A leader’s performance is dependent on their ability to influence the behaviour of their team to achieve the vision. Seismic shifts in the Primary industry are requiring a leader equipped with the skills to drive the industry forward.

The Primary Sector is characterised...

How do you drive innovation within your team? Millennium Farming has a belief that innovation starts and ends with great people and requires great leadership to make this cultural shift that we aim for within our industry.

It's amazing how many farms do not find out w...

New Zealand society up until the 1960’s had a very well-defined understanding of how males and females acted within a relationship (most likely a marriage).  

The male worked and the female looked after the house and children.  However, in rural New Zealand, women...

I started out as a townie girl no farming backbone what-so-ever. Starting at the bottom of the dairy ladder can be somewhat daunting, however I tried it once and that was it, I had the bug for farming. This was what I wanted to do and I wanted to do it well.

I'd dreamed...

The next generation of farmers seem to be struggling in our industry. The question is why?!

What is it that us as farm employers are not doing to keep this generation in our industry? Not keeping them passionate, not keeping them wanting to achieve their goals and help...

Mental models play a huge part in our thinking and are based around the way we perceive or frame something in our mind – also known as our perspective. Mental models are our self-generating beliefs that arise from previous experiences and observations. In employment, t...

This is what you have been working towards for the last 5 years. Working on different farms building your skill level and working hard. You have risen through the ranks quickly. You have listened to the people that you trust and know how they achieved their ownership g...

The Farmer’s Open Letter

Where have all the good people gone in Agriculture?

They used to knock on my door and want to work for me on my farm.

It was a good deal for them and me. They would complete long hours and when I had time I would teach them on the job. They all ha...

Why is it that there seems to be no good people to employ in the rural sector today? 

No motivated, skilled people coming through, wanting to work with us on farms. 

Do what we did and succeed like we have? 

We are offering them an opportunity to achieve the things that t...