🟢 Wednesday's Club Notes (Free)

What’s a club? - It’s a good question to ask. When we started The Farmers Club, we thought long and hard about what a great club look like. We naturally went and studied the local sporting clubs, which many of us are, or have been, involved in. The conclusion we came to was that a club should be a place where you give a little, but get a whole lot more in return. So there has to be value in a subscription or membership to a club. If some of the very best Farmers see that value in our little club, then we are on the right track. Is there a club you get measured value from?

Our latest writings:

We don’t get the flywheel effect happening much in Ag, but it’s out of control on the virtual fencing front right now. All of a sudden it’s a must-have…

Some of the small things we might notice can give us an indication of how an industry or sector is faring. There’s a great recession indicator they use out of the US, and it’s related to heavy Truck sales. Works every time.

I reckon selling Wool’s virtues has been tried and tested, and it doesn’t work. We explain why we have come to this conclusion.

We found that being an Agricultural contractor of some sort can be a great introduction into running a larger Farming outfit. We reel off a few case studies.

With AI, we could possibly do our Farm P & L daily, especially if we are able to measure weight gain in Livestock on a daily basis. We explain how it can be done.

What’s one of the biggest game changers in Ag? We cited the 4WD Ute as one, as I remember getting bogged many a time in the old Holden 2WD Utes. You thought you could, but you couldn’t….

Guest columnist Michael Bagshaw asks: Do Farmers need a coach? There are a few with coaches now, and Michael thinks it's making a difference.

The name of the game in Livestock these days is weight gain; that’s where the $$ are. This is where in-paddock weighing has become revolutionary. You can identify quickly if your animals are losing weight.

We have been doing a writers course, and we did a bit of A/B testing between the old bio pre-writers course and the new bio post-writers course. Go to the “Meet” section of the website here to read the new version.

Our young-gun guest columnist Caleb Schwartz writes about how to be a good community person.

Have a great Wednesday, and there's nothing better than joining like-minded people in a club-like atmosphere. Come join us.