Future Farmers Network (FFN) has partnered with Chapman Eastway to support a series of events throughout regional Australia to discuss, and present the findings of the report: Australian Farming Families, Succession and Inheritance.
This study was conducted by Chapman Eastway and Charles Sturt University. It has been developed through case studies from across the country as well as long standing and new research into business models, communication and organisational development.
The aim of the workshops is to present the findings of the report to the communities it was written for to offer insights and examples of what has worked, what hasn’t and where the opportunities may lie. In addition, it is hoped that it will provide some clarity and potential pathways for farming families to embark on their own succession process.
There will be expressions of interest called for in the coming weeks, where communities may register to host an event in their local community. Chapman Eastway and FFN will then work with and provide resources for the events to take place. For more information email admin@futurefarmers.com.au.
Segal joins Rabo
FINANCIAL services company director and former deputy chairman of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, Jillian Segal, has joined Rabobank’s Australia and New Zealand Group boards.
Ms Segal’s extensive board experience across the private and public sectors, coupled with a background in governance and law, made her an “ideal fit”, said Australian and NZ chairman, Sir Henry van der Heyden. She fills a board vacancy left by retiring former Rabobank Australian chairman, Bill Gurry, who served on the Australian and New Zealand boards from 2005.
Ms Segal is a former director of National Australia Bank and the Australian Securities Exchange and formerly chaired the board of the Australian Banking Industry Ombudsman. Her current positions include chair of the General Sir John Monash Foundation and the Australia-Israel Chamber of Commerce (NSW). She is also deputy chancellor of UNSW Australia.
US Fertoz contract
AUSTRALIAN-listed fertiliser minnow, Fertoz, has been selected to supply organic rock phosphate to AG Unlimited, a premier agricultural retail supplier in Northern California and the organic arm of the Lyman/Tremont Group. Fertoz is aiming at North American sales of 10,000 tonnes this year helped significantly by the two-year agreement.
