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Don regularly writes about issues to do with finance, farming, business and anything else we think is important. He’s becoming famous for his different take on things and practical, no-nonsense approach. Keep an eye out for Don’s articles in The Dairyman, Coast and Country, Waikato Farmer, other New Zealand magazines and newspapers as well as RD1's e-newsletter.
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369 Cow Psychology
368 The Man In The Mirror
367 Where Has The Grass Gone
366 - Are We There Yet?
365 - 263 revised Stored Feed is Money in the Bank
364 - 260 Revisited - Breeding Is An Investment 2
362 The Only Thing to Fear is Fear Itself
361 Look After Your Soil
360 Ask For Help - Farmers and Suicide
359 A Bank Led Recession
358 Prepare, Don’t Predict
357 Is A Contract A Contract
356 In Pursuit of Happiness
355 Managing Money in a Difficult Environment
354 - Working together as Farmers
353 - Your Rural Bank Manager needs to be your new ‘Best Friend’
352 - Could you drink your cows’ water?
351 - Staying Positive in a Negative Environment
350 - Focus on the Earnings Side of Your Business
349 - Waikato Ribbon Development and Urban Sprawl
348 -Is the New Zealand and the World Economy Deflating?
347 - Is The Party Over?
346 - A Co-operative - By The Suppliers, For The Suppliers
345 - Become an Active Listener
344 - Trustees
343 - Heart Attack and Farmers
342 -So you think you are Ten foot Tall and bullet-proof well you are not
341 - 'Black Dog' and Farmers
340 - The Humble Dairy Cow Should be Sacred
339 - Strong Global Demand but how is it going to look
338 - Honesty, The first step to Change
337 - Look at Life from the Third Person
336 - Fonterra Shares Simplified
335 - Family Meeting and how to Survive them
334 - So why Would you take to your Avocado Trees witha tree saw
333 - How is the New Zealand Economy going to look in 3 Years time
332 - In Some Things There is No Way Back
331 - Farming Families and How to survive them
330 - Commercial Property It may be a better Investment than Residential (Updated)
329 - Pointers on Issues Around Cowshed Design
328 - Milking Three times a Day
327 - We need to Want What we Have
326 - Farming and Fraud
325 - Some Action for Summer Dry
324 - Reverse Loans - Could reverse all over you
323 - Cowsheds - some serious considerations
322 - Rental Assessments for Farm Leases
321 - The Year That Was and The Year To Come
320 - Ribbon Development and Urban Sprawl
319 - Wastage on Farms
318 - Interesting Facts on the US Economy
317 - Food Producers - Not Farmers
316 - Insurance Simplified
314 - A Food Revolution
313 - Managing Relationships
312 - Permanent shift in the money market
311 - Kids kicking up over the family trust
310 - 25% Leasing
309 - A Two-speed Economy
308 - Culverts and how to survive them
307 - Where is the national plan for agriculture
306 - Boom times in dairying
305 - Oil - the life blood or black gold
304 - Farmers' Gross National Happiness
302 - Priority is the name of the game
301 - So you are in trouble financially, what do you do? Here are five steps to help
300 - Families and how to survive them.
299 - Running your business in credit could be better for your health and your bank balance
298 - Family Demands and Can They Be Managed Better?
297 - Retirement, it's a terrible word
296 - Devil's in the fine print
295 - Fonterra - Time to support NZ's largest company!
294 - You're leaving the farm, you've sold, so how's it going to feel?
293 - Copper Spray - the sterilizer
292 - Farm Leasing - More detail is better than less
291 - Do you understand the three C's of lending?
290 - What we can do when we retire
289 - How to seriously cut back on farm expenditure
288 - Is the world short on all commodities?
287 - Rental Assessments for Farm Leases
286 - Determination - Do you have it, or are you a wanna be?
285 - Procrastination = Complication
283 - Farm Leasing - the emerging land tenure
282 - If you're older and tired it doesn't mean retire, or does it?
281 - Do we oscillate between greed and fear?
280 - Are New Zealand farmers really wealthy?
279 - Making a family business work
278 - Too much clutter on the farm
277 - You can make a difference
276 - Is the world running short of food?
275 - You you lose, don't miss the lesson
274 - The Soils Belong To The Universe
273 - Help Celebrate Your Successes & Take Pride
270 - Dairy Equities Simplified
269 - Have We Forgotten The Lessons of The 1987 Crash?
268 - KISS Principle Still Applies To Agriculture
267 - Making Better Decisions
266 - Thinking of Going Bankrupt
265 - Feed Some Energy To Those There Cows
264 - Midwinter stress and financial management
263 - Put Some Fat Into The System
260 - Breeding, Is It An Investment Or A Cost
259 - The Dairy Shed - Get It Ready Right Now
258 - Is Bureaucracy Fighting You With Your Money?
257 - Rental Assessments for Farm Leases
256 - So you have sold your farm - what do you do with the money?
255 - Thinking about thinking
254 - Farmers Must Unite - No Farms, No Food
253 - Working Capital - The lifeblood of your business
252 - Leakage and Wastage
251 - Commercial Property - It May Be A Better Investment
250 - Running That Marathon On The Farm
249 - Regular Time Off Might Be Good for Your Bank Balance
248 - Do you Want to do 140 less mikings?
247 - Prevention is better than cure
246 - What are the issues surrounding 50:50 sharemilking?
245 - Mental toughness on the dairy farm
244 - Most farmers are baby boomers who do things differently
243 - How to cut spending without unduly affecting production
242 - New Grass, New Season, New Production
241 - Don't let your kids push you around
240 - Some GST implications on property transactions
239 - Know your costs
238 - How are you spending your borrowed money?
236 - Assessing & reducing the risks on your farm
235 - Could you drink your cows water at a push?
232 - A follow up to success in business
231 - Success in business
230 - Rich farmer or Poor farmer
228 - Thinking clearly225 - Lifestlye blocks an asset or hindrance to farmers
224 - Can Kiwis take the agricultural sector for granted?
222 - Are things flying to bits around you?
221 - Selenium - the missing link?
220 - Women the unsung heroes
219 - Separate the assets in your business
218 - If I'm working so hard, why am I so poor?
217 - Wealth creation
215 - Triple bottom line on the farm - what does it mean?
213 - Stock getting out? - Some legal issues
212 - What can you do on your farm to reduce fuel consumption?
211 - How might New Zealand agriculture look in 10 years time.
210 - Overlooked issues when acquiring the neighbours farm.
209 - Alternative options for marginally small farms
208 - Planning for the future
207 - Are you using your time wisely?
206 - Become an active listener
204 - Feeding out and while you are there spare a thought for your pastures
203 - To trust or not to trust
202 - Stress time is coming
200 - Public access to farmland or bust
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