With the number of children studying agriculture in high schools dropping significantly in the past 15 years, agribusinesses must play a larger role in encouraging students to take an interest in the industry. In 1997, more than 2,200 Year 12…
As the average age of farmers in Australia continues to grow, attracting younger workers has never been more important. But how can an industry where the average age of participants is in the mid fifties, hope to compete with technology…
As anyone who has worked in the agribusiness sector knows, attracting well-qualified candidates to agricultural industries has become more and more difficult in recent years. From a dearth of degree-qualified candidates to unrealistic expectations from prospective employees about remuneration, agribusinesses…
As the rise of the world’s middle class in Asia dominates the growth of Australia’s food and agricultural industries over the next half century, what are the main challenges facing agribusinesses in the near future? A lack of graduates coming…
Long time past employees of Weston Milling. Total of 85 years service at GWF. Brett Price (L) Reg Gough (C) and John Stevenson (R)
Dame Quentin Bryce the former Governor-General of Australia, giving a speech at a Women in Focus luncheon that Brett and I attended. It was an exceptional talk about her affinity with rural Australia, her upbringing in the rural outback town…
More than two-thirds of multinational companies (69%) rank talent acquisition and tracking as the workforce management strategy with the greatest impact on their organisation's business objectives, according to new research released by the ADP Research Institute. Yet 49% of respondents…
Many companies spend a significant amount of time on strategic planning but some executives believe that it is little more than a dog and pony show and see little benefit from the investment. So what is current thinking on the…
