The Game Business Journey
08/31/22 • 49 min
Kevin and Brodie Game with their young family, dairy at Bemboka on the far south coast of NSW and have worked hard at achieving their goals over the last 12 years. From small beginnings they have grown into a large and profitable business, with the inevitable ups and downs along the way. They have also just reached the end of their first year as the NSW Focus Farm which has provided them with great support and guidance, so along with Kevin and Brodie, I am joined by Justin Walsh who is facilitating their Focus Farm project.
We often hear that it is too hard for young people to get into dairying and ultimately own their own farm, unless they are fortunate enough to already be part of a family-owned generational business.
Today we hear how a dream such as this can become a reality through good planning, management and being able to make the most of opportunities when they present themselves.
Useful resources related to this podcast:
Leasing dairy assets resource pack
This podcast is an initiative of the NSW DPI Dairy Business Advisory Unit
It is brought to you in partnership the Hunter Local Land Services
Please share this podcast with your fellow farmers and colleagues and feel free to contact us with suggestions or comments via this email address [email protected]
Further NSW DPI Dairy channels to follow and subscribe to include;
DPI Intensive Livestock Twitter feed
Transcript here
Produced by Video Lift
The information discussed in this podcast are for informative and educational purposes only and do not constitute advice.
Kevin and Brodie Game with their young family, dairy at Bemboka on the far south coast of NSW and have worked hard at achieving their goals over the last 12 years. From small beginnings they have grown into a large and profitable business, with the inevitable ups and downs along the way. They have also just reached the end of their first year as the NSW Focus Farm which has provided them with great support and guidance, so along with Kevin and Brodie, I am joined by Justin Walsh who is facilitating their Focus Farm project.
We often hear that it is too hard for young people to get into dairying and ultimately own their own farm, unless they are fortunate enough to already be part of a family-owned generational business.
Today we hear how a dream such as this can become a reality through good planning, management and being able to make the most of opportunities when they present themselves.
Useful resources related to this podcast:
Leasing dairy assets resource pack
This podcast is an initiative of the NSW DPI Dairy Business Advisory Unit
It is brought to you in partnership the Hunter Local Land Services
Please share this podcast with your fellow farmers and colleagues and feel free to contact us with suggestions or comments via this email address [email protected]
Further NSW DPI Dairy channels to follow and subscribe to include;
DPI Intensive Livestock Twitter feed
Transcript here
Produced by Video Lift
The information discussed in this podcast are for informative and educational purposes only and do not constitute advice.
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Funding from the NSW Farm Business Resilience Program enabled this project to happen. It has highlighted key physical and financial traits of the top performers such as herd size, usable land area, production, stocking rate, cow and labour efficiency and cost of production.
Farmers and industry are always keen to understand features of profitable dairy businesses under different conditions. In Australia we are fortunate to have a national program led by Dairy Australia called the Dairy Farm Monitor Project that enables us to do this across the different dairying regions with the support of generous anonymous dairy farmers who provide their time and information. This supports individual businesses understand their performance but also provides us with insight into farm performance during the course of a year and trends over time.
Useful resources related to this podcast:
NSW Dairy Farm Monitor Annual Reports
NSW DPI Dairy Breakfast (webinar) recording
This podcast is an initiative of the NSW DPI Dairy Business Advisory Unit
It is brought to you in partnership the Hunter Local Land Services
Please share this podcast with your fellow farmers and colleagues and feel free to contact us with suggestions or comments via this email address [email protected]
Further NSW DPI Dairy channels to follow and subscribe to include;
DPI Intensive Livestock Twitter feed
Transcript
Produced by Video Lift
The information discussed in this podcast are for informative and educational purposes only and do not constitute advice.
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This month our focus is on technology and my guest is Dr Nicolas Lyons, who is Leader Dairy with the NSW DPI dairy team. Nico has had a career shaped by his involvement with dairy farm technology, both in research and on farm implementation.
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Useful resources related to this podcast:
NSW DPI Dairy website (look for Precision Dairy Farming)
Precision Dairy Farming Association
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This podcast is an initiative of the NSW DPI Dairy Business Advisory Unit
It is brought to you in partnership the Hunter Local Land Services
Please share this podcast with your fellow farmers and colleagues and feel free to contact us with suggestions or comments via this email address [email protected]
Further NSW DPI Dairy channels to follow and subscribe to include;
DPI Intensive Livestock Twitter feed
Transcript here
Produced by Video Lift
The information discussed in this podcast are for informative and educational purposes only and do not constitute advice.
The Business of Dairy - The Game Business Journey
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The Business of Dairy
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Sheena Carter: Welcome to the Business of Dairy Podcast, I'm Sheena Carter, Development Officer with the New South Wales Department of Primary Industries Dairy Team. We often hear that it is too hard for young people to get into dairying and ultimately own their own farm unless they're fortunate enough to already be part of a family owned generation
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