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Your Farm Business PodcastAuthor: Lucy Krause
Welcome to Your Farm Business Podcast, bringing you the best in farm business thinking. We aim to bring experts to the farmer, to help manage todays farm business risks. Mike Krause, CEO and Founder of P2PAgri, helps farmers to run more profitable businesses by providing analytics and scenario analysis from their own data, to guide their business decisions. Language: en-au Genres: Business, Education, How To, Management Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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What Is P2P Agri? Modelling Your Farm's Future with Mike Krause | Ep 11
Tuesday, 9 June, 2026
What does it actually take to plan your farm's future with confidence? In Episode 11 of the Your Farm Business Podcast, host Tom Moir sits down again with Mike Krause — founder and CEO of P2P Agri — for a deep dive into the software itself: what it does, how it came about, and who it's built for.Mike reveals what "P2P" really stands for (Plan to Profit), and traces the journey from building one-off Excel spreadsheets for every farm he visited, to the "Risky Business" farming game farmers refused to hand back, to a 200-farm benchmarking project that exposed a hard truth — benchmarks tell you how you compare, but they rarely answer the big questions. Like: should I buy the neighbour, and will the bank still love me if we hit two years of drought?A practical look at how farm business modelling works — and why understanding your own numbers changes every conversation you have with your bank, accountant and advisors.WHAT YOU'LL LEARN:What P2P Agri stands for and the real problem it was built to solveWhy generic advice and benchmarking fall short — and what bespoke modelling does insteadThe "teach a farmer to fish" philosophy behind the trainingThe three levers of every farm business: liquidity, wealth and efficiency — and why focusing on just one is a mistakeHow the bank, the accountant and the advisor are each motivated differently from you — and what that means for your decisionsA walkthrough of the scenario analysis tool: modelling a drought, testing a land purchase, and reading your farm through your banker's eyesHow AI and cloud tech (including Xero integration) have made the platform 5x more productiveWho P2P Agri is for — and the free Essentials tier you can start with todayCHAPTERS:0:00 Welcome 01:07 What "P2P Agri" actually stands for 01:46 The development journey: from Fortran to spreadsheets 05:14 More than advice: software built around your farm 06:20 "Teach a farmer to fish" — the training philosophy 07:37 How the training actually works 08:54 Technology adoption in farming: GST, cloud & Xero 13:07 The bank, accountant & advisor triangle 17:27 The three levers: liquidity, wealth & efficiency 20:16 Live software walkthrough: modelling a drought 24:03 Training 100 farmers a year with TOCAL Ag College 27:24 Who is P2P Agri for? 29:38 How to get started: free demo & Essentials 31:01 Wrap upABOUT THE GUEST:Mike Krause is the CEO and founder of P2P Agri, an Australian software and training business that helps farmers analyse profitability, model "what-if" scenarios, plan succession and make confident long-term decisions. P2P Agri delivers training one-on-one and in partnership with TOCAL Ag College in NSW.LINKS & RESOURCES:P2P Agri (free demo & Essentials tier): https://p2pagri.com.au"Farming the Business" by Mike Krause (GRDC)SUBSCRIBE for more conversations with the people shaping the future of Australian farm business.#YourFarmBusinessPodcast #P2PAgri #AustralianAgriculture #FarmBusinessManagement #AgTechLearn more about P2P Agri: https://p2pagri.com.au
