Episode 20: Succession and empowering the next generation with Jill Fotheringhame

We speak to Jill Fotheringhame about how she and her husband Keith grew their farm from a small sheep and wheat farm in the late 1980s to the large and successful cattle feedlot and grain business today.

Jill owns and manages a beef feedlot and grain enterprise with her husband and son Todd in Karlgarin, Western Australia.

Jill provides practical advice on the following:
- Managing high-interest rates
- The changes in farm technology
- How to autosteer phone calls from brothers
- Beneficial financial management habits and routines
- Succession and allowing the next generation to run the show.

Jill believes that good family relationships are the cornerstone of a successful farm business and that it is all about “relationships, communication, and involvement.”

Sit back where ever you are listening and enjoy Jill’s story and wisdom.