The Farmers Club Podcast

Dwain Duxson
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A podcast for anyone interested in the business of Farming. Our aim is to bring stories and valuable information to the surface so that you can take bits and pieces away to maybe use yourself.

  1. APR 30

    Episode 50 - A preview of the Nigel Kerin podcast (part-2)

    In part 2 of the full podcast, we spoke about the following: About where the herd and flock size are atAnd the opportunities around thatHow climate is determining how many Cattle or Sheep we breed.How they are utilising finance to create a new enterprise.We spoke about the importance of measuring.And what the metrics behind a Grass budget mean to his business.Nigel explained the process they follow when making big decisions about what they do.One of our subscribers asked for 3 bits of advice to young people.He also asked about the difference between good and great in business and in life.Another subscriber asked him why he started a Ram stud, and it was a great answer. He was also asked if it's either business consolidation or growth. It's an infinite game for them; it has no end.We spoke about what is frustrating farmers right now.It was a great chat. I liken it going to a conference where the keynote speaker is the only speaker for the day and gives talks on 6 different subjects. I hope you enjoy. End of message The Farmers Club podcast is now only available to our paid newsletter subscribers. We know that won't suit everyone, but it's a business decision we have made to give all our current and potential subscribers extra value. So what you will hear here is a preview of each podcast. You can sign up for the free version by going to www.thefarmersclub.com.au. You can then subscribe from there and get access to any future podcasts and our 6-day-a-week newsletter. Our partner in this podcast is our sister business, Farm Tender. We are an online buying and selling marketplace for Farmers and anyone else associated with Agriculture. Go to www.farmtender.com.au and sign up from there.

    12 min

  2. APR 27

    Episode 49 - A preview of the Nigel Kerin podcast (part-1)

    In part 1 of the full podcast, we spoke about the following: Weather and trading conditions at Kerin Ag.The cost of doing nothing. Refer to this article here.How Nigel tried low-input Farming back in the 90s.And how they were literally forced into low-input Farming in the 90s.How you have to replenish what you take out when it comes to production.How is it that when we want something to work, we will pull out all stops to justify it to ourselves and others?Nigel gave us some of his learning from a recent trip to New Zealand.He expanded on what he learnt at the recent Wagyu conference.We spoke about how conferences need to get better and how they can.We spoke about Farm inflation.And about some of the surprises that came from working out his Farm inflation rate.It was a great chat. I liken it going to a conference where the keynote speaker is the only speaker for the day and gives talks on 6 different subjects. I hope you enjoy. End of message The Farmers Club podcast is now only available to our paid newsletter subscribers. We know that won't suit everyone, but it's a business decision we have made to give all our current and potential subscribers extra value. So what you will hear here is a preview of each podcast. You can sign up for the free version by going to www.thefarmersclub.com.au. You can then subscribe from there and get access to any future podcasts and our 6-day-a-week newsletter. Our partner in this podcast is our sister business, Farm Tender. We are an online buying and selling marketplace for Farmers and anyone else associated with Agriculture. Go to www.farmtender.com.au and sign up from there.

    11 min

  3. APR 20

    Episode 48 - A preview of the Jeff McDonald podcast

    Jeff McDonald talking about mindset and why we do what we do...Ah shit, where do you start? This interview with Jeff went for a long time, and we covered a lot of ground. And usually we do a reasonably long 2 to 3-minute intro. I don’t think this podcast needs that. So I am just going to jot down some dot points on the subjects that you will pick up on. Here goes: > We humans dominate this earth because we have a front brain. > There’s a science behind how we act. > Jeff follows Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. Click here. > Farmers have a lot of fear because everything is on the line. > We act black or white but need to be more grey. > Jeff explains what a true leader looks like. > We have fixed mindsets around what has served us well. > When you have a need, you will try to control the outcome. > None of us listen enough. > We need to make things not about us. > Find independence. I hope you enjoy. End of message. The Farmers Club podcast is now only available to our paid newsletter subscribers. We know that won't suit everyone, but it's a business decision we have made to give all our current and potential subscribers extra value. So what you will hear here is a preview of each podcast. You can sign up for the free version by going to www.thefarmersclub.com.au. You can then subscribe from there and get access to any future podcasts and our 6-day-a-week newsletter. Our partner in this podcast is our sister business, Farm Tender. We are an online buying and selling marketplace for Farmers and anyone else associated with Agriculture. Go to www.farmtender.com.au and sign up from there.

