Ben Simpson is a grazier and RCS coach based in Central Western Queensland. Together with his wife, Kim, Ben operates Thistlebank, a
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I was fortunate to visit a couple of Aminya Pastoral properties in the Central West of Queensland recently for the purpose of grazing management planning and was really taken with how prepared the managers were, not only for the visit but more importantly, how well they were prepared for timely, ongoing decision-making.
What did they have at hand?
The above seems like a lot of stuff, but these managers recorded all this information by maintaining either paper Grazing Charts or MaiaGrazing, and each planned with RCS Graze Period calculator, and maintained RCS Feed Budget and Monthly Stockflow. Each month, data would be transferred from pocket notebooks into the Grazing Chart and the Monthly Stockflow.
Job done and records at hand for informed, calm decision-making.
Importantly, each manager was provided with tools, expectations, accountability and support from the management chain.
Raymond
Additional note from the RCS office:
We’ve been privileged to work with Aminya Pastoral closely now for about six years. Their senior team have all completed Grazing for Profit, the stationhands attend RCS Grazing Clinics, and key members of the senior team have completed the Business Fundamentals Workshop as well. To support this investment, David and the team provide consulting support remotely and on-farm, as with Raymond’s recent visit. The Aminya Team have been on a constant journey of growth and learning with RCS and other companies. It takes time to implement the principles, and Raymond’s observations are a testament to the power of persistence and ongoing learning. Well done to the team!
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