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Every Farmer Avoids This...and It Costs Them Everything. Jul 22, 2021

^^ This is a countdown to the day you hang up your Akubra for the last time and head to the great farm in the sky.

Okay, maybe not the exact day.

But the reality is, all of us have a countdown timer like this…we just don’t spend much time looking at it.

Forgive us for being so blunt here…

But...

The ONE Thing That Helped Greg 4x His Turnover and 3x His Profits Jul 15, 2021

Sometimes the smallest things in business produce the biggest results.

Quick history lesson:

Back in 2013, Farm Owners Academy co-founder Greg owned a vet business that was turning over $750K per year, $150K of which was profit.

Not bad, right?

But to make that money, he had to do EVERYTH...

The 4 Biggest Tax Mistakes That Cost Farmers Thousands Jul 07, 2021

Ahh, that blissful feeling of finishing your year-end financials.

You’ve totaled the bank balances.

Listed your income and expenses.

Painstakingly answered the 101 questions from your accountant.

And even though you’re breathing a sigh of relief because you’re finished for the year…

…You

...

Ready, Steady…… GROW! Dec 16, 2019

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 ...

The 3 steps to growing your farm without you being there Dec 16, 2019

Imagine for a minute that you’re a dentist and you own a one-person business…

You genuinely love what you do.

You spend your days cleaning the teeth of your patients.

Your schedule is jam-packed and you feel a real sense of accomplishment after a hard day’s work.

Sounds pretty good, ...

The Best Ways to Grow Your Wealth... Safely Dec 16, 2019

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...

6 steps to take you from family farm to well-run business Nov 18, 2019

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...

Decision making - wing it or win it? Nov 18, 2019

When most farmers make decisions, they wing it.

They don’t have any tools or systems to help them decide whether something is a good financial decision or a bad one.

…Which leads to bad decisions that cause big problems like:

Unnecessary spending
Constrained progress (when it comes t...

How to reduce your biggest cost on the farm Nov 18, 2019

Are you wasting time without even knowing it?

Years ago, when I lived in Brisbane, I got up at 4:30 in the morning. I woke up before the sun so I could meet a mate of mine and train with him at the gym.

After six months of doing this, I happened to mention to him the route I took to the ...

To scale or not to scale…. that is the question Nov 18, 2019

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...