{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Humans of Agriculture","title":"Mini: How AgRi-Silience is helping SA farmers, with Jeanette Long","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":762,"description":"It's not often you get the chance to hit the pause button, zoom out and look at the bigger picture of your farming business.Farmers are often great at being operational - getting the crop in, or managing livestock cycles - but perhaps not as well practiced at thinking through a strategic plan: where you want your business to go and how you want to go about it. Many of us tend to simply let things unfold and that's why Jeanette Long's pearls of wisdom are so helpful - she's a director, trainer and coach for Ag Consulting Co, which delivers the LivestockSA AgRi-Silience program.  She takes a strategic planning approach to help farmers reflect on their business decision processes and build not just business resilience, but personal resilience too.  We hope this chat with Jeanette helps you make some of those big (and small!) decisions in your farming and family lives, no matter what seasonal conditions are thrown at you.Key takeaways:aim to have a plan in place with prior thought-out 'trigger points', so decisions are made when you're in a good headspace, rather than during stressthere's always value in networking and keeping connected with others in the industryunderstanding your core purpose and values, noticing triggers of stress, and building tools to manage it is crucial for long-term successexternal support can aid in decision-making during crises and times of overwhelmChapters00:00 Introduction to the AgRi-Silience program02:11 Building resilience in agriculture, both in business and personal worlds09:07 Decision-making in challenging times11:51 The value of networking and learning from othersLearn more about the work Jeanette does with Ag Consulting Co here.About AgRi-silience:Today's episode is part of our partnership with Livestock SA's AgRi-Silience program, designed to improve strategic planning and long-term resilience for forward-looking South Australian livestock and broadacre enterprises.Participants of the program get one-on-one coaching, tailored...","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}