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A key topic of discussion at the recent IAgrM conference was how to face the challenges of the shifting agricultural funding landscape, which will see many farming businesses face real difficulties if they don’t sharpen their approach quickly. One of the great things about the conference was the depth of discussion on the importance of getting the right plan, culture and team in place to take the sector forward.

The demands for attention of modern estate owners and land managers are ever increasing. Swapping hats is part of the job. One minute managers are talking about farming, livestock management, crop husbandry, soil and environmental stewardship - the next, they’re talking about diversification and commercial lets. Being able to understand what is going on at any given point in time, and more importantly navigating the way ahead is crucial for estate owners and their advisors.

How is the harvest progressing on your farm? This is the number one question farmers face as they monitor their final yields and approach the grain market season. Despite scattered showers over the past few weeks, harvest rates continue to push forward with high projected yields.

Hamish McKay and Richard Loe from Magic Talk Radio's Rural Exchange have run a trio of interviews featuring Figured. Recently they caught up with our very own John Gibson, Richard Wheeler from rural accounting firm Sidekick Rural, and John Rushton, a helicopter pilot turned farmer based in mid-Canterbury to gather their insights on the latest happenings across the rural sector. Take a listen to the short audio segments.

We've launched the world's first real-time financial insights and predictive modelling tool for the agricultural sector. The Figured Insights platform is a powerful engine that can crunch billions of data points to give instant access to meaningful insights for our partners, enabling them to help their customers to anticipate problems and action opportunities in a way they could never have anticipated.

Agricultural businesses in the UK face many challenges, however, some of the most pressing are being exacerbated by changes in subsidy and market volatility. Having the best advisory team on hand to help, and being equipped with the best tools to assist in the process, has never been more important.

As the nights get shorter and tractors spend more time in sheds than in fields, it’s the time when farms can start to analyse what went well in the previous season - and what didn't go so well. We caught up with Ryan Gue, of Huddlestone Farmers, a mixed dairy, sheep, beef and arable farm with holdings in West Sussex and the Scottish Borders, about harvest 2021 and the implications for the year ahead.

We’re thrilled to announce the launch of Agstute - the new service from Promar, powered by Figured and Xero. This partnership will see Figured form a key element of the technology to support Promar who provide leading advice and data services to over 1,000 clients across the UK.

Figured Commercial Manager is designed specifically for accounting practices that are wanting to keep their non-farming clients reporting streamlined within the practice. It includes planning & reporting without the production trackers, with access to the scenarios tool and includes custom account categories.