Uncertainty has become a defining feature of the current operating environment. Global politics, domestic and international climate conditions, and volatile commodity markets are all creating genuine pressure and raising reasonable questions about strategy in agribusiness.
When we strip it back, there are really only two choices in how we respond.
One of Covey’s first principles in management is to do the right things well. That is, to be effective, not just efficient. One of the great conundrums of modern life is that it is possible to be 100% efficient and 0% effective. In no industry is this truer than in agriculture. In this article, Dom Walker broadens the recent conversation around ‘regenerative agriculture’ being painted as a ‘do nothing’ approach to farming.
With hit-and-miss summer rain hinting at a tough season ahead, this article highlights practical paddock lessons on matching stock class to pasture type and planning grazing around key dates to protect livestock performance and country.
There is no one definitive answer in grazing management, but a whole series of considerations, options, strategies and resulting consequences. Tailor your management for the best option for your business, people, country and stock.
Meet Dom Walker: Grounded in Soil, Driven by Passion
For Dom Walker, agriculture has always been about more than simply producing food. It is about people, landscapes, and making sure farm businesses are set up to thrive well into the future.
In this edition, we will probe into which farm enterprises truly pay their way, unpacking a real FarmEye example that exposes hidden cross-subsidies, challenges assumptions about enterprise viability, and shows why enterprise-level analysis is critical for resilient, profitable farm businesses.
Investing time and money in professional development can be hard to justify until the results are clear. For Richard and Bernadette, participation in a professionally facilitated peer advisory board delivered that 500% return on investment they wanted through better strategic decisions, clearer priorities, and strong peer accountability. Their experience highlights how structured support and shared challenge can translate directly into improved business performance, not through shortcuts, but through disciplined thinking and follow-through over time.
Any RCS graduate will know the importance of grazing principle #2: Plants need adequate rest. Without being given a chance to recover after grazing, our desirable grasses will lose root vigour, respond slower, and, across time, be replaced by less desirable plants. However, where else should we be considering incorporating rest into our businesses?
We will probe into labour efficiency by analysing the Gross Product per Full Time Equivalent (GP $/FTE) from our FarmEye platform, which now provides rolling analytics. I’ve found GP $/FTE to be the more useful indication of labour efficiency (compared to, say, animal units per FTE), as it draws attention to the value being generated from each labour unit.
Move over John Wayne … RCS has its own cowboy hero — a man who needs no introduction to many of you: Raymond Stacey.
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Uncertainty has become a defining feature of the current operating environment. Global politics, domestic and international climate conditions, and volatile commodity markets are all creating genuine pressure and raising reasonable questions about strategy in agribusiness. When we strip it back, there are really only two choices in how we respond.
One of Covey’s first principles in management is to do the right things well. That is, to be effective, not just efficient. One of the great conundrums of modern life is that it is possible to be 100% efficient and 0% effective. In no industry is this truer than in agriculture. In this article, Dom Walker broadens the recent conversation around ‘regenerative agriculture’ being painted as a ‘do nothing’ approach to farming.
With hit-and-miss summer rain hinting at a tough season ahead, this article highlights practical paddock lessons on matching stock class to pasture type and planning grazing around key dates to protect livestock performance and country.
There is no one definitive answer in grazing management, but a whole series of considerations, options, strategies and resulting consequences. Tailor your management for the best option for your business, people, country and stock.
Meet Dom Walker: Grounded in Soil, Driven by Passion For Dom Walker, agriculture has always been about more than simply producing food. It is about people, landscapes, and making sure farm businesses are set up to thrive well into the future.
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