The communication style that built your farm won't pass it on. Succession planning isn't a document — it's the decision to stop using the same tool on the

A Mother's Day reflection on the women behind Australia's farming families — and the quiet role they play in farm succession planning. She's going to read this and

Years ago I was sitting around a kitchen table with a family about eighteen months into the worst drought their district had seen in living memory. Well below

When I look back at my twenties, I realise I had the wrong end of the stick. I believed that if I didn’t get things right early —

I once had an old bloke say something to me that really stuck. He said, “Ben, people reckon the hardest part is surviving the tough years.” The floods.

I love Christmas. Always have. Growing up on the farm, it was the one time of year when all the extended family came home. The town cousins arrived

Remember when technology was meant to save us time? Yeah, me too. We were told: “Get this app. Buy that gadget. Automate the boring stuff.” And suddenly you’ll

I’ve worked with a lot of families over the years — big ones, small ones, grazing, cropping, you name it. Different enterprises, different challenges… but the same pattern

Just because someone’s at the top doesn’t mean they’re enjoying the view. They might be sitting on a valuable operation. Running a highly profitable business. Getting recognition in

Just last month, a family submitted an expression of interest for the last space in our High Performing Families Accelerator community. They were on an impressive trajectory —