Navigating on-farm risk and reward

About Navigating on-farm risk and reward

Supporting Aussie grain growers in on-farm decision making. Helping them get it more right, more often.

Publisher

Hart Field-Site Group

Category

science

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

24 Mar 2025

Latest episode

17 Jun 2025

Latest episodes

6 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   17 Jun 2025

   Nitrogen - achieve your yield potential

   Rebekah Allen discusses nitrogen application strategies and field trials associated with the RiskWi$e project, explaining how farmers make crucial nitrogen decisions, in an interview with Annabelle Homer and Sandy Kimber.

2. 

   26 May 2025

   Climate risk - the tools at your disposal

   Climate scientist Peter Hayman discusses short and long-term weather forecasts, historical climate data, and climate change with hosts Sandy Kimber and Annabelle Homer in an interview about on-farm decision making.

3. 

   5 May 2025

   Smart strategies for big risky decisions

   Welcome to the third podcast in this 5-part series all about helping farmers navigate on-farm risk and reward. It’s been developed as part of a 5-year national project called RiskWi$e, funded by GRDC and led by CSIRO. The whole point of this project is to understand and improve the risk and reward outcomes for Aussie grain growers bysupporting on-farm decision-making, so throughout this series, we’re going chat to some experts who will help you do just that. As individuals, we all have a different approach to managing risk, and our guests do too, so listen for the content that both resonates with you, and challenges you because ultimately, we want to help you get it more right, more often. In today’s episode, we chat with farm business coach, HR consultant and farm business strategist, Danielle LanninEngland about smart strategies for big risky decisions. Dani builds on some of the concepts we’ve discussed in the first two episode with Barry Mudge and Kate Burke. Shesteps out a process for making big decisions, helps define what we can and can’t control or have influence over, provides some handy rules of thumb, and has three really clear ‘top tips’ at the end. Here are some handy resources: BOOKLET (GRDC) Farm decision making; the interactionof personality, farm business and risk to make more informed decisions Authors: Cam Nicholson (Nicon Rural Services), Jeanette Long (Ag ConsultingCo), Danielle England (Aginnovate), Bill Long (Ag Consulting Co), Zoe Creelman(Southern Farming Systems), Barry Mudge (Barry Mudge Consulting), David Cornish(Cornish Consulting) https://grdc.com.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0032/436847/FarmDecisionMaking_128pp_2006_lowres.pdf (https://grdc.com.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0032/436847/FarmDecisionMaking_128pp_2006_lowres.pdf) This podcast is brought to you by the Central SA Action Research Group arm of RiskWi$e; the Hart Field-Site Group(lead), Mid North High Rainfall Zone, Upper North Farming Systems, Northern Sustainable Soils and Murray Plains Farmers. https://www.hartfieldsite.org.au/ (https://www.hartfieldsite.org.au/) https://www.mnhrz.com.au/ (https://www.mnhrz.com.au/) https://unfs.com.au/ (https://unfs.com.au/) https://www.facebook.com/NorthernSustainableSoils (https://www.facebook.com/NorthernSustainableSoils) https://murrayplainsfarmers.com.au/ (https://murrayplainsfarmers.com.au/) Hosted by: Sandy Kimber; HartField-Site Group & Annabelle Homer; VoiceIthttps://voiceit.me/ (https://voiceit.me/)

4. 

   15 Apr 2025

   Managing risk & reward - is personal

   Welcome to the second podcast in this 5-part series all about helping farmers navigate on-farm risk and reward. It’s been developed as part of a 5-year national project called RiskWi$e, funded by GRDC and led by CSIRO. The whole point of this project is to understand and improve the risk and reward outcomes for Aussie grain growers by supporting on-farm decision-making, so throughout this series, we’re going chat to some experts who will help you do just that. As individuals, we all have a different approach to managing risk, and our guests do too, so listen for the content that both resonates with you, and challenges you because ultimately, we want to help you get it more right, more often. In today’s episode, we chat with agri strategist, educator, speaker and author, Dr Kate Burke, about the ‘personal’ side of managing risk. We talk about decision making influences like stress, recency bias, comparison-itis, stage of life and so much more. She even talks about the joy of risk and lots more. Here are some handy resources: PODCAST Re:Thinking with Adam Grant Why aiming for the best isn’t always good for you, with Barry Schwartz and Coco Krumme https://open.spotify.com/episode/1XSEi6zqM72wBe7HJ0ldfW (https://open.spotify.com/episode/1XSEi6zqM72wBe7HJ0ldfW) https://www.ted.com/podcasts/rethinking-with-adam-grant/why-aiming-for-the-best-isn-t-always-good-for-you-transcript (https://www.ted.com/podcasts/rethinking-with-adam-grant/why-aiming-for-the-best-isn-t-always-good-for-you-transcript) (Kate mentions this when talking about ‘sacrificing’.) This podcast is brought to you by the Central SA Action Research Group arm of RiskWi$e; the Hart Field-Site Group (lead), Mid North High Rainfall Zone, Upper North Farming Systems, Northern Sustainable Soils and Murray Plains Farmers. https://www.hartfieldsite.org.au/ (https://www.hartfieldsite.org.au/) https://www.mnhrz.com.au/ (https://www.mnhrz.com.au/) https://unfs.com.au/ (https://unfs.com.au/) https://www.facebook.com/NorthernSustainableSoils (https://www.facebook.com/NorthernSustainableSoils) https://murrayplainsfarmers.com.au/ (https://murrayplainsfarmers.com.au/) Hosted by: Sandy Kimber; Hart Field-Site Group & Annabelle Homer; Voice It Produced by: Annabelle Homer; Voice It https://voiceit.me/ (https://voiceit.me/) Artwork by: Sandy Kimber The RiskWi$e project is ongoing and there is an amazing catalogue of resources available to farmers. Use these links: https://research.csiro.au/riskwise/ (https://research.csiro.au/riskwise/) https://www.uwacaed.org/behaviouralscience (https://www.uwacaed.org/behaviouralscience )

5. 

