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Mike Logan went from stretching a cotton farm’s balance sheet to its limit to chairing advisory boards for some of Australia’s most ambitious family businesses. In this episode, he and Ben Law unpack the structure that high-performing families use to make better decisions, develop the next generation, and build for the long term — and why the question you’re not asking could be costing you more than you think.
She’ll cringe when she reads this. She’ll probably ring and tell me off. But some things need to be said out loud.
Behind every strong farming family is a mum who sees what others miss — who champions quietly, holds the line through the hard seasons, and thinks decades ahead so the next generation has something worth inheriting. In this Mother’s Day reflection, Ben Law honours his own mum and every mum on the land whose fingerprints are all over Australia’s family farm legacies and the succession plans that protect them.
The gate opens. The paddock feels bigger than expected. Do you complain — or walk? A grounded message for young men stepping into responsibility.
Most rural families treat the end of financial year as their main reason to talk to their accountant. The families building something truly generational? They’ve rewritten that relationship entirely. Sarah Becker — Chartered Accountant, Rural Business Advisor, and Central Queensland grazier — joins Ben Law to share what the top performers are actually doing differently, and why the gap between a dream and a plan is wider than most families realise.
What changes when a farming family stops relying on tradition… and starts building a business that can grow beyond them? This episode will challenge how you think about developing the next generation.
