27 Oct 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...
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...
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...
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...
By Ian Robinson (email [email protected] 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
There have been numerous times of hearing the older farming generation say, “There aren’t enough young people coming into agriculture”. At RSP, we have always argued that this is not...
With many parts of Australia looking like the photo above in 2017, 2018, and 2019, and with farmers cash reserves correspondingly exhausted, our theory was that it would take 2...
Client Position: $3 400 000 This client first contacted us after their current bank had begun to pressure them to repay the loans owing. The financial structure of the business, including...
By Deb Purvis It is that time of the year when the Spring marketing campaign begins. The next-door neighbours land is for sale or maybe you are considering spreading your risk...