Profitable Farmer

In this episode, and building upon our last Profitable Farmer conversation on ‘people wrangling’ with FOA General Manager Sam Johnsson, I have the privilege of interviewing the Managing Director and Head Recruiter at DroverAg Recruitment, John Boote.   John arrives into HR Management & Ag Recruitment with over 20 years’ experience in farm management on the Cattle Stations across the Northern Territory & Western Australia. Sitting at the helm of this specialist Agricultural Recruitment agency, John and his team deliver employment solutions to primary producers, property owners and farmers all over Australia. ​​​​​​​ Being on the frontline of the agricultural employment marketplace, John is acutely aware of the very real challenge of matching (young) talent and agri-employees with our nation’s farming businesses.   The thing I like about John is that he is pragmatic and a straight talker. He calls it as he sees it. Like me, he has observed a number of issues at play in our industry all around what