agribusiness

After attending a recent agribusiness forum, held by Agribusiness Australia and Cowell Clark Lawyers, I bought a book, by lawyers from Cowell Clarke, on the topic of legal issues for agribusiness. There were lots of [...]

I recently had the pleasure of meeting two young people, who are heavily involved in agricultural investment. Besides being very intelligent and focused young men, another aspect that stuck out to me was their passion [...]

The majority of agribusiness owners I know just get on with the job, and get things done. There are lots of instances where breakdowns happen out in the paddock, and resourcefulness comes to the fore [...]

Farming is full of instances where plans need to be changed with little to no notice. Some issues will come up that will be quite minor in nature, while others will require a significant change [...]

There's nothing like a complete change of environment to get into a zone to be able to think laterally. We all try to do strategic thinking when we are in our workplaces - some can [...]

There are a lot of uncertainties in the agricultural sector. Agriculture is never smooth sailing at the best of times but at the moment there are a lot of outside influences across the world that [...]

I recently had the pleasure to speak with one of the most passionate business owners I have ever met. I really enjoy talking to non-farming business owners, and seeing whether the lessons can be translated [...]

As would be well known by now, I have a strong connection to charitable organisation Operation Flinders. Besides the extraordinary work they do changing the lives of young people, the culture of the organisation is [...]

While reading a newspaper piece about a well-known homewares brand, leaping off the page was the sentence "you can't buy integrity, so you better not give it away". Integrity and reputation are intertwined concepts, particularly [...]

There is little doubt interest rates are going up. When, and by how much, is the $64 question. I certainly don't know and there are a lot of external factors at play. Fixed rates have [...]

I was recently talking with a mate of mine and he said they were shearing that week. A conversation ensued about the shearing industry and what had changed. While the basic design of the handpiece [...]

As most people involved in agriculture are aware, the advances in technology in the sector have increased markedly across a relatively short period of time. We have all the "back in my day" stories. People [...]