep breeding, and the busy times in the sheep industry. They also talk about an upcoming field day for the project and the questions that led to its creation. Sally explains the variables...

Welcome to the very first full episode for the Farms Advice Podcast. This is the 5th season and it's going to be a great one. Make sure you subscribe to wherever you listen to not miss a moment. Follow us on Instagram @farmsadvice www.farmsadvice.com.au www.fatfarmers.com Summary Ben Wundersitz, a fifth-generation farmer from Maitland, South Australia, shares his journey of starting the Fat Farmer...

G'day and welcome to the first episode of 2024 and let's go farming! A round up of what happened in 2023 and what is to come in 2024. Only 50% of you have subscribed but for the farmers who haven't do me a favour and subscribe to your platform so that we can build on the podcast, get the best guests on in the business and go to a few events. If you want to be a part of the podcast in 2024 email he...

Farms Advice Podcast this week is with the Queen of Twitter, Gillian Fennell. Coming from South Australia she is pretty well smack bang in the middle of Australia, or as others would call. Middle of no where. They operate huge area with the family and are using Twitter as a way to stay connected. she's informed of most things and if she isn't she doesn't try to be. Follow her on Twitter @Stationmu...

This year's harvest hasn't followed on from last years crop so here's an update from Grain Producers Australia CEO Colin Bettles and Northern Director Matthew Madden. How's harvest going in 2023 Hail storms and farming Matthews recent trip to India with the Ag Minister The Biosecurity levy and it's current state Board Position currently open to join GPA. AG Day and what means to be advocating Aust...

Welcome back to the Farms Advice podcast. Today's episode we talked to Deb Purvis from Purvis Financial. This is a great episode going into how you can look for the best loans, find out whether loyalty works best for you. And as a new entrant into farming, trying to get into the farming game, there is a fair bit of expertise here to listen in to find out different avenues of how it can work for yo...

Rain, Hail or Shine – seize tax opportunities for your business This episode topic will cover high or low income years can present opportunities for your business from a tax perspective. Ensure you know what these are, so that you can take advantage of them. Welcome to the seasoned and new farmers joining us for an informative episode on the Beyond The Tax Return. Scott is a wealth of knowledge an...

Farms Advice Podcast is lucky to get Stuart Wesley on again with an add on of the previous episode about people and culture and how it impacts farms across Australia. If you're working within yourself and others on farm either family or not this is a perfect episode for you. Find the snippets in here you might get something from. Get to a place that you're happy with and have a life that you like...

Farms Advice Podcast episode this weeks jumps into a little bit of harvest technology and what has changed within tractors with PLM Manager for ANZ New Holland team Melody Labinsky. Some technologies in there that Jack hadn't even heard of. Follow the episode and listen into find out what could be happening on your farm in the next few years. www.farmsadvice.com.au for more of these episodes. Foll...

A bonus episode for the week to get your grain updates of what's happening with Grain Producers Australia chair Barry Large and also CEO Colin Bettles. A great conversation between the three that will fill you in on what's happening with What's the season looking like for harvest biosecurity levy for farmers sheep live export ban and it's impact on grain producers Varroa mite ROL (Return On Levy)...

Welcome to the farmers club where we talk a little it of farming and then a little bit more. This is the Farm Yarns episode where we find out about Alissa Herman and what makes her the way she is. She's a bit of a go-getter and we like that attitude when working within agriculture. She is super switched on with many plates spinning at once we find out how she does it and how she can take care of h...

This is in the agri-finance series that we are compiling to give you the answers you may or may not of asked yet. You'll get a lot out of this Farms Advice episode. If you know anyone in finance within agriculture let us know. On this episode we have Alissa Herman, she has started her own brokerage in QLD but with no boundaries she has helped clients aka producers get better deals for their bank l...

This a farm yarn to find out about the person behind the audio. Know of a good Farm Yarn you want to say? For everything else, there's farmsadvice.com.au Follow to keep the conversation flowing Follow Jack on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/cressy__/ and Twitter https://x.com/jcressw3   YouTube  https://www.youtube.com/@farmsadvice   Follow Farms Advice - https://instagram.com/f...

Welcome to the agri-finance series it's now a party. With Jack and Sophia kicking it off and you listening we're able to get some great information and insight into different scenario's of why livestock financing is an option for producers looking to get creative. Sophia runs Legacy Livestock as a co-founder she Chief Financial & Risk Officer. Sounds like a juice role and an exciting one to be...

Welcome to this episode which is including in the Agtech August, highlighting different types of agtech that works for different types of farming operations. This episode Jack speaks to Chris Hinks from Elynx. They run the Stockmate livestock management software for breeders and backgrounders. We'll leave it up to the episode for more information. If you got something out of this episode make sure...

This episode of the farms advice podcast is with Hayden Hollis. For the month of August we've been highlighting agtech that are improving the way that farmers work in different areas of the farm. And for this episode, we dive in to the agronomy side, into our soils. Hayden has a unique viewpoint and has run a few successful projects and continues to do so. Looking at how effective management creat...

Beyond the tax return...returns with succession what we will talk about on this episode with Simon Boyd. Check them out byfields.com.au Follow to keep the conversation flowing Follow Jack on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/cressy__/ and Twitter https://x.com/jcressw3   YouTube  https://www.youtube.com/@farmsadvice   Follow Farms Advice - https://instagram.com/farmsadvice  &...

This Farm Yarns with with David Edgerton-Warburton. The length has increased so that must mean that this podcast is getting better right? Let us know in the socials of what your enjoying or if you have a great farm yarn. If it's 3 minutes long or 3 hours. We're here for it. But most importantly keep on farming! www.farmsadvice.com.au Follow to keep the conversation flowing Follow Jack on Instagram...

This episode of Farms Advice is with the Agtech August month where we highlight different technologies that will improve the way you run your farm. It won't suit all but so DYOR (do your own research). Jack is joined by David from Agrimaster who has had quite the journey and is now helping farmers become higher performers in the office...and in the paddocks. Let us know what you thought of this ep...

Happy Friday if you're reading this right now! On this Farm Yarns we're joined by Hamish Munro. Like all of our guests there is a lot that makes up a person and who they are today and where they are at. For Hamish he emphasises the importance of family farm succession and have the conversation before it's needed. Although he has landed with his two feet on the ground he would of liked it to come t...

This month is Agtech August where we discover leading start ups and established businesses who have improved the daily routines of farmers across Australia and now venturing over to other countries as well. This episode is with Hamish Munro from Pairtree Intelligence . They are giving farmers the ability to read data in the single dashboard, pulling from their existing agtech on farm to simplify h...