Show Notes
Welcome to the Shared Ag Solutions podcast by BCG, with your host Janine Batters. Janine is a partner in a mixed farming operation in the northern Wimmera and looks after media and communications at BCG. She has been busy revamping the BCG podcast and is excited to present a new, eight part series: Planning for profit. Janine will be talking with farmers, researchers and experts in their field, covering topics such as how to organise your farm for profit AND work/life balance, how to attract good employees in peak seasons and how to keep them, profit margins and where to spend them to reach your goals and the steps you can take to drought-proof your farm. This show is for those curious to hear the latest news and agricultural research and how to apply it on-farm to improve profitability, decision making, safety, community development and overall wellbeing. It is focused on the listener’s needs with BCG staff and renowned agricultural scientists unpacking growers’ agronomic and business challenges. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Dr. Yolanda Plowman sat down with Dr. Corinne Celestina to discuss the findings from RiskWi$e's nitrogen (N) field trials. Corinne and Yolanda cover three main findings from the trials including the value of calculating your partial N balance. This is as easy as calculating N input as fertilizer or fixation (if you are growing a legume) and export as grain. This partial N balance can help you figure out whether you are losing or building N in your system. We hope you enjoy! To learn more head to: RiskWi$e | Birchip Cropping Group See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
For Episode 2 of Decision Fit, Claudia returns to the kitchen table to chat with her family. In this episode she dives into the decision making processes that occur between Terry and Charlie and gains insights into how they approach machinery purchases, nitrogen decisions and communication methods. We hope you enjoy! To learn more head to: RiskWi$e | Birchip Cropping Group See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
For Episode 1 of Decision Fit, Dr. Yolanda Plowman has a chat with farmer and farm advisor Cam Nicholson to discuss what it means to be a good decision maker, how you can train your decision-making skills, and what role biases and rules of thumb play in all of this. Cam also shares insights into the value of new technology and the importance of having business partners that think differently to one another. We hope you enjoy! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Welcome to Decision Fit! The Birchip Cropping Group is launching a new podcast series exploring the thinking behind on-farm decision making. We will be interviewing farmers, researchers and industry experts to talk about decision making in the face of risk and uncertainty in agriculture. This series is made possible by RiskWi$e, a CSIRO led and GRDC funded project. Learn more about RiskWi$e here: RiskWi$e | Birchip Cropping Group. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
BCG's Communications Officer Claudia sat down with her Dad, Terry for a conversation close to home. Terry is a fifth-generation farmer from Boigbeat. On December 4, 2023, Terry sustained a serious hand injury during harvest. He reflects on what happened, how the farm has changed since, and how the accident has shaped Terry’s outlook on the future and retirement. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.