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...
27 Oct 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...
14 Oct 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...
14 Oct 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. ...
29 Sep 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...
29 Sep 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...
16 Sep 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 &...
16 Sep 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...
01 Sep Youth in Agriculture never in doubt
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...
01 Sep Why did it take so long…(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...