Agribusiness Consulting

The goal of our Agribusiness consulting team is to help our clients identify opportunities and ensure that they are in a position to take on investment, improve performance and/or deploy capital. Our experts have hands-on experience in formulating strategies and conducting value-enhancing transactions for investors and agricultural businesses. We combine advisory with implementation and collaborate across the key transaction stakeholders to “get it done,” driving and delivering results fast.

Our transaction solutions cover:

• Agricultural investment strategies
• Helping businesses transition to being investment-ready
• Strategic planning
• Equity and debt raising
• Valuations
• Business cases and feasibility studies
• Buy-side advisory
• Sell-side advisory
• Bespoke solutions based on our client’s requirements

Our team understands the drivers of performance in agriculture. Our objective is to help farming operations that are under pressure to establish, evaluate and implement successful turnaround strategies. If this cannot be achieved, we work with all stakeholders to best preserve the business's value in a divestment scenario.

Our turnaround and restructuring experts in Australia provide solutions across each stage, according to the financial and operational needs of the company. We identify the key drivers of current or forecasted underperformance and establish the best way forward in any circumstance. Our approach is centred around collaboration, rigorous analysis and detailed project plans, ensuring that our recommendations are well-founded and actionable.

These solutions include:

• Financial and operational restructuring
• Strategy development and execution
• Independent business reviews
• Business and asset divestiture
• Capital raising (debt and equity)
• Formal appointments
• Investigations
• Regulatory and fiduciary compliance
• Stakeholder management and media engagement

The agriculture sector is a politically sensitive and high-profile industry across the world. Our dedicated Strategic Communications team provides clients with communications solutions tailored to the nuances and stakeholders of the Australian and Asian agriculture industry at a time when the large gap between agriculture and consumers is growing even further.

Our experts help agribusinesses develop strong and resilient reputations, support C-suites and boards of directors on capital market events, navigate public affairs issues, influence policy and related outcomes, and amplify and leverage the reach of corporate messaging.

Our integrated communications services include:

• Stakeholder management
• Investor relations
• Media and public relations
• Government and public affairs advisory
• Transaction support
• Corporate communications
• Financial communications
• Public affairs
• Crisis and issues management
• Corporate and executive profile-raising and positioning
• Litigation support
• Critical media and political risk intelligence, analysis and advice
• Community consultation

We help Agribusiness owners assess risks and vulnerabilities and put plans in place to better manage disruptions and recover faster.

Our services include:

• Supply chain analysis and efficiency
• Modern slavery
• Dispute resolution
• Wage underpayments
• Privacy and data governance program development and implementation
• Cybersecurity incident preparedness and response planning
• Organisational strategy and corporate governance
• Reputation protection
• Stakeholder engagement (political, media, community, investor)
• Activist response

We understand the Australian and global political and economic trends that impact the industry and have a proven track record across a wide variety of agricultural sectors, from the farm gate, along the supply chain, to the end processors. We understand prices, costs and wages and can provide bespoke forecasts at a range of geographic and industry levels.

Our economic experts offer a number of core services to our agricultural clients:

• Industry, market and policy analysis
• Biosecurity and food safety
• Research and development (‘R&D’) evaluation
• Irrigated agriculture
• Climate change and adaptation
• Market analysis and forecasting
• Policy review and evaluation
• Economic and social impact assessments
• Program evaluation and performance measurement
• Cost-benefit analysis
• Business case and feasibility studies
• Supply chain analysis

Renewable energy projects on farming operations are on the rise. One critical component of renewable energy development for landowners is an agreement to access land for the purpose of developing a renewable energy project. We know what good looks like and can help businesses assess a developer’s offer, mitigate risks and negotiate the best deal customised to their operations.

Our consultants can:

• Help farmers understand the risks and assess the impact of a project on operations
• Evaluate offers and compensation packages from renewable energy developers
• Develop a revenue strategy for new projects
• Forecast the long-term commercial viability of a project
• Advise on the optimal placement of renewable energy infrastructure to protect existing operations and farm value
• Support negotiations with developers