{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Humans of Agriculture","title":"I'm Certainly Not One of Those Farmers Happy to Take a 3% Return - Stafford Ives-Heres (Rabobank Partnered Ep)","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2109,"description":"Fourth-generation beef producer Stafford Ives-Heres is building Shanford Park on Tasmania's north-west coast with one eye firmly on the generations still to come.\nFrom starting with 10 cattle and working cray boats to fund his growth, to succession, leasing land and questioning whether owning more country always makes commercial sense, Stafford shares how he's thinking about building a family business that's valuable enough to be taken on, not simply sold.\n\nWe chat about:\nGrowing up at Shanford Park and being the last of four kids to become interested in farming\nStarting with 10 cattle as a teenager\nWorking cray boats along Tasmania's remote west coast\nUsing off-farm income to build livestock ownership\nWhy the family moved from dairy into beef\nThe beginnings of Tasmanian Seaweed Fertilisers\nSeparating family businesses to make succession work\nGrowing livestock numbers through ownership, leasing and share farming\nWhy Stafford questions the need to own every hectare\nBuilding equity and optionality for the next generation\nCreating pathways into agriculture without owning land\nWhy professional development and strong networks matter\nChapters","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/PupbXbFywMWTJ5gch17EL4BoFl2vAICgyQAK9XnOB7I/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzMxNDk1LzE2NjAw/ODMxNDAtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}