What is collaboration

Production collaboration provides an opportunity for farmers and growers to reduce costs, improve efficiencies and create additional value within their farm business, that could not be achieved individually.

In its simplest form collaboration may involve two or more neighbouring farmers sharing resources such as an expensive piece of machinery, through to more complex joint farming operations.

True collaboration starts when all parties share common goals and are willing to share an equal level of risk and benefits and to offer full commitment to the partnership.

Collaboration can benefit farm businesses across all different sectors, of all different sizes and different land tenure agreements. Farmers collaborating with one another do not necessarily need to have the same farming profile to achieve mutual benefit.