Posts by Carmen

Mobile phone use at harvest time is a big issue, whilst they can be great, there is a lot of potential for accidents, injury and poor performance related to phone use. There is a lot of talk on social media about it,  and a lot of frustrated bosses and staff. WHAT YOU NEED TO SAY…

Power down your power bills. Saving money on fixed costs is one of the things I like to push in our Farm Budgeting Masterclass. Why? because it often takes just a little time in the office and has no impact on the productive capacity of our farm businesses. Over a decade, the savings can really add…

THE ONE KEY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A GOOD INVESTMENT AND A WASTE OF MONEY There is a lot of difference between a great investment in machinery or infrastructure and a bad investment. We can get quite technical and look at measures such as return on investment, labour hours saved and total cost of ownership (the lifetime maintenance…

The on farm off farm work conundrum….It’s an issue for so many farming families, do we work off farm for a ready supply of cash? Or do we work on farm for possibly more job satisfaction, however potentially uncertain and hard to measure financial rewards? It’s not just the ladies facing this issue, we all…