🟢 Wednesday's Club Notes (Free)

The free version of “Club Notes” for Wednesday, the 22nd of April, 2026.

By Dwain Duxson - Ag Content Creator

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• The latest Jeff McDonald podcast - Our latest Jeff McDonald podcast is on the subject of mindset, which has been learn't by Jeff over many years of dealing with his Farmer clients. In these clips in the preview version, we talk about the importance of listening and cover the topic of resilience, showing how it can be both a good and a bad thing. And the best bit is the piece about what someone looks like when they do have the mindset thing down pat, when they have it all together. Jeff said the traits these people possess are the ones we should be striving to adopt. Take a listen here on Apple Podcasts and over here on Spotify.

• Our latest writings:

• New way to look at killing weeds - A US company is trying to reimagine weed control in Crops from the ground up with designer proteins. Very interesting.

• Pigs are the modern-day rabbits, and there are suggestions that there are 40 to 50 million of them around. Farmers are at a loss.

• Cash is returning, and there is a very good reason why, and it has something to do with a bloke called Jim……

• Michael Bagshaw talks about the instant asset write-off and how it affects you now, a few years down the track.

• We have a new contributor, Caleb Schwartz, a young 22-year-old who writes great stuff. Read his bio.

• The Kings might return to their Grass Castles. The Wool market is really kicking some goals.

• John Wagner is a country-based billionaire who gives us a candid outline of how this country is going and where it's headed. He doesn't mince words.

• Caleb's Column - Our new columnist gives us a rundown on his recent move to Alice Springs.

• A financial commentator out of the US wrote this: "A profit is no longer a profit if you use that profit to buy Equipment that doesn't generate any new income". We unpack what it might mean.

• Jeff McDonald spoke about how he used to see things as either black or white. So, over the years, he has trained himself to see things more grey and to hold the things he held tightly more loosely.

• AI is getting better, and with that, we will find it hard to decipher whether things are real or not. We give a really good example of this.

• Have a great Wednesday, and remember to subscribe to listen to all our great podcasts in full.

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Podcasts:

From Episode 23 onwards, our podcasts are now in-house for paid-up subscribers only.

Latest Podcasts - EP 48) —— Preview Jeff McDonald EP 47) —— Preview Panel of Agriculturalists EP 46) —— Preview Barry Clark EP 45) —— Preview Alice Mabin EP 44) —— Preview Ash Dinning EP 43) —— Preview Ben McEvoy EP 42) —— Preview Jeff McDonald EP 41) —— Preview St John Craner EP 40) —— Preview Kent Wooding EP 39) —— Preview Kate Burke EP 38) —— Preview Simon Quilty EP 37) —— Preview Bill Long (part 2) EP 36) —— Preview Bill Long (part 1) EP 35) —— Preview Jonathan Lillie EP 34) —— Preview Tim Burvill EP33) —— Preview Nikki Lyons EP 32) —— Preview Pat Mangan EP 31) —— Kelly Marson EP 30) —— Preview - Ken Solly (part 2) EP 29) —— Preview - Ken Solly (part 1) EP 28) Preview - Libby Price EP 27) Preview - Ben Duxson EP 26) Preview - Joe Messina EP 25) Preview - Jeff McDonald. EP 24) Preview - Lachie McKenzie EP 23) —— Preview - Jack Owen EP 22) —— Ken Williamson. EP 21) —— Claudia Bryant. EP 20) —— The Megafert Scandal. EP 19) —— Donald Carter. EP 18) —— Nigel Kerin. EP 17) —— Paul Ryan. EP 16) —— Jim Hoffmann. EP 15) —— Will Abbott. EP 14) —— Andrew Sloan. EP 13) —— Warren Davies. EP 12) —— Jim Riordan. EP 11) —— Jason “Chippa” Gordon. EP-10) —— John Carter. EP 9) —— Hayley Grosser. EP 8) Andy Worland. —— EP 7) Wayne Hawkins. —— EP 6) Sam Van Assche. —— EP 5) John Richards. —— EP 4) Harry Bourchier (part 3). —— EP 3) Harry Bourchier (part 2). —— EP 2) Harry Bourchier (part 1).

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