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Job Hunting? Get Your Ducks in a Row First!

When people are looking for a new role, there is often a strong focus on the job itself — what it pays, where it is, what the hours are, whether it feels like the right next step. All important, ofRead more

Contract Milking Agreements

The new contractor “gateway test” (in force from 21 February 2026) is designed to give more certainty when the arrangement clearly looks and behaves like contracting from the start. If theRead more

Employment Relations Law Changes: what you need to know

A set of changes to the Employment Relations Act are now live. The goal is to make some parts of employment law clearer and reduce “gotchas”, while still requiring employers to act fairly and inRead more

Training Your Trainers - Why it Matters on Farm

When it comes to training on farm, the biggest mistakes often happen when the trainer isn’t equipped to teach properly. And in most farming businesses, your trainers are the owners, managers, or 2IRead more

Sticking the Landing This Year

Welcome to 2026!  Hopefully you’ve had a break, the head’s a bit clearer, and you’ve had a moment to picture the year ahead. Now that you’re back at work: the inbox springs to life, the teamRead more

The Stuff That Trips Farms Up: 3 Recent Real-World Employment Reminders

Most employment issues in agriculture don’t start in an office — they start in the shed, in the house, or in a string of texts that get a bit too sharp. When things get tense, the ERA doesn’t jRead more

Your Leadership Style Over the Busy Season

The end of the year has a way of bringing out all sorts of leadership habits — some helpful, some… not so much. When everyone’s running hot and the jobs keep coming, it’s easy to slip into aRead more

EQ & the Power of the Pause

(why great leaders don’t rush the first response) On busy farms and across fast-moving agri-businesses, tension can spike quickly—rosters, weather, milk price, breakdowns, customer deliveryRead more

When You Need a GM Who Can Actually Deliver

Over the past few months we’ve completed a string of senior agri-sector placements and, on the back of a recent call-out for an interim/project GM, we’ve connected with a strong pool of provenRead more

Finding the Right Fit for 1 June 2026

Contract milking, sharemilking and farm management roles for the 1 June 2026 season are already hitting our desk—and we’re loving the conversations. For us, recruitment isn’t about filling aRead more

Good Leaders Grow Good People

Running a small business — especially a farming one — means wearing a dozen hats every day. You're the boss, the vet, the problem-solver, the machinery operator, the negotiator, the mechanic, theRead more

The Biggest Challenge in Farming?

Plan it, plant it, grow it: get deliberate about your people this spring Ask any farming business where their biggest headaches are, and chances are, people will be near the top of the list. Finding Read more

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