   27 Mar 2025

   On-farm risk & reward - understanding the basics

   Welcome to the first podcast in this 5-part series all about helping farmers navigate on-farm risk and reward. It’s been developed as part of a 5-year national project called RiskWi$e, funded by GRDC and led by CSIRO. The whole point of this project is to understand and improve the risk and reward outcomes for Aussie grain growers by supporting on-farm decision-making, so throughout this series, we’re going chat to some experts who will help you do just that. As individuals, we all have a different approach to managing risk, and our guests do too, so listen for the content that both resonates with you, and challenges you because ultimately, we want to help you get it more right, more often. In today’s episode, we chat with farmer and consultant, Barry Mudge, about understanding the basics of on-farm risk and reward. We define on-farm risk, before moving on to managing the uncertainty and variability in farming. We also talk about mind tricks, decision review, avoiding clangers and lots more. Here are some handy resources: BOOKS Thinking in bets: making smarter decisions when you don't have all the facts, by Annie Duke https://www.amazon.com.au/Thinking-Bets-Annie-Duke/dp/0735216371 (https://www.amazon.com.au/Thinking-Bets-Annie-Duke/dp/0735216371) How to decide: simple tools for making better choices, by Annie Duke https://www.amazon.com.au/How-Decide-Simple-Making-Choices/dp/0593418484 (https://www.amazon.com.au/How-Decide-Simple-Making-Choices/dp/0593418484) Thinking, fast and slow, by Daniel Kahneman https://www.amazon.com.au/Thinking-Fast-Slow-Daniel-Kahneman/dp/0374533555 (https://www.amazon.com.au/Thinking-Fast-Slow-Daniel-Kahneman/dp/0374533555) Noise: a flaw in human judgment, by Daniel Kahneman https://www.amazon.com.au/Noise-Human-Judgment-Daniel-Kahneman/dp/0316451401 (https://www.amazon.com.au/Noise-Human-Judgment-Daniel-Kahneman/dp/0316451401) Principles for dealing with the changing world order, by Ray Dalio https://www.principles.com/ (https://www.principles.com/) BOOKLET (GRDC) Farm decision making; the interaction of personality, farm business and risk to make more informed decisions Authors: Cam Nicholson (Nicon Rural Services), Jeanette Long (Ag Consulting Co), Danielle England (Aginnovate), Bill Long (Ag Consulting Co), Zoe Creelman (Southern Farming Systems), Barry Mudge (Barry Mudge Consulting), David Cornish (Cornish Consulting) https://grdc.com.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0032/436847/FarmDecisionMaking_128pp_2006_lowres.pdf (https://grdc.com.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0032/436847/FarmDecisionMaking_128pp_2006_lowres.pdf) YOUTUBE VIDEO (Murray Local Land Services) Decision Making Frameworks with Cam Nicholson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVaW3lb1aOw (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVaW3lb1aOw) This podcast is brought to you by the Central SA Action Research Group arm of RiskWi$e; the Hart Field-Site Group (lead), Mid North High Rainfall Zone, Upper North Farming Systems, Northern Sustainable Soils and Murray Plains Farmers. https://www.hartfieldsite.org.au/ (https://www.hartfieldsite.org.au/) https://www.mnhrz.com.au/ (https://www.mnhrz.com.au/) https://unfs.com.au/ (https://unfs.com.au/) https://www.facebook.com/NorthernSustainableSoils (https://www.facebook.com/NorthernSustainableSoils) https://murrayplainsfarmers.com.au/ (https://murrayplainsfarmers.com.au/) Hosted by: Sandy Kimber; Hart Field-Site Group & Annabelle Homer; Voice It https://voiceit.me/ (https://voiceit.me/) Produced by: Annabelle Homer; Voice It https://voiceit.me/ (https://voiceit.me/) Artwork by: Sandy Kimber The RiskWi$e project is ongoing and there is an amazing catalogue of resources available to farmers. Use these links: https://research.csiro.au/riskwise/ (https://research.csiro.au/riskwise/) https://www.uwacaed.org/behaviouralscience (https://www.uwacaed.org/behaviouralscience)

6. 

   24 Mar 2025

   Navigating on-farm risk & reward - Trailer

   How do you manage risky decisions on your farm? And how do you make sure you’re set up to capture therewards? If you’re an Aussie grain grower this podcast is foryou. We feature conversations with 5 experts who have yearsof experience in farming, farm consulting, climate science, applied research and risk management. Some on-farm decision making can seem complex and evenoverwhelming with so many factors to consider, but our aim is this podcast is to keep it simple. Our trailer features a snapshot from Barry Mudge, Dr Kate Burke, Danielle Lannin England, Peter Hayman and Rebekah Allen. Hit the follow button to keep you up to date with all episode drops. Navigating on-farm risk and reward – getting it more right, more often. https://research.csiro.au/riskwise/ (https://research.csiro.au/riskwise/) https://www.uwacaed.org/behaviouralscience (https://www.uwacaed.org/behaviouralscience)

Podcast Authority Score: 8 / 100

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