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I’ve always enjoyed visiting Tasmania – especially Launceston – and recently, I travelled there for theTasmanian Farmers and Graziers Association(TFGA) conference held on the 7th and 8th of July.

Here are a few takeaways from my first TFGA Conference:

As our partner network continues to grow, we’re pleased to be welcoming John Gibson to our team to work alongside Neil Landers in supporting accounting practices in their partnership with Figured. John will be based in Christchurch and will be managing the relationships with all our South Island-based partners, and Neil will continue as Senior Relationship Manager for our North Island partners.

The Figured Fast Track Partner Program launched into Australia in May. We’ve already seen a quick uptake, with increasing numbers of rural accounting practices across the country keen to raise their Partner status on the newly introduced three-tier qualification system.

Mystery Creek Fieldays 2016 was, as expected, a huge event. Over 130,000 visitors came through the gates over the four days, meaning this year’s event was one of the biggest on record.

For Figured, our third year of Fieldays was an incredible opportunity to connect with new and existing users, to demonstrate recent product innovations, and to reinforce our position as a leading-edge agri financial management tool through our strong on-site presence.

It can be said that nothing truly great was ever achieved alone. Throughout history, every successful person or enterprise has achieved greatness with the backing of a team who each shares their knowledge and ideas to achieve an objective.

That’s the definition of collaboration and there’s no place it could be more beneficial right now than within farming businesses.

We are proud to announce that New South Wales-based accounting practice, Peacocke Accountants is the very first Australian Gold Partner for Figured.

Figured are proud to be sponsoring a great initiative to send 100 drought-affected Canterbury sheep and beef farmers to Mystery Creek Fieldays 2016.

Nick Hamilton is the North Canterbury farmer leading the cause - and it’s one that’s all too close to his heart.

Global agriculture is under going massive change with the ever increasing investment in technology and production. However, volatility in global soft commodity prices and the vagaries of inconsistent weather patterns remain. No matter how much we invest in technology, if it doesn't rain the farmer is in a world of pain, which I think is a concept that is being forgotten as we continue to invest in technology and chase yield.

The biggest event on the farming calendar is fast approaching and we hope to see you there! Mystery Creek Fieldays runs from 15-18 June, and we're excited to once again be on a premier site alongside our key partner, Xero,