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Recession Proofing Your Business

3 November 2023

Recession Proofing Your Business

Common thought is that recessions are usually caused by an unbalanced market. While we can't always know when the next...

RFCS NSW welcomes Craig Hough as new CEO

5 October 2023

RFCS NSW welcomes Craig Hough as new CEO

The Board of the Rural Financial Counselling Service of NSW has recently appointed Craig Hough to the position as CEO....

RFCS NSW 2022-23 Annual Report

5 October 2023

RFCS NSW 2022-23 Annual Report

2023 has been a year of extremes that has seen our clients continuously challenged by natural hazards that included devastating...

Risk Management

19 September 2023

Risk Management

In the business of farming, risk is a constant and whether you know it or not, you are making risk...

Decision Making

15 August 2023

Decision Making

The business of farming is a constant process of making decisions. While decisions are often made on instinct, taking time...

Business Plan vs Business Planning

1 August 2023

Business Plan vs Business Planning

For many farming businesses, a successful business plan is the stuff of legends. Something you hear a lot about but...

Plan for profit

26 June 2023

Plan for profit

Knowing how much income your farm needs to generate is an important question for farming success but it’s not always...

Get Back on Track

30 May 2023

Get Back on Track

Free, confidential support provided from Rural Financial Counselling Service NSW (RFCS NSW) is available to help you navigate the way...

Farm Tax Planning

1 May 2023

Farm Tax Planning

Your annual tax return is one of the most important things you do for your business’s future success – so...

Drought Preparedness

1 April 2023

Drought Preparedness

2022 brought with it a variety of different challenges for primary producers. With a prospect of El Niño in 2023,...

Bank Reviews

8 March 2023

Bank Reviews

If you’re in business and have any kind of commercial lending facility with significant debt (generally upwards of $1million), you...

Succession Planning

12 February 2023

Succession Planning

We’ve all heard the war stories about farm succession planning gone wrong! Farms being sold, family members who rarely speak,...

Planning for profit

12 February 2023

Planning for profit

Knowing how much income your farm needs to generate is an important question for farming success but it’s not always...

Farm Cash Flow Budgeting

6 February 2023

Farm Cash Flow Budgeting

It’s all too easy to put cash flow budgeting in the ‘too hard basket,’ but setting up and regularly updating...

RFCS NSW 2021-22 Annual Report

6 July 2022

RFCS NSW 2021-22 Annual Report

This year has been one of significant change and growth for the organisation, from how and where we do business...

The Rural Financial Counselling Service Program is funded by the Australian Government and the New South Wales Government and is administered by the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry