24 Nov 2020 Agri-Finance Funding Success Studies
SCENARIO ONE Client A Loan Limit: $7,275,000 Enterprise: Agri (horticulture, dryland cropping) Type: Tier 1 banking Location: ...
24 Nov 2020 Pioneers and Forefathers – a 100 years of Farming
By Ian Robinson In January 1788 Australia’s livestock industry consisted of just 7 horses, 7 cattle, 29 sheep, 74 pigs, 5 rabbits, 18 turkeys, 29 geese, 35 ducks and 209 fowls. By...
11 Nov 2020 Agri-funding Success Case Study
CLIENT POSITION Holding both agri and residential investments $1.85mil agri facility $970k residential investment facilities REASON FOR ENGAGEMENT The client was interested in exploring competitive finance options & better service After...
11 Nov 2020 Drought, Bushfires, Pandemic, US Election & China’s Trade Tariffs – are you prepared?
By Deb Purvis Drought, Bushfires, Pandemic, US Election & China’s Trade Tariffs, some of these events have had us thinking much further into the future than perhaps we ever have before. Scenario...
27 Oct 2020 Interest rates, drought strategies and ‘Cost of Carry’
By John Waterman After witnessing the severity of recent droughts, the severe shortage of fodder, and the high cost of freight, never has there been a better time to reflect on...
27 Oct 2020 Advice to young farmers from decorated veterans in Finance
By Brad Sewell Communicate your ambitions One of the most important things for a young person setting out in the rural industry is to express their passion for the industry and state...
14 Oct 2020 In case you missed it: RBA position on Interest Rates
Sarah Turner from the AFR (dd 10 July 2020) noted that the Reserve Bank of Australia has given its strongest signal yet that it will lower interest rates below its...
14 Oct 2020 Why farms are still Undervalued
By Ian Robinson (email ian@robinsonsewell.com.au if you want a copy of the farm valuation calculator). The greatest debate is how farms are valued or should be valued. What should you really pay...
29 Sep 2020 Agricultural Debt Funding Success Stories
CLIENT POSITION: $2,010,000 RSP client, grain farmer in Mid North SA engaged RSP to review their business finance. They were keen to review the suitability of current lending products for their...
29 Sep 2020 It’s not just about Interest Rates
By Deb Purvis There are many other reasons why RSP are engaged to work with businesses on their finance. Here are a few key ones to get you thinking...
16 Sep 2020 Latest Farm Depreciation Case Studies
Case Study 1 – Grazing property Kangaroo Island SA $2.5m Assets: 809 Ha, 55km fencing, cattle yards, sheep yards, shearing shed, several small sheds, silos & house. Total Depreciation $460 000 Depreciation claimable...
16 Sep 2020 Discovering Your Inner Honey Badger
By Ian Robinson If your muscular nicotinic cholinergic receptor has evolved so it will not bind to a-neurotoxins, then you are lucky that you will be able to fend off snake...