Profitable Farmer

Succession is a misunderstood and very challenging issue for many Australian farming families. Many of us have tried this and had a negative experience and therefore choose to lock it down, not discuss inter-generational transfer at all and get on with running the farm... rather than constructively planning for the future together.   In this podcast, we interview Managing Director of Catapult Weal...

Implementation is the key to success!   In today’s podcast, I chat with Andrew and discuss the importance of realising, accepting and overcoming your fears in order reach your potential in all areas of your life. We explore the concept of fear and how this holds us back, especially the fear of failure in business.   Join us as we dive deeper into: How perfectionism can hold you back - most people...

Time to diversify...   Creating balance sheet wealth long-term must be our primary focus, even when challenged in the here-and-now. Success in anything starts with KNOWLEDGE. It is with this in mind that I interview Terry Tran, CEO & Founder of The Freedom Trader.   Terry Tran is a good (and perhaps unlikely) friend to Farm Owners Academy and the Profitable Farmer podcast. We recommend his inv...

2020 has arrived to us in a way that no one wished for or expected. Adverse and extreme fires threaten farming families and rural communities across Australia. To those of you directly affected, our thoughts and prayers are with you. To our clients, please know you have our support and that of the FOA Community. In this important podcast we interview remarkable clients Troy & Nette Fischer, 'A...

Tracy Secombe is incredible. Plain and simple.   Her support to her Farm Owners Academy clients once again this year has been astounding.   Her contribution to our community continues to inspire.   Our clients just get so much value from her outlook on life and the coaching she can provide.   As we bring a close to 2019, it is my great pleasure to connect with and interview Tracy, and to explore h...

How exposed am I? Assessing and managing risk within our farming systems.   I love the principle that in order to succeed, it is the business with the most robust and strategic business model that gets the results. Often it is the quality of our business model and how we execute on this model that is the difference between the average and the top 20%.   With this in mind, and based on your most re...

From a desire to find useful farm research and analysis tools for her own family... to Australia's number 1 online resource hub for farmers and agribusiness!   Farm Table’s story is a compelling reminder how we all can find a problem and seek to solve it in order to make our industry stronger and better for everyone.   Ladies & gentlemen, meet Airlie Landale - Founder and CEO of Farm Table.  ...

In this podcast, we explore the way in which strategy, change, leadership transition, people management and business transformations are achieved at the top end of town, and within some of Australia’s largest, most iconic agribusiness brands. In a compelling interview with Jonathan Hutchings, ex-management consultant and now private equity and business transformation specialist, Jeremy explores ho...

In this podcast, Andrew interviews Farm Owners Academy incoming CEO.  Jeremy Hutchings is an amazing coach who is a lot of experience in agriculture.   Andrew and Jeremy have a discussion and cover a few really important topics that we are sure many of you can relate to   In this podcast:   Andrew shares some of the challenges he has experienced around burnout (and how normal this is when you run...

One of our main aims here at Farm Owners Academy is to teach you how to create a profitable farming business that can work without your constant presence, allowing you more time and freedom to live the life you choose. In today’s podcast, we walk you through the steps involved to accomplish this.   This episode shares lots of ideas to help you on your journey including:   Why you need to become ve...

It’s really simple.  Asking a better question will lead to a better decision. The problem is, we weren’t taught at school how to ask a great question.     We will help you learn how to do this in today’s podcast.   For example, just asking the simple question every hour or so “Is this the best use of my time?” can help you improve your productivity.   I will open you up to the power of asking bett...

RUOK?    The 10th annual RUOK Day takes place on Thursday 12th September 2019.    Farm Owners Academy wholeheartedly supports the RUOK initiative because we recognise the prominence of mental health issues within farming.    In a bid to raise awareness, we are dedicating this episode of the Profitable Farmer podcast to this poignant cause.    Today, I have an in-depth discussion about mental healt...

In this week’s podcast we interview Terry Tran.  Terry shares with us how investing is just like planting a crop and the power of timing.  There’s some great content in this podcast including:  Why now is amazing timing to pick up some stock opportunities Does Terry believe we are heading for a recession Terry’s thoughts on the value of land and if he would be trying to buy more farm land right no...

