Enhancing farm business management – Tactics for the year ahead

About this episode

This episode discusses key settings and decisions shaping the current dairy season with insights from farm consultants.

This episode features an excerpt of a recording from a recent Dairy Australia webinar focused on the key settings and decisions shaping the current dairy season.  Greg Duncan, Dairy Australia’s Farm Business Program Lead, joins farm consultants Fiona Smith and Tom Farran to share practical insights from their work with dairy farmers.   Topics include:  planning and responding to milk price announcements  managing the impacts of drought and flooding  making tactical decisions around herd, feed, water, input costs and cashflow.  For more information and support with your farm business management needs, visit Farm Business   Watch the full webinar:  Tactics for the year ahead | Enhancing farm business management   Related links   Contact Us   Rural Financial Counselling Service (RFCS) - DAFF   Help with farm management decisions | Drought support | Farm management | Agriculture Victoria   Issues & Emergencies   Events   If you have suggestions for future podcast episodes, you can get in contact with us by emailing  dairypod@dairyaustralia.com.au   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy…

People in this episode

Guests: Fiona Smith, Tom Farran

Topics covered

• planning and responding to milk price announcements
• managing the impacts of drought and flooding
• making tactical decisions around herd, feed, water, input costs and cashflow

Keywords

• dairy farming
• farm business management
• drought
• flooding
• milk price

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Farm Business Watch

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