AgriCoach Wealth & Wisdom Podcast by The Financial Bloke
Wealth & Wisdom: For Farming Families Who Want More Money matters — but wisdom is what makes it last. For Australia’s most successful farming families, financial growth is only part of the picture. True, lasting success means aligning your wealth with your values, nurturing strong family relationships, and building a legacy that endures for generations. Join Ben Law, The Financial Bloke and founder of Agricoach, Australia’s leading coaching business for high-performing rural families, as he shares the insights, stories, and strategies that matter most. With over two decades of experience advising and coaching some of the country’s most successful agricultural families, Ben now dedicates his work to helping others do the same — through the High Performing Families Accelerator and this powerful podcast. On the Wealth & Wisdom podcast, you’ll hear from industry experts, thought leaders, and inspiring rural voices. Together, you’ll explore what it really takes to grow, protect, and transition wealth — without sacrificing family harmony or personal fulfillment. Whether you’re preparing for succession, investing off-farm, managing family dynamics, or shaping the next generation of leadership, this podcast is your trusted source of clarity, strategy, and perspective. Smart decisions. Stronger families. A legacy worth leaving. Welcome to Wealth & Wisdom — tune in and grow with us.
Episodes
What if the real threat to your family business isn’t drought, interest rates, or commodity prices — but entitlement creeping into the next generation?
In this Mini Episode, Ben Law — The Financial Bloke — takes aim at the behaviour that quietly rots family businesses from the inside. Entitlement isn’t random, and it’s not “just their personality”. Most of the time, we create it at home without realising: standards slip, excuses get...
What if the biggest risk to your family farm isn’t drought, interest rates, or commodity prices— but you running yourself into the ground?
In this episode of The Agricoach Wealth & Wisdom Podcast, Ben sits down with executive coach Tanya Atkinson, who works with leaders and farming families across Australia on growth, transition and burnout. Together they unpack a hard truth most high-performing families quietly brush aside: bur...
Ever wonder why the markets keep climbing even when everything feels uncertain?
In this episode, Ben Law sits down with Libby Newman, Senior Investment Strategist at Vanguard Australia, to unpack what’s really driving today’s market highs, the rise of AI, and what it all means for long-term investors.
From record share prices to gold surges and the unstoppable tech giants, Libby explains why diversification still wins, why most inves...
Most farming families think profit equals progress — but that’s not always true. In this episode, Ben Law breaks down the truth about where your profit really goes… and why so many families work their guts out yet still feel like they’re standing still.
You’ll hear how high-performing families treat profit not as a finish line, but as fuel — fuel for freedom, security, and legacy. Ben walks through the five “profit buckets” every fa...
What if the real reason family conflict keeps repeating isn’t about money, land, or even succession — but the unseen stories we’ve been carrying for generations?
In this powerful conversation, Ben Law sits down with Lael Stone — educator, counsellor, author, and co-founder of Woodline Primary School — to unpack how unexamined imprints from our past quietly shape how we parent, lead, and communicate.
From unspoken family expectations ...
What if the secret to lasting success in farming, family, and life isn’t about controlling every detail — but about knowing when to let go?
In this mini episode, Ben Law shares the mindset he’s seen in the most successful farming families over the last 25 years: do your absolute best, then release the outcome. From the paddock to the boardroom, the lesson is the same. You can prepare the soil, sow the seed, and spray the weeds — but...
What if the very habits that made you successful are now the biggest things holding you back?
In this episode of The Agricoach Wealth & Wisdom Podcast, Ben sits down with Jean-Marc Barbeau, turnaround strategist and founder of Better Business Freedom. Jean-Marc shares his journey from climbing the corporate ladder in London to redefining what true success and freedom mean — and why too many business owners (and farming families)...
What tears farming families apart usually isn’t the big blow-ups. It’s the quiet termites — the little digs, careless words, and unspoken grudges that eat away at trust. In this mini-episode, Ben Law unpacks a principle that can transform family dynamics: “Work hard not to offend — and even harder not to be offended.”
You’ll hear why truth-telling without timing and respect backfires, how carrying offence poisons family businesses a...
What if you could take the wild swings out of cattle prices and bring real certainty into your operation?
In this episode, Ben Law sits down with Ripley Atkinson, livestock risk management specialist at StoneX. Ripley grew up on a mixed farm in Tamworth, worked across NT stations, MLA, and now helps producers and feedlots across Australia use structured tools to lock in margins and plan with confidence.