    11 min

  4. APR 2

    Episode 47 - A preview podcast of the panel hosted by Lachie McKenzie

    This podcast is a little different; it’s from a panel we were involved in during the Farmers Day Out at Ballarat in late March. The lineup included: Lachie McKenzie - Founder of McKenzie Ag - Panel Facilitator. Brooke Dawson - CEO of Oakdale Meat Co. Phil McFarlane - CEO of Australian Plant Proteins. Alistair Ham - Founder of Windemere Oilseeds. Dwain Duxson - Founder of The Farmers Club The quality of a panel podcast depends on the quality of the questions asked, and Lachie McKenzie didn’t let us down in that department.  All the panel members spoke about what drives them in business and the passion they have for their respective operations. Lachie also asked about the problems they face right now, and it was quite interesting the diversity of problems each panel member had. I remember when we did a survey of about 50 of our Farmer subscribers a few years back, asking them what problems they were facing at the time. As with the panel, each Farmer had a unique problem, and no two problems were the same.  This is a fantastic interview where you will learn what drives these people and understand what it takes for business success in Ag. Just a word of warning, when it gets to the panel bit, you may have to turn the volume up.  I hope you enjoy. End of message. The Farmers Club podcast is now only available to our paid newsletter subscribers. We know that won't suit everyone, but it's a business decision we have made to give all our current and potential subscribers extra value. So what you will hear here is a preview of each podcast. You can sign up for the free version by going to www.thefarmersclub.com.au. You can then subscribe from there and get access to any future podcasts and our 6-day-a-week newsletter. Our partner in this podcast is our sister business, Farm Tender. We are an online buying and selling marketplace for Farmers and anyone else associated with Agriculture. Go to www.farmtender.com.au and sign up from there.

    9 min

  5. MAR 27

    Episode 46 - A preview of the Barry Clark podcast

    We recorded this podcast with Barry Clark live at a conference, and I had the pleasure of co-hosting this interview with the affable and ultra-professional Kirstin Diprose. This one is a real standout story on so many fronts, and it's chock-full of great business lessons and takeaways. In this podcast, you have to listen intently and perhaps replay some of the points to find the take-home bits. Barry was a panelbeater but turned his hand to Shearing and was on the handpiece for 28 years. Somewhere in there, he became a Shearing Contractor, and at the peak, he had 14 teams running around and 220 people on the books.  Barry was big on relationships; he would go out of his way to serve the Farmer in a time when Farmer-Contractor relationships were pretty testy. How he built and maintained those relationships is outlined in the podcast, and it's a real lesson for anyone dealing with customers or staff. Barry also has a passion for Farming and has been described by our mutual mate Jason "Chippa" Gordon as the most successful Farm flipper going around. In his and his wife Jodie's time, they have bought and sold 15 farms so far. Flipping Farms is a deliberate thing, and when buying a Farm, a few things they look for are: it has to have some kind of water asset, the location, and then there's also the renovation aspect, for both the Farm and Farm homestead. They have just exited the famous Perricoota Station just outside Echuca on the Murray River and have now taken over the blue-chip Larundel Estate between Ballarat and Meredith.  Barry was involved in an incident in 2025 where he wrestled and disarmed a young man who had terrorist-like intentions on a Jetstar flight he boarded at Avalon en route to Sydney. This is a gripping story that had everyone in the room captivated. Some of the words I would use to describe Barry are curious, aware, engaging, entrepreneurial, and passionate. He is also a standard-setter. What a great interview. We hope you enjoy.  End of message. The Farmers Club podcast is now only available to our paid newsletter subscribers. We know that won't suit everyone, but it's a business decision we have made to give all our current and potential subscribers extra value. So what you will hear here is a preview of each podcast. You can sign up for the free version by going to www.thefarmersclub.com.au. You can then subscribe from there and get access to any future podcasts and our 6-day-a-week newsletter. Our partner in this podcast is our sister business, Farm Tender. We are an online buying and selling marketplace for Farmers and anyone else associated with Agriculture. Go to www.farmtender.com.au and sign up from there.

    9 min

  6. MAR 19

    Episode 45 - A preview of the Alice Mabin podcast

    Alice Mabin has done a lot in the Ag space, a hell of a lot. It would almost be safe to say more than anyone her age, and she's still only young. She has a creative mind, and she gets the Ag and Farming thing.  Alice has a saying she keeps telling herself: "What would I be doing if I only had 6 months to live?" She builds her life around this statement. It stems from having a horse accident at 15, where she was resuscitated 3 times, spent 3 weeks in a coma and 4 months in hospital. In typical Alice style, she said it was the best thing that had happened to her because it changed the course of her life. And what a life it has been.  She started her working life in the Ag corporate space, working for Zoetis, selling Animal Health products to Farmers. It was in this role that she saw a gap in the market: that our promotion of Ag and storytelling was really poor and needed improvement. So she started her own business called Agrishots, where she tells the story of Ag through photography, and now something else. That something else has led Alice to her biggest project yet. Film. And this is where she had her big Clarkson's Farm-like moment, but she is doing it in a different way.  This is a documentary series about Farming's relationship with the non-Farming society. It's food-related, and I will let her explain the narrative. This could be huge for Ag (take a look at the trailer here), it could change the way we tell our stories, it could be how we get cut through to our city cousins. It's an 8-part series that Alice hopes will be released in the middle of 2026, with series 2 and 3 to follow.  End of message. The Farmers Club podcast is now only available to our paid newsletter subscribers. We know that won't suit everyone, but it's a business decision we have made to give all our current and potential subscribers extra value. So what you will hear here is a preview of each podcast. You can sign up for the free version by going to www.thefarmersclub.com.au. You can then subscribe from there and get access to any future podcasts and our 6-day-a-week newsletter. Our partner in this podcast is our sister business, Farm Tender. We are an online buying and selling marketplace for Farmers and anyone else associated with Agriculture. Go to www.farmtender.com.au and sign up from there.

