Free Resources Downloads
We have a range of tools and fact sheets available to assist you in making decisions for your business. Please access these free resources as required, or contact us for more information.
Fact Sheets
Fact sheets are designed to provide you with information on a variety of agribusiness issues for you and your business. Please select the service area of interest to view our wide range of fact sheets available.
Agribusiness Management
Agronomy
Grain Marketing
Articles
These are copies of articles which have been written by Rural Directions Pty Ltd and published.
Grain Marketing
Agronomy
Calculators
We now have calculators available for download from our website.
Access to these calculators is FREE after participating in associated Management Training courses.
Current calculators available:
- Cost of Production – Grain
- Lease and Sharefarming analysis
- Machinery decision making
The calculators have been designed to be user friendly and focus on finding the true management costs of farming operations.
All calculator outputs can be printed for easy reference at another time.
Cost of Production – Grain
Access to this calculator is provided FREE for 30 days after attending Grain Marketing – impact of your business Management Training course. This calculator provides a way to determine cost of production per tonne of grain produced.
Lease and sharefarming analysis
Access to this calculator is provided FREE for 30 days after attending Lease and sharefarming – from both sides of the fence Management Training course.
There are two calculators available about this topic:
- Financial impact of leasing
This includes the ability to analyse lease plus the impact of drought
- Lease valuation methodologies
Machinery decision making
Access to this calculator is provided FREE for 30 days after attending Assessing the real costs of machinery Management Training course.
This calculator provides a framework to determine the true cost of machinery ownership.
The following machinery options are available:
- Truck
- Harvester or self-propelled sprayer
- Airseeder
- Boomspray
- Hay baler
If you would like to maintain access to these tools after your 30 day free subscription expires, an annual subscription is available, please contact us.
Updates and Reports
Rural Directions Pty Ltd conducts research and projects with and on behalf of various organisations and bodies. We have various updates and reports avaialble from the projects we are currently involved in or have recently completed. If you would like any further details about any of these projects, please contact us.
Chicken Litter User's Guide
Click here to view final report.
Management Systems for Hardy Sheep Breeds in Pastoral Conditions
Click here to view final report.
Managing Relationships with Non-Farming Neighbours
Click here to view final report.
Guidelines for Best Management Practice
Click here to view guidelines for exotic sheep breed management in the Rangelands.
Climate Change Information for Primary Producers in South Australia
PIRSA has recently released ‘The Changing Climate: Impacts and adaptation options for South Australian primary producers’. This document outlines the potential impacts of climate change on various agriculture and horticulture enterprises in South Australia, the adaptation options available to primary producers to help mitigate these effects, and the possible opportunities that may arise out of these changes. Click here to view report.
Best 3 minute video about Leadership
You might think you have a pretty good grasp on what makes an effective leader. You might even think you’re pretty good at explaining it to others. But it’s unlikely you can do a better job explaining it than this roughly shot three-minute video of a lone, shirtless guy dancing at a concert. The narration by Derek Sivers is spot on about leaders, first followers, popular movements and human nature. It has the insight and authority of a nature documentary narrated by David Attenborough. Click here to view the video.
