Posts by Carmen
Farm Family Drawings – What’s your strategy
farm business approaches to family drawings or wages
Read MoreManaging Growth in Family Farms
This article was produced with the support of the GRDC and was presented at West Wyalong Farm Business Update 2022 and the GRDC Farm Business Livestream event March 2023 Farm businesses are growing in scale and complexity. Growth is not just about adding hectares, labour and machinery, it’s about leadership, systems and strategy. We need…
Read MoreTime flies by in the yellow and green
George Ezra sang about traveling through Barcelona in his song Shotgun. I know all the words because first the preschoolers then the primary school kids had it as their end of year concert song. It was all I heard for months. Key lyric ‘time flies by in the yellow and green” and lots of big hand…
Read MoreBreeze through end of year
After a busy sowing season for many, tax time is now upon us and it’s out of the paddock and into the office. It seems like there are even more tax related sales pushes this year than ever before. Tax time adds make it sound like tax deduction are a 100% cash rebate that disappears…
Read MoreWhat we can learn from Queen Elizabeth
Queen Elizabeth’s recent Platinum Jubilee has thrown the Royal family into the spotlight once again and given me reason to reflect on the path trodden by Meghan and Harry.Did I tell you I met them?I met Meghan and Harry in 2019 after a workshop in the Riverina. I also met them 15 years ago when…
Read MoreGrowing pains
Do you know what I am seeing a lot of lately? Growing pains in farm businesses. What do I mean by this? Businesses which have potentially dramatically increased in size in a decade, but are still basically using the same tools and systems to make decisions and get the work done. In the worst examples,…
Read MoreFarm Kids Finance
Kids and farms are closely linked. Most farmers will list “bringing up my kids on the farm” as one of their top five reasons to commit to a future in agriculture. Those adults who grew up on farms attribute many of their positive character traits such as being a hard worker and a community mindset…
Read MoreChrist-Vest
A few words on Chris-vest – when doesn’t feel like Christmas time and it’s not really supposed to be harvest either. I wrote this for a @GrainGrowers last year, it’s just as relevant this year, perhaps even more for some. To be honest, our worst harvest in 2019 was also our best Christmas. Everything was…
Read MoreLast Minute Gifts
Stuck for farmer present ideas this Christmas – Check these out Yeti drink bottle or stubby holder – they are the bomb. Yeti also do coffee cups but save this for a mid year birthday or mother’s or father’s day. They are online at https://au.yeti.com/collections/rambler but you may have a local retailer. – Kate Burke’s…
Read MoreSharing the bad news
Well it’s been a funny old November hasn’t it? A later than expected start to harvest has been followed by some wet weather. Around the country there has been flooding in some regions, drought breaking rain in others and hail in some places. It can be pretty stressful, even if you are feeling reasonably confident…
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