A conversation with Lachlan Polkinghorne discussing the dos and don'ts of land leasing.  In this episode, we will cover the following:

- Key concepts when negotiating a lease

- Where do most lease go wrong?

- How do you set a fair and reasonable price for a lease?

- How do you asses the returns?

- How to make the lease work from a lessors and lessees perspective?

- Other considerations that have historically worked well?

Pulling apart the 'Dirty Dozen' attributes and strategies of a successful farming business with Mark Morton:

1. Clear and communicated vision

2. Established key performance metrics to measure success

3. Position descriptions, roles and responsibilities

4. Governance process in place

5. Risk planning

6. Defined organisational capability

7. Lead indicators in place and the ability to report on them

8. Understand solvency

9. Reporting process in place (balance sheet, cash flow, profit and loss, trading accounts)

10. Technology plan

11. Proactive management of succession

12. Policies in place to assist with decision making

A conversation with Judd Smith from ProAdvice regarding refinancing from a lender perspective:

A conversation with Marilyn Williams discussing STP finalisation.

A tax planning refresher with John Gibson discussing the key themes.

- What is tax planning?

A conversation with Jane Chopping discussing some tips and suggestions to assist with managing your inbox and document filing systems.

A short episode discussing some responses to a few questions from the listeners:

A quick review of 2020 which has certainly provided many items of interest for discussion and analysis.  Some key themes for agriculture for the year include:

A conversation with Bronwyn Walker from ProAdvice discussing developments in the technology area to assist with creating an automated office. 

In this podcast we discuss the following:

A conversation with Cody Townend from Proadvice  discussing cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology and what applications there may be in agriculture.