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Agribusiness investment and due diligence research

RMCG provides independent reviews and due diligence research for agricultural investors and farm business managers.

Investments in agriculture are unique as they require deep understanding of biological and climate factors, alongside usual business considerations.

Independent reviews are important to provide impartial perspective and fresh insight into any new or potential investment.

Our investment assessment and due diligence process is customised depending on client requirements, but typically includes: site assessment, production systems, market assessment, revenue, cost of production, staff and skills, policy and decision making. Our reports outline key profit drivers, barriers to success and key risks, along with mitigation recommendations. Our objective is to provide exceptional advice that will help our clients make profitable decisions and achieve their goals.

Team

Dr Doris Blaesing

Dr Doris Blaesing

Associate

Dipl.Ing.Agr., Dr.rer.hort.

Doris has extensive experience in agricultural business development, resource management and R&D. She has a good understanding of agricultural production systems and supply chains. Her strengths are strategy and concept development, innovative thinking, problem solving, multi-disciplinary project management and communication on all levels with a broad range of people. Doris worked in public and private research, education, export and agribusinesses.

George Warne

George Warne

Associate

B.Building

George is recognised as a leader in the rural water sector. After ten years in the commercial construction industry, George became the inaugural General Manager and CEO at Murray Irrigation from 1992 onwards, leading the reform processes in water management, environmental responsibility, infrastructure management and water service delivery in southern NSW. George has also been responsible for major change management within organisations whilst dealing with severe water shortages caused by droughts-of-record.

Donna Lucas

Donna Lucas

Principal

B.App.Sci. (Hons)

Donna is an agricultural consultant with experience in business management, research and extension. She is adaptable with an ability to contribute to projects at a strategic level.
Donna has specialist knowledge in workforce development and planning, resource recovery, carbon farming, greenhouse gas/carbon accounting and project evaluation. Her strengths include driving execution, building connections and problem solving.

Dan Armstrong

Dan Armstrong

Senior Consultant

B.Ag.Sci. (Hons), M.Ag.Sci. (Economics)

Dan has 25 years’ experience working in agricultural industries and previously ran his own consulting business specialising in farm business management for 11 years.  His multi-disciplinary skills, strong advisory experience and broad contacts in the agricultural industries add strengths to RMCG’s work in the agriculture sector.

 

Daryl Poole

Daryl Poole

Principal

B.Ag.Sci. (Hons), CPAg., GAICD

Daryl has over 20 years of experience is in the areas of agribusiness and farm management, particularly the dairy industry.   He has a diploma in Human Resource Management (Dairy) and can assist farming businesses with their employment practices to ensure their workforce is both effective and compliant.  Daryl also has an in depth understanding of water policy and what it means at the farm level which allows him to assist irrigation businesses develop their water risk management strategies.   Daryl has both facilitator and strategic planning experience and can assist farming businesses and organisations to achieve their goals.

Gurtej Sidhu

Gurtej Sidhu

Consultant

B.Ag.Sci., M.Ag.Res.Eco.

Gurtej is a consultant with a background in agronomy, farm operations and farm business management. He has a deep understanding of the complexities of the agriculture industry and the unique challenges that farmers face. He is interested in agribusiness and risk management, cost-benefit analysis and water management.

James Beveridge

James Beveridge

Senior Consultant

B.Mgt. (Farm Business)

James is a specialist rural consultant with extensive experience across a wide range of agribusiness sectors. He has worked with both large and small-scale irrigation enterprises (including cotton), dryland cropping, grazing operations, and horticulture, covering vegetables, sugarcane, permanent tree crops, and hydroponics. His experience also includes intensive animal industries such as feedlots (beef & sheep), piggeries, and poultry, along with post-farm gate businesses like sugar mills, cotton gins, and grain/feed processing.

Adrian Kennelly

Adrian Kennelly

Associate

B.Ag.Sci. (Hons), M.Ag.Sci., CPAg.

Adrian has more than 30 years’ experience in agricultural business and natural resource management research, policy, education and extension. He is a specialist farm business management adviser, who consults to medium to large-scale private farmers, agribusiness investors, agricultural industry groups and government agencies.

Adrian has specific skills and experience in strategic planning, business analysis, impact and loss assessment, facilitation, and training and education in rural Australia.  Adrian chairs the advisory boards of a number of family farming operations in south-eastern Australia and has undertaken due diligence exercises for several domestic and international investors.

In addition to this, his most recent industry project work includes the development of an Investment Attraction Program for Rural Councils Victoria, an agricultural impact assessment of the Western Highway bypass of Ararat and the development of a business planning program (Our farm, our plan) for the Australian dairy industry.