#Farm business Archives

Ukraine and Omicron Impact on Farmers

Darryl Gobbet shares his thoughts with Mike Krause on the economic impact of the recent Russian invasion of Ukraine and the latest Omicron pandemic. These two events will have a significant impact on the Australian economy, and the farm business, through rising commodity prices and farm input costs, and ultimately inflation and the value of the Australian dollar. Mike Krause is one of Australia’s leading Farm Business Management consultants with significant experience in providing farm business management support, training and consulting to Australia’s agricultural and agri-business industries. [...]

Interest Rates and Your Farm Business

Darryl Gobbet is currently a Visiting Fellow at the SA Centre for Economic Studies at the University of Adelaide. Darryl is an eminent economist and has had many roles in his successful business career. Darryl and Mike’s path first crossed in the late 1980’s at The State Bank, the predecessor the BankSA. Notably in those times interest rates reached the giddy heights of 22%. Darryl shares his thoughts on current interest rates and where he thinks they are heading, and the impact of this on the farm business and rural land values. [...]