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If you want to own a farm, step back from your farm or invest in a farm then this is the podcast for you. Cultivate Farms is rejuvenating regional communities by making it possible for anyone to own a farm. No longer is capital the biggest barrier to becoming a farmer - it is your mindset. Cultivate Farms matches aspiring farmers with retiring farmers and investors to own and operate a farm together.

The Farm Ownership Podcast Cultivate Farms

    • Business
    • 4.8 • 6 Ratings

If you want to own a farm, step back from your farm or invest in a farm then this is the podcast for you. Cultivate Farms is rejuvenating regional communities by making it possible for anyone to own a farm. No longer is capital the biggest barrier to becoming a farmer - it is your mindset. Cultivate Farms matches aspiring farmers with retiring farmers and investors to own and operate a farm together.

    Change your mindset and get on track with your farm

    Change your mindset and get on track with your farm

    We have had a few people get back to us recently why they think the time isn’t right to really dig in and make their farm ownership dreams happen. Given we are kicking off our farm pitching program (www.cultivatefarms.com/cultivator), I thought now was another great time to smash through any excuses you have which are stopping you getting on your pathway to own your farm.
    1. You need to be ready to jump onto opportunities The Cultivate Farms team continually get asked to comment on next gen farm ownership issues and this is helping us to uncover farm ownership opportunities. This means that farms could pop up anywhere, anytime, and they could meet your needs perfectly. But unless you have a plan and are ready, we are going to struggle to recommend you to these retiring farmers. Our need is to have high quality farmers, with a plan and proven record, to put in front of farmers that are always coming to us. That means you need to be ready, mentally and also with a plan and track record. That is why we started Cultivator - our farm pitching program. It is the very best way for you to work through everything you need to make sure you are ready. The program works and you just need to take the leap to do it. You have to have a plan, you need confidence and you need to practice your pitch; everything you get in the program.
    2. Farms are expensive People have been saying this for decades and it is probably more true than ever now. But no matter the price of farms, you need to be the best farmer that can make money off the farm or farming area you want to farm. Even if you had the money to buy a farm, you wouldn’t be farming somewhere you couldn’t make money. So make sure you know how to farm well and make money, then pick the locations where you think the land prices will work and focus your efforts there. Maybe you are looking at areas, which don’t make sense for the farming you do.
    3. I’m too busy Life will never get quieter and you always make time for your priorities We tell our farmers to sit back and think about what they want out of life and if farm ownership is up the top, then we know and have seen, farmers make time. Once you do the heavy lifting on the why, how, what and finances, you will be able to hunt for farms and ownership opportunities like breathing. It is getting things going and having the plan clear at the start which takes time. But you need to find it, and you can if your driver is to own your farm.
    4. I’m not ready If you don’t know how to run a farm and make money off it, then you probably aren’t ready.
    But if you are working for someone else or doing farming on your own through leasing or a small block, then you are probably ready.
    This is about you being confident in your own skills. Don’t worry about what others will think. If you know you are a great farmer, then you are ready. Cultivator 6 The next farm investment program starts in early May and places are filling. So please do jump on the website and check it out.
    If you want to own your farm, you need a plan and this is the best way to get you to get that plan and the confidence to realise it. Get more information here: www.cultivatefarms.com/cultivator
     
     
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    • 6 min
    Cultivate Farms matching farmers with investors and retiring farmers

    Cultivate Farms matching farmers with investors and retiring farmers

    If you can't afford to buy a farm yourself, are there ways that you might be able to team up with people who have the capital to invest in you?
     
    There are so many people who would love to own their farm and farm ownership is so deep. They wanted to own their farm but if you start from scratch and aren't going to inherit, a five million ticket is a pretty big price.
     
    It's not gonna be a smooth pathway or an easy pathway to get there, but it's possible.

    • 7 min
    Matching Farmers in the Mildura and Mallee regions (Ft.Rebecca from ABC Wimmera)

    Matching Farmers in the Mildura and Mallee regions (Ft.Rebecca from ABC Wimmera)

    Cultivate Farms have a focus on the Mildura and Mallee regions with our efforts to match farmers. We want to get at least three farm ownership matches in the next 12 months. Sam chats with Rebecca from ABC Wimmera about how anyone can be a farm matchmaker and help keep/bring the next generation into farm ownership.

    • 11 min
    Federal AgriStarter Loans are now available

    Federal AgriStarter Loans are now available

    The Federal Government have just announced the AgriStarter Loan is now available. They say they are 'loans to assist first-time farmers and loans to support farm succession arrangements'.
     
    https://www.ric.gov.au/agristarter#guidelines
     
    I have had a quick skim and it looks pretty good. Good rate and terms and it is excellent support next gen farmers and retiring farmers. But you still need to have a farm business plan, have some equity and have an arrangement with a bank. We will be working through the loan with our Cultivators in the current program to see how they can leverage this. It emphasises the need for you to have your farm business plan and/or investment proposal ready. There are so many opportunities to get onto your farm - the limitation is you having words on paper and financial model to convince someone to back you. This is why we run Cultivator - farm pitching program - a few times a year. So that we get you ready to jump onto opportunities like the AgriStarter Loan. Check out details here and we kick off on Feb 18. Applications close soon.
     
    www.cultivatefarms.com/cultivator

    • 4 min
    Persistence in your farm ownership pathway pays off

    Persistence in your farm ownership pathway pays off

    Sam interviews Sheia from Lifeforce Farms (https://lifeforcefarm.com/) who has been on the farm ownership journey for many years. We have been working to help Sheia uncover opportunities and she just recently secured another long term partnership with a landholder. Sheia talks about the amount of effort required in finding opportunities, about the persistence needed to uncover opportunities and how powerful (and sometimes daunting) sharing her story is (via blogs and social media), but now without that constant storytelling, opportunities would not have opened up for her.

    • 17 min
    Why every aspiring farmer (and business) should also be a media company?

    Why every aspiring farmer (and business) should also be a media company?

    Sam shares ideas and his experiences building Cultivate Farms through content creation on social media. He believes that we have never been in a better time to share your ideas, get attention and subsequently uncover opportunities for you to own your farm (or build your business). Sam was speaking at a Bendigo startup meetup event.

    • 43 min

Customer Reviews

4.8 out of 5
6 Ratings

6 Ratings

Trento1388 ,

Inspiring Game Changer

Credit to Sam and his team for the positive podcast & associated content! This is the podcast for anyone looking for another way to get onto there own farm. Outside the box inspiring content that gives us younger generation continual hope that owning your own farm is possible & it can happen sooner rather than later!

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