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GERALDTON OFFICE AND STAFF
You can find and contact us at:
20 Gregory St (AG WA Building)
PO Box 2437
Geraldton WA 6531
Tel: +61 8 9964 1170
Fax: +61 8 9964 1142
E-mail: geraldton@planfarm.com.au
Office Administration: Jenny Pass
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ANDREW SANDISON
Qualifications and Membership:
- BSc (Agric) (Hons)
- Lapsed Sydney Futures Exchange representative
Business Area: In his role as an agronomist, Andrew covers the following business areas;
- Broadacre agronomy, 10 years experience- provides advice in all aspects of crop and pasture production including weeds, nutrition, disease, varietal, and rotation management. Developing production plans to assist growers in short and long term paddock management.
- Business analysis - taking the physical and financial data from farm businesses and analysing this to assist in the development of the business. This includes projecting future cashflows, determining year to year profitability and benchmarking results against industry levels.
- Property purchases & leases - financial analysis and projections relating to purchasing or leasing land.
- Editor of the Planfarm Herbicide Guide.
- Grain Marketing - help growers to compare different pricing alternatives which are consistent with their management goals.
- Farm management- hands on management of a 5000 acre farm in the Three Springs shire.
Background:
Andrew grew up in Port Headland and later moved to Perth for high school and university studies. He has a keen interest in the biological sciences and after a year of jackerooing on several cattle stations in the Pilbara moved back to Perth to study Agricultural Science at the University of Western Australia.
Andrew's honours research dealt with cereal phenology and responses to environmental cues such as temperature, photoperiod and moisture stress with commonly grown Western Australian wheat varieties.
After graduating Andrew worked for the Department of Agriculture in several research roles which included wheat development modelling, management of soil acidification, phosphorous nutrition in narrow leaf lupins, and crop establishment in minimum tillage systems.
This work lead to a keen interest in broadacre agronomy and Andrew joined Elders Ltd as an agronomist for 4 years based in Geraldton. The opportunity to work for Planfarm Pty Ltd arose in 2002 and allowed Andrew to branch out into farm business analysis and consultancy rather than be confined to a straight sales agronomy role.
Interests:
Andrew has a love of the ocean and just being outdoors rather than office bound with hobbies include windsurfing, surfing, diving, fishing, camping and book reading.
Contact Details
Tel: (08) 9964 1170
Fax: (08) 9964 1142
Mobile: 0427 239 997
E-mail: andrew.s@planfarm.com.au
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CAMERON WEEKS
Qualifications and Membership:
- Bachelor of Science Degree (Deakin University, Victoria, 1988)
- Member AAAC WA (Agricultural Consultants Association of Western Australia).
Business Area: In his role as consultant, Cameron covers the following business areas;
- Business analysis - taking the physical and financial data from farm businesses and analysing this at key performance points to assist in the development of the business.
- Budgeting - projecting future cashflows to enable farmers to have a 'business map' from which they can operate.
- Benchmarking - collating the data for various clients from similar rainfall areas and comparing the performance of individual farms.
- Property purchases & leases - financial analysis and projections relating to purchasing or leasing land.
- Strategic Planning - assisting farmers to develop long term plans from which they can make strategic business decisions.
- Succession Planning - helping farmers, through facilitation, work their way through this often daunting task.
- Grain Marketing - provides general information.
- Project work / management - currently does work for various organisations such as the Mingenew-Irwin Group and Dept of Agriculture and Food on several research projects.
Background:
Cameron grew up in Victoria moving to Western Australia in 1990. Since then he has worked for the Dept of Agriculture (Three Springs and Geraldton) and the Mingenew-Irwin Group (1997 - 2004). In 2005 Cameron joined the Planfarm consulting team and consults to farm businesses spread across the Northern Ag Region.
The move into consulting has allowed Cameron to again work closer with individual businesses and enjoy helping each and every one work towards their goals.
Interests:
Cameron lives in Geraldton and spends his spare time mostly with his wife and two little boys and tries to find time for fishing, diving and camping. He enjoys all sports but in particular football (is still an Essendon tragic but enjoys both WA teams), tennis and golf.
Contact Details
Tel: (08) 9964 1170
Mobile Phone: 0427 006 944
Fax: (08) 9964 1142
E-mail: cameron@planfarm.com.au
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PETER SCOTT
Qualifications and Membership:
- Securities Institute ps146 Tier 1 Advisor Accreditation (Derivatives) 2004
- Diploma of Agriculture - Muresk - (Curtin University)
- Certificate in Agriculture (Honors) - Narrogin Agricultural College
- Associate member of AAAC WA
Business Area:
The foundation of the Managed Client Service is that information is not only presented to the client, but it is interpreted and used to develop strategic marketing decisions based on their individual needs.
Peter will work closely with you to understand your objectives and develop selling strategies to progress toward these objectives. To meet these steps a broad range of products and marketing options will be utilized. While the core of the service is to develop and implement individual pricing strategies the service can include the following:
- Understanding your marketing objectives and developing strategic marketing decisions.
- Increasing price certainty using hedging in cash and derivative markets.
- Timely strategy implementation.
- Position sheets on request.
- Discounted cash brokerage.
- Education.
- Publications.
- Unlimited phone contact time including a more proactive service.
- Cash and futures brokerage desks.
Background:
Peter has managed farms in the Bridgetown and Lake Grace areas during the eighties, and then moved into the Agriculture Protection Board with the Weeds branch and later as a Regional Manager in the Kimberley and Geraldton areas.
The move into becoming an independent grain marketing advisor was driven by a desire to provide totally independent grain pricing advice to a smaller group of dedicated growers.
Interests:
Sailing with family to the Abrolhos Islands when time permits or racing the yacht on the ocean off Geraldton.
Contact Details
Phone: 08 9964 1170
Mobile Phone: 0427 192 480
Fax: 08 9964 1142
E-mail: peter.scott@planfarm.com.au
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RICHARD QUINLAN
Qualifications and Membership:
- Bachelor Agricultural Science
Business Area: In his role as Agronomist, Richard covers the following business areas;
- Specialist Agronomic Advice providing farm specific agronomic advice which is dollar focussed. Working with the natural assets of soil and climate to generate the best returns from agricultural produce. This is achieved by:
1. Nutrient Budgeting - Maximising net profit from the specific fertiliser inputs.
2. Pesticide Applications - Taking into account resistance issues.
3. Rainfall Probability Analysis - Is it worthwhile applying inputs given the probability of receiving rainfall in the various rainfall zones.
4. Optimising Crop and Variety Selection - Specific for the Northern Agricultural region.
- Trial Co-Ordinator role with the Mingenew Irwin Group. Design and Co-ordinate the MIG trials program to dessiminate information to growers within the group and surrounding growers.
Background:
Richard grew up just north of Mackay in Queensland in a cane growing district. He graduated from the University of Queensland and travelled around Australia and never got past Geraldton. He worked with the Department of Agriculture for 4 years in both research and extension and then worked for Elders as an agronomist in Geraldton for 8 years before joining Planfarm Agronomy.
Interests:
Involved in most facets of a seaside existence including windsurfing, surfing and free diving. Also occasionally seen on mountain or road bikes if the ocean is unpleasant.
Contact Details
Phone: 08 9964 1170
Mobile Phone: 0428 648 828
Fax: 08 9964 1142
E-mail: rquinlan@planfarm.com.au
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OUR CONSULTANTS DETAILS
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