We will probe into the ever-powerful cost of production (COP) metric from our FarmEye platform, which now provides rolling analytics. COP is possibly the best number you can look at to assess how resilient your business might be to the next cyclical downturn in markets, seasons or production. Another factor that makes it so useful is that market price changes don’t impact the calculation.
Across Central Queensland, grazing families are building more resilient businesses and healthier landscapes with the support of RCS coaching. From on-property visits to group learning and online sessions, RCS equips producers with practical tools to increase productivity and profitability while caring for the land.
Raymond Stacey 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.
The well-known RCS Profit Probe benchmarking system now sits within a fully redeveloped platform called FarmEye. Interested in your agribusiness performance and industry trends? Each newsletter, we’ll put a business metric under the spotlight and Probe into it a little. The metric this edition is one of the ‘Three Secrets of Profit’, the Overhead Ratio.
This recipe comes from Kym, our Project Officer — who, quite frankly, would be right at home on The Great British Bake Off (yes, she’s that good!). Kym has shared her go-to sweet treat that’s perfect for gatherings, smoko, or just because…
Ever wondered who’s behind the scenes at RCS, keeping everything moving? Today, we’d like you to meet Kelly McCosker — our Program Advisor and resident Songbird!
This book has compelled me to do my first-ever book review (which may be obvious), but I believe that, because it’s a message to every living human, it could be the most delightfully compulsory read you’ve ever picked off the shelf.
As the growing season winds down, the feed you have is likely what you’ll be working with for a while. But are you just going to open the gate and hope for the best? Katlin and Raymond challenge producers to think beyond the feed budget and embrace grazing planning. What’s the best feed for your weaners? Where should your mature cows graze to improve the land? This post delves into the strategic decisions that can make all the difference to your productivity and pasture health this winter.
Old friends, deep talks. That’s what happened on the Warble podcast with Gina and Tony “Chongy” Howard. Our shared history, especially teaching at an Indigenous Grazing for Profit® School in Kunanara, 2024, made for an incredible conversation. Watching Gina and Tony connect with the students was truly inspiring. RCS’ Nic Kentish was just happy to witness their magic.
David McLean and Matt Barton from RCS discuss the importance of financial literacy for agribusinesses, particularly in managing market variability. They emphasise the need to differentiate between gross margins and profitability, focusing on analysing overheads and enterprise comparisons. They highlight the value of regular management accounting and the control it provides, advocating for their Business Fundamentals workshops, available both online and in-person, to help business owners gain financial control and make informed decisions, ultimately reducing stress and improving profitability.
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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.
Judy Pownall brings a strong blend of practical agricultural experience, business acumen, and educational leadership to her facilitation work. Together with her
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.
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