Growing Agri People Sally Murfet

Kirby is an agricultural safety advocate with Safe Ag Systems. In this episode, Kirby shares her insights for having a healthy safety culture on-farm. 

The first conversation that I am bringing you this season, is one that I’ve wanted to share with you for a long time.
I have been watching and cheering on our guest, Warren Davies – the unbreakable farmer for I’d say 5 years – I just love what he’s doing for our farming communities in particular.
A story of an ordinary bloke, who was broken after making the decision to walk off his farm, leaving his livelihood, his sense of identity, and the memories he and his family created.
Warren is now piecing is life back together one conversation at a time after finding his true-north, being a mental health advocate for rural and regional Australia. 
This is a is a down earth conversation that I feel is relatable and relevant whether you are a running a farm alone or you’re the CEO of a large agri corporation.
I hope you get value from this chat.

The most important asset in agri business is people. Sally Murfet is the Chief Inspiration Officer for Inspire AG. Based on her experience on working on farms and in agri business, Sally has come to realise that people are the most valuable asset in the industry. Her role brings her into contact with some of Australia's top agri people and though this show, she shares the conversations she has every day. Each episode will connect you with cutting edge ideas and brilliant people to help you grow your human capital.

When a family runs a farm, one of the most difficult conversations about succession. Who inherits the farm? It's a decision many people don't want to make. When it comes to succession Mike Stephens knows to do. He's been studying succession planning for decades.

Georgina Gubbins is a leader in the agricultural sector who's had her fair share of heartbreak and disappointment.

For the first 16 years of her working life, Georgina was a nurse - it wasn't until her then husband walked out on her and her daughters, that she took the reins of the family farming business.

In this episode we talk about her farming business, off-farm industry leadership roles, and the people she's surrounded herself with that have supported and mentored her along the way.

Food and fibre production has traditionally been taken for granted - according to Georgina - and we need to concentrate on communicating a positive message - she reckons it's time to let young people know there is a bright future in our industry!

Originally the vision for this episode was to talk about how we attract talent to agriculture after I read an article that she featured in. However, during our conversation goes much deeper and Georgina opens up about losing her dear brother and mentor, Simon.

There is a trigger warning here - Georgina lost Simon to suicide. I wanted to mention this to firstly, acknowledge Georgina's courage and strength in talking about such a difficult topic; and secondly, to flag that parts of this conversation may upset some listeners.

Other than that, I hope you enjoy episode 6, and the final for 2020, of Growing Agri People.

Some people seem to have a knack for making good decisions, and some people only make one
decision... and that is not to make one at all.
Cam Nicholson says anyone can be a good decision maker but like anything else, you need to know how to properly.
Cam is pretty well known in the industry for his involvement with farmer programs for the
Grains Research & Development Corporation, Meat & Livestock Australia, Dairy Australia, Southern
Faming Systems and Landcare.
Host, Sally Murfet, thinks about decision making a lot; and how to help clients make strong tactical or operational decisions.
In this episode she dives into the very technical process of decision making and how anyone can learn how to make better decisions.