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Profitable Farmer Podcast
This podcast is all about increasing the profitability of your farm by helping you work smarter and not harder. Your host, Jeremy Hutchings, reveals the best business tips for more leverage in your farm business.
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Episode 102 – Navigating A Major Market Correction
As our world continues to change, our commodity and investment markets continue to be impacted by an ongoing series of externalities. To help us understand the current market conditions and to offer direction on navigating a significant recent market correction, I...
read moreEpisode 101 – Another Look Into Successful Succession
Succession is often described as a complex, challenging, confronting, highly emotional and intense process. At its worst, succession can tear families apart, damage relationships and be the demise of significant farming dynasties. We have all seen this. In this...
read moreEpisode 100 – Leadership lessons from a Wallaby Great
Growing up, like most kids, I had three heroes: Mel Gibson, Greg Norman, and Phil Kearns. All Aussies. All champions in their own way in their chosen field. To celebrate our 100th Profitable Farmer Podcast episode, it gives me great pleasure to introduce Wallaby...
read moreEpisode 99 – Reflecting on the Farm Owners Academy Story…
Eight years ago, Farm Owners Academy (FOA) was just an idea shared by two incredible visionaries, Greg & Deb Johnsson. Six months later, and following some time with Business Coach Andrew Roberts, the business we see and cherish today was born. And the rest, as...
read moreEpisode 98 – Average business decisions at tax time
Let me be straight for a moment. Many of us are making tax ‘minimisation’ decisions at tax time that constrict our growth. Many of us are expecting more of our Accountants than they are equipped to offer. Finally, many of us do not have the...
read moreEpisode 97 – Finance, Farming and Family
It is always a pleasure to catch up, shoot the breeze and reflect on all things finance, farming and family with Tony Catt, Director at Catapult Wealth. Tony and the team at Catapult Wealth specialise in accounting, wealth creation and succession planning for...
read moreEpisode 96 – A Vision for Australian Agriculture
For a vision to be compelling AND create meaningful change, it has to enrol and inspire. Well-designed, a compelling vision can align people from all walks of life, diverse backgrounds, varying persuasions, and even competing preferences. To me, it seems that for...
read moreEpisode 95 – Time Management and Personal Productivity
You will have heard me say this before: Time is our greatest asset. So many of us feel SO BUSY. We operate in CHAOS. We are REACTIVE rather than proactive. There is just not enough time in the day! Putting it simply, I believe that farmers (as a rule) DO NOT...
read moreEpisode 94 – Navigating high input prices in this new season
Once again, we are reminded that no two seasons are the same. Distinct from prior seasons, we find ourselves in a new business environment where, like diesel prices, the cost of many farm inputs has increased by 30% plus. The result of COVID and fuel prices on...
read moreEpisode 93 – Men, who do you have in your corner?
Let’s be real for a moment; business ownership is one of the world's toughest assignments. Even more so is farm business ownership, with its numerous complexities and subtleties. At the same time, business ownership AND farming can be very lonely places. In our roles...
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