    8 min

  7. FEB 25

    Episode 44 - A preview of Ash Dinning podcast

    Ash has been a disciple of the Machinery Industry over the last 3 decades. He is a curious observer and has witnessed the many changes that have come to the industry over the years.  In this podcast, we cover the industry dynamics of what happens when there are fewer new buyers in the market and do a bit of scenario-playing about what might happen to the used market going forward.  We talk about whether the Chinese are on the way with their offering, and we hear that the successful Liujong brand appears to be entering the market with a medium-to-high-horsepower Tractor offer.  We covered off on how the corporates now dominate the Dealership space and the positves an negatives of that. Ash says that the modern-day Machinery salesperson needs to emulate what the Livestock Agents do and bring that approach to the market. That was a very interesting take and one that other industry people might want to hear about.  We nominated 3 Machinery industry legends and asked Ash to comment on their strengths and what has made them successful over the long term. Those 3 were John Richards, the Founder of Goldacres; Dennis O'Connor, former owner of O'Connor's Case IH; and John Nicoletti, who had several John Deere Dealerships in WA.  If you are looking for a bit of guidance on where the Machinery industry is heading, make sure you tune into this one. I hope you enjoy. End of message. The Farmers Club podcast is now only available to our paid newsletter subscribers. We know that won't suit everyone, but it's a business decision we have made to give all our current and potential subscribers extra value. So what you will hear here is a preview of each podcast. You can sign up for the free version by going to www.thefarmersclub.com.au. You can then subscribe from there and get access to any future podcasts and our 6-day-a-week newsletter. Our partner in this podcast is our sister business, Farm Tender. We are an online buying and selling marketplace for Farmers and anyone else associated with Agriculture. Go to www.farmtender.com.au and sign up from there.

    8 min

  8. FEB 20

    Episode 43 - A preview of the Ben McEvoy podcast

    Ben McEvoy was an outstanding AFL footballer who played 252 games over a 15-year career, including two premierships with the Hawthorn Football Club. He was drafted by St Kilda and has a funny story about the draft, and when he was traded from St Kilda to Hawthorn, he didn’t know it was going to happen until it did.  Ben was passionate about Football but has what I’d consider a greater passion for Farming. He says he’ll be a lifelong Farmer and just loves it. The money-earning side of Football allowed him to enter into the Farming game; without that, he said, buying Land would have been a lot more difficult.  Ben talks about how he fumbled away at things for the first part of his Football career before the penny dropped about 8 or 9 years in.  Being a first generation Farmer meant he had to learn a lot, and this is where his brother-in-law, Paul Vance, came into the picture. Paul became his mentor of sorts and had the Farm next door. He looked after things whilst Ben was doing his Football thing in Melbourne.  He started buying Land about 5 years into his footy career and said juggling both was difficult, and he tried to get to the Farm as often as he could. He said some of the things he learnt in footy he has implemented into his way of Farming.  You’ll get from the interview that he is a humble bloke and very grateful for the opportunities he got in Football. He made the footy thing work, and he’s hell-bent on making the Farming thing work as well. Another takeaway that you will notice is that he’s a ripper bloke too.  It was an enjoyable interview we did on a hill on his property, in the Ute, of all places.  To get the full version subscribe to The Farmers Club. I hope you enjoy. End of message. The Farmers Club podcast is now only available to our paid newsletter subscribers. We know that won't suit everyone, but it's a business decision we have made to give all our current and potential subscribers extra value. So what you will hear here is a preview of each podcast. You can sign up for the free version by going to www.thefarmersclub.com.au. You can then subscribe from there and get access to any future podcasts and our 6-day-a-week newsletter. Our partner in this podcast is our sister business, Farm Tender. We are an online buying and selling marketplace for Farmers and anyone else associated with Agriculture. Go to www.farmtender.com.au and sign up from there.

    15 min
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A podcast for anyone interested in the business of Farming. Our aim is to bring stories and valuable information to the surface so that you can take bits and pieces away to maybe use yourself.

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  • Creator
    Dwain Duxson
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    50
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2026 The Farmers Club Podcast
  • Show Website
    The Farmers Club Podcast

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