Staff profile: Empowering farmers through agribusiness

Agriculture

An appreciation of farm business and environmental sustainability were instilled into RMCG Consultant Lauren Jones at an early age. These qualities have put her in good stead to co-lead RMCG’s Agribusiness team which helps farmers improve their business’s security and future farm sustainability.

Staff profile: Empowering farmers through agribusiness

18 NOV 2024

For Lauren, her role as an agribusiness consultant begins around a farmer’s kitchen table where she helps to start the “farm business conversation” between all members of the family. RMCG C...

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Addressing agriculture’s national workforce shortage

15 NOV 2024

The event focused on the conversation around attracting and retaining the right skill force for the agricultural community. RMCG’s Dr Anne-Maree Boland was one of the presenters given the opportun...

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Carbon and emissions for livestock producers: Where to start?

11 AUG 2023

In recent years, animal agriculture has come under increasing scrutiny for its contribution to global warming. Social licence for agriculture continues to change, politically and commercially. Food c...

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Media release: National roadmap launched to guide waste management in ag, fisheries and forestry

22 MAY 2023

Developed by RM Consulting Group (RMCG) – a multi-disciplinary consultancy specialising in environment, agriculture and communities – the National Waste and Resource Recovery Roadmap is one initia...

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The Protected Cropping Podcast: Talking sustainability with Carl Larsen

17 MAY 2023

Carl, a socio-environmental scientist, shared his insights from working with the vegetable industry in agricultural extension and monitoring and evaluation (M&E) of large-scale industry investment...

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Opportunities to overcome your workforce issues

13 FEB 2023

No matter your industry, chances are you have positions you can’t fill, skills you can’t find or aptitudes you know you’ll need for the future growth or maintenance of your business. At RMCG I ...

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Thinking about farming ‘that carbon’? Here’s what you need to know

22 JAN 2023

Looking at the season ahead, it seems like carbon is the new ‘in’ crop. Many in the agriculture industry are talking about putting a couple of trial blocks in, to see if they can sequester a tonne...

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National Agriculture Day profile: Dan Armstrong

17 NOV 2022

Fresh out of university, Dan joined the Victorian Department of Agriculture where he worked on farm systems and farm business analysis in the dairy industry for 14 years, initially in Kyabram in north...

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RMCG talks all things extension at APEN conference

08 FEB 2022

The Australasia-Pacific Extension Network (APEN) Conference will return from 9-11 February 2022. While we were looking forward to attending the event in Melbourne to learn from local and international...

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Careers in agriculture: RMCG staff reflect on their #AgVenture

18 NOV 2021

Clinton Muller Despite growing up on a mixed horticulture and sugarcane farm in Childers – just outside of Bundaberg, Queensland – Clinton Muller never planned to forge a career in the agricultur...

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