Daily 501 - Bite sized bits

Farm Tender Daily - All the news for Wednesday, the 23rd of October, 2024.

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By Dwain Duxson - An Ag Enthusiast

Bite sized bits - I was listening to the "Boot Off Log On" podcast featuring legendary Agriculturalist, Professor Bill Malcolm. Take a listen here. Bill said this: "Decision making with the potential of a loss will be different to the decision making with the potential of a gain".

So, what I have taken away from this is what might play out in 2025, which we wrote about in The Farmers Club the other day. Because 2024 has been a tough season for many, those going into 2025 will be nervous about how they might go. So, decision-making will be different from those who have come off a very good 2024 and will be confident they will do it again.

We are going to angle our FarmTender2025 - The Business of Farming event in SA around the 2025 recovery process and how we can better build our confidence, what sort of attitude is needed, rebuilding the balance sheet/P&L, etc. That will be our theme, and the speaker will focus on that.

One little bit of advice I heard a while back for those who are nervous about going again in 2025 is to break the year down into, say, 6 parts (2 months) and only focus on the part you are in. That way, you won't become outcome-focused, which will do your head in. Some of you might have started the 2025 season planning already. But I think it's good advice: don't focus on the outcome, focus on bite-sized bits. That way, you give yourself the best chance of making decisions with the potential of a gain. Are you confident or nervous about the 2025 season? Reply to [email protected]

S&W Seeds saga - We have had some new information that has come to light and will publish it tomorrow (Thursday). Keep an eye out. Reply to [email protected]

The Farmers Club headlines - Our 3 topics tomorrow are:
1) Moisture is king pin in a dry year. Sometimes we can get complacent about it….
2) 30 year ago it would take the worse Farmer in the district 20 years to go broke. Not anymore…….
3) The workload on everyone and everything during Harvest keeps growing. What gives….
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Today's Trends - Sales trends included Groupers, Urea, Sheep Feeders, Feed Corn, Mother Bins, Machinery Carrier, Augers, Offset Discs, GPS Equipment, Cattle Loading Ramp, Header Fronts and Vetch Seed.

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Dwain Duxson
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