Together, they break down how ...
Ever found yourself convinced the sky was falling—only to realise later it was just a hiccup?
In this mini episode, Ben shares how a blocked septic system spiralled into a fifty-grand catastrophe in his head before reality pulled him back. That moment uncovers a bigger truth: the sneaky role cognitive distortions play in farming families.
From black-and-white thinking to catastrophising and mind-reading, Ben shows how these mental ...
Recorded live at the annual 3R Beef Pre Bull Sale Dinner, this special episode of The AgriCoach Wealth & Wisdom Podcast captures a fireside chat with one of Australian agriculture’s most influential leaders.
Ben Law sits down with Garry Edwards — Chair of Cattle Australia and Managing Director of AAM Investment Group — to unpack the journey from the paddock to building a $1 billion diversified agribusiness spanning beef, lamb, p...
Ever walked into a family meeting armed with facts, spreadsheets, and a bulletproof case — only to walk out with nothing but more tension? You’re not alone.
In this punchy mini episode, Ben Law unpacks why logic so often fails in farming family conversations — and what actually works instead. From succession and scaling decisions to big changes in the business, emotions nearly always trump calculators.
Ben shares four proven strategi...
What if the government’s proposed superannuation tax changes weren’t just targeting the ultra-wealthy, but could one day hit everyday farming families?
In this episode, Ben Law — The Financial Bloke — is joined again by leading agribusiness lawyer Kylie Wilson to cut through the political spin and lay out what these changes really mean for families on the land.
From the extra 15% tax on balances over $3 million, to the lack of inde...
What if the biggest risk you’ll ever take isn’t failing — but hesitating?
In this short, sharp mini episode, Ben Law unpacks the single piece of advice he’s heard most from the wisest minds he’s interviewed: back yourself.
Drawing on years of conversations and his own journey, Ben reveals why waiting until you “feel ready” is a trap, why action beats hesitation every time, and how regret creeps in when you let opportunities pass by.
...
What keeps a fifth-generation family business alive for more than a century? In this episode, Ben Law sits down with Tom Morrissey of Morrissey & Co, the Darling Downs family behind Australia’s most trusted calf cradles and cattle equipment.
From humble blacksmith beginnings in 1910 to pioneering world-first solar-powered hydraulic crushes, the Morrisseys have always balanced tradition with innovation. Tom shares how his family ...
"We should’ve started this 10 years ago."
Ben Law has heard that exact sentence more times than he can count — whispered by farming couples in their 60s and 70s, after the kids leave the room.
In this punchy and powerful mini episode, Ben dives into one of the most painful regrets he sees in agriculture: waiting too long to get started.
Waiting to have the hard conversations.
Waiting to plan the future.
Waiting for c...
If your kids are going to inherit the farm — or the family fortune — you’d better be sure they know how to manage it.
In this no-fluff, high-value episode, Ben is joined by long-time mate and mortgage strategist Ryan Baddock to explore what it really takes to get the next generation wealth-ready — long before succession.
You’ll discover:
- Why teaching your kids how to build wealth is more important than just handing it over
- The key ...
Think your farm is your retirement plan? Think again.
In this confronting MINI EPISODE, Ben Law — The Financial Bloke — takes aim at one of the most dangerous beliefs in family agriculture: “The farm is my super fund.”
That mindset has quietly blown up more successions than droughts or disputes ever have.
You’ll discover:
- Why relying solely on the farm for retirement is a recipe for regret
- How off-farm assets create options — and pr...
What’s holding your family business back — being wrong, or being too slow to change?
In this energising conversation, Ben Law sits down with Dr. Mark Ferguson — sheep genetics expert, CEO of Next Gen Agri, and host of The Head Shepherd Podcast — to explore why the greatest risk in ag today isn’t failure... it’s inertia.
From the paddock to the boardroom, this episode cuts through the fluff and tackles the hard truth: the families tha...
Ever found yourself snapping at the wrong person, avoiding the real issue, or feeling stuck but not sure why?
In this punchy mini episode, Ben Law — The Financial Bloke — unpacks the two emotional drivers that quietly derail farming families: fear and frustration. Left unchecked, these forces sabotage relationships, cloud decisions, and stall progress.
But here’s the good news: once you understand them, you can master them.
Ben reveal...
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