Farm Tender Daily

Farm Tender Daily - All the news from Wednesday, the 17th of July, 2024.

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By Dwain Duxson

Looking after many - We asked the question on our sister publication, The Farmers Club, where various commodity prices need to be to make a profit. We got some interesting replies, but none more than this one.

A Sheep and Wool Farmer told me on the phone that last financial year, he added up that he fed around 150,000 people for a day and clothed 60,000 people from his Livestock operation and didn’t make a profit. On face value, how unfair is that? Two of the most important things humans need to survive (food and clothing), and we can’t even create enough value to make a profit.

It’s business, I get that, and the price for Sheep, Lamb, and Wool was abysmal last financial year, but when you put it into a context like that, are we valuing our providers of these essentials enough? I am not a fan of us Farmers telling the world we are feeding them. You know the thank a Farmer for your last meal one? Those sorts of slogans make us cringe.

I’m just feeling for the Farmer. We laud our armed services, our police, our medical people, and our firefighters, but we forget about ourselves and how important our role is. Yes, we should be focused on providing for our family and running a good, profitable Farm business first and foremost. But it is worth stopping for a minute to think about what we actually do and what would happen if we collectively down tools for a week or two….. Have you ever thought of how many people you might feed or clothe? Reply to [email protected]

The Farmers Club headlines - Our 3 topics tomorrow are:
1) Servicing a large Farm asset is not as easy as it once was. Are economies of scale no longer?
2) We should not be ashamed of telling our story in Ag. It has wider benefits.
3) The cat and the crows. Take a link away from the chains, and it all falls down.
The Farmers Club - Non-Commodity ThinkingSign up here for free.

Mobble’s response - We wrote a story about how Mobble, the Farm software company, successfully services its customers and how it was a breath of fresh air in an industry that could do better at the servicing caper. They responded at the bottom of the page.

Historic for WA - We have a great working relationship with Agrichain, and we believe their software will soon be the industry standard in the Grains industry. Read the article here.

Today's Trends - Sales trends included Urea, Sheep Feeders, Lucerne Hay, Kikuyu Silage, Mobile Trail Feeder, Wheaten Hay, Field Bins, Clover Hay, Farm Trucks, Spreaders, Pick Up Front, Dolly, Oaten Hay, and Tractors.

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Dwain Duxson
P - 0427 011 900
E - [email protected]

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