Are you frustrated because your vision for the farm is different to other family members and you can’t agree on the way forward?  In this podcast, David Westbrook and I discuss one of the BIGGEST issues affecting family farms.  Disagreements between generations, parents and/or siblings is a real issue and an unbelievably common occurrence in the farming sector.  In this episode we explore the impo...

Do you think that you might have a negative association to money? If you get stressed, angry or you find yourself complaining about money, you might be surprised to hear you could have a limiting belief around it. We address this in this week’s podcast and you can listen by clicking here.  Here is a list of some common limiting beliefs:  Money is hard to make Money comes in one hand and out the ot...

Do you ever get distracted?  Do you often have ideas but sometimes lack the ability to implement or see them through to completion?  Do you feel crystal clear on where you are going and how to get there?  Today’s podcast ‘If you chase two rabbits, you will catch neither’ will help you focus on less, and simplify how you run your business.   Andrew will open you up to: The Entrepreneurs Curse and w...

Today we discuss how The Vacuum Law can be used to create prosperity in your life. The Law of the Vacuum is a universal law and is one of the main reasons why you may always feel busy and never have time do to the things you want.   It could also be the reason why you feel you don’t get ahead as quickly as you would like to.   Andrew will share with you how this effect:  Money; Time; Health;  Rela...

One of our clients, David Westbrook, shared an article that he’d written recently.   It really inspired me, so I decided to interview him for this month’s podcast.   David has agreed for me to share his article with you:   What advice would I give to an up and coming farmer?   Simple... just smile more.   We worry about everything and this creates resistance to what we truly want.   We need to rea...

Being an entrepreneurial farmer today can be tough. There seems to be more work and less time to get things done...and you need to devote even more energy into running your business than ever before. And despite all that...most farmers are barely getting by financially. They still worry about: How they’ll make it through the current season Whether they’ll lose the farm that’s been in their family...

G’day,   In this week’s episode, Andrew walks you through the steps to hire a GUN worker.   Here are some of the things that you will learn:   One good person will beat three average Hire slowly, fire fast Don’t just look local Start with the job ad Hire more on traits than skills Listen to hear the rest!   If you need help when it comes to finding and hiring strong team members, this podcast is f...

  Do you put the ‘Pro’ in Procrastination?  Then this podcast is for you!  This podcast will teach you:  What a major dominant goal is; Why we think you are smart having one; How this will beat procrastination and get you moving; How this will get you focused; Why this is necessary if you want to be a TOP Producer.  We hope you enjoy this podcast.   Kind Regards, FOA

Episode 24: How Tim & Cheryl are creating a Freedom Farm   Today we share an interview of Tim and Cheryl Freak that we did for our mastermind clients.  Tim & Cheryl are an amazing couple who are very passionate about farming.  In this interview, we explore how they are setting up their business to create a Freedom Farm.  This is a profitable company that continues to work without their pre...

  The quality of your business and life is in direct response to the quality of the questions you ask.  Today’s podcast takes you through 10 key areas and gets you to question how you are performing in life and business.  There are 30 questions in total.   We recommend you do this twice a year. It won’t take long, but it will help you look at ways to make your business and life better.  We also gi...

"HOW TO CREATE WEALTH OFF YOUR FARM AND GENERATE MONEY WHILST YOU SLEEP”  “Don’t work for money, make it work for you” – Robert Kiyosaki   Transcription:   Andrew: Welcome to this podcast and we have a special guest on here today, Terry Tran. I want to firstly make sure you can hear me okay Terry?   Terry: I can Andrew.   Andrew: Welcome mate. Thank you very much for coming on board the ‘Profitabl...

What would happen if you grew your business by 10x?   What would need to change?    Do you think it’s even possible?   What if you knew it was easier to 10x your business rather than 2x it?   In this week’s podcast Andrew will walk you through how to 10x your business.   He shares how he did it with his first business, and the steps you need to go through to achieve it.   In this podcast we explor...