Holmes Sackett AgInsights

It is evident that the most telling impact on agriculture businesses from bad seasons, is a loss of confidence in the things that work.

AgInsights is an annual summary of the Holmes Sackett farm benchmarking service results. It allows individuals to compare farm performance to avoid drawing false conclusions. AgInsights has become Australia's most important source of knowledge on improving farm performance, through analysis of over 175 farm businesses across south eastern Australia, over 13 years.

AgInsights report the variation in farm business performance and profit, and investigates why these differences appear. AgInsights looks at what the best do differently and how they do it to achieve consistently better profits. It reports comparisons of income, costs and key performance indicators for the whole farm and at the enterprise level.

What you need to know to shape your future is in AgInsights

 Farm business performance

• Does getting bigger mean getting better?
• How can top 20% profitability be matched?

Enterprise comparisons

• Is being very good at each enterprise more important than being average at any enterprise?
• How can the volatility of cropping be managed?
• What productivity improvements are emerging in the wool industry?

Beef production

• Why does resource base affect beef production strategies?
• What factors help to avoid the worst impacts of drought feeding?
• Calving rate or pregnancy rate - which is more important?

Lamb & wool production

• Is lambing before spring better than spring lambing?
• What shouldn't be done when lamb prices retreat?
• What can be done to get the most out of wool production systems?
• How will recent genetic emphasis on meat and better season's impact wool flocks?

Crop production

• What effect do poor seed choices have on the bottom line?
• What are the key characteristics to understand about your variety?
• How can stubble retention be managed effectively?