Speaker - John Gladigau, Ex Bulla Burra - Learnings from a Collaborative Farming model

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Speaker - John Gladigau

About John

John is a third-generation Farmer in the Northern Mallee region of SA and was a partner in Bulla Burra, a Collaborative Farm that crops 8,500ha annually to Cereals and Legumes until 2023. He is also the Creative Director at ifarmwell and works with a number of mental health initiatives across South Australia, including Vocal Locals. John is also a 2007 Nuffield Scholar and a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

John will be speaking from 10:30 am to 11:00 am.

Some of the questions we want to fire at John might include:

• You exited the Bulla Burra Collaborative Farming partnership; how long ago was that?
• Where was it located, and what did you Farm?
• When you started out, did you have an exit in mind? And if so, what did that look like?
• Did your exit play out as though it would back at the start, or was it different?
• What is the single biggest thing you need to get right to run a successful Collaborative Farming model?
• What were some of the things you got right?
• What didn't really work?
• What bits from the collaborative Farming model should Family Farms adopt?
• Would you consider the exercise an overall success?
• Did you have a board or an outsider or two who you sought advice from?
• Why don't Aussie Farmers use this collaborative model more?
• With the cost of Machinery today. Should Farmers be looking more at sharing Machinery and Equipment?
• What's stopping a group of, say, 3 or 4 young people from getting together to go collaborative Farming?
• You are a director with ifarmwell. Tell us all about what they do?
• You are also involved with Grain Producers SA. What's your role there?