FREEDOM FARMER BLOG

Do you get a major kick when you think of buying out your neighbours?

Do you aspire to be a big operator?

Do you dream of being the biggest farmer with the most land in your area?

If so, Pump Up Scale (the eighth level of the TOP Producers Model) will help get you there. This step's all about rin...

Farming is inconsistent. 

Some years, you make money…others you don’t. 

The theory goes, out of every six years, you’ll make money in four of those years and you’ll lose money in two of them. It’s all part of the game.

That’s why it’s so important to be clever with your money in the good...

Too many farmers push themselves to always keep growing simply because they think it’s what they “should” do.

Do you agree?

There are benefits to growing your team  and scaling your farm (and we’ll talk more about that in a minute.) But there are also other options that could be just as prof...

If you ask me, it’s an absolute waste of time…

…to try and manage things you can’t control.

No matter how hard you work, you’ll never be able to control the weather, your family’s actions, or interest rates at the bank. So I’d rather help you focus your limited energy on the things you CAN control...

Imagine finding two hardworking farmhands that you completely trusted…

That you could train up to do all the farm jobs…

So you have time to do things like: 

• work on the high-level strategy to increase profits
• make succession plans
• even free yourself up to take multiple holidays each year

S...

Most farmers struggle with profits.

Even if your revenues are high, you can still lose money after all your costs, interest payments, and other expenses are paid out.

Like our student Travis..

In the 2014/2015 year, he and his brother had a great revenue on the farm – $2.12Million.

B...

Between Greg and I, we’ve been working with farmers for 50 years.
 

And during that time, we’ve noticed a really troubling trend:
 

Most farmers stay stuck, forever.
 

Longer than forever, actually…
 

Because they spend a lifetime stuck and then pass that legacy down to their kids and then they stay...

I’ll get right to it…

 …because these numbers speak for themselves.

The chart below shows you the Return on Assets Managed (ROAM) for the 2016/2017 year. It’s a comparison of ABARES, Holmes Sackett, and our Farm Owners Academy (FOA) students:

Using those figures, an average Australian farmer...

Here’s a mind-blowing stat:

Farm Owner Academy students get 4.6% higher Return on Assets Managed than the average farmer.

Given a $3Million property, that’s an average of $108,000 more every single year (compared to the ABARES figures).

The big reason why our students are so successful?

They fol...

The biggest fear for most farmers? (and for most people in general?)

Failure.

The thought of giving it your all but still not making the cut terrifies a lot of people.

I guess I’m not like most people in this respect. Because I’m quite open about the fact that I’ve had a few failed businesses ove...