FARMANCO your complete Australian farm advice company
Farmanco is one of the largest farm consultancy practices in Australia.
The Farmanco Group was established in 1978 and evolved from the Dowerin and Districts Farm Management Advisory Service. Ken Sevenson took over the practice with around 70 farm business clients. Farmanco continues to grow and now has more than 20 professional consultants advising over 750 clients.
We have multiple regional offices across the wheat belt, great southern and south coastal regions of Western Australia, as well as an office and Farm Management Consultant in Albury, New South Wales.
Our advice is personalised and we work with our clients to provide the best possible outcomes. Farmanco consultants are specialists in the following:
About Farmanco
Business Structure
Farmanco Principal: Rob Sands, Eric Nankivell, David Ward, Don McTaggart, Laurence Carslake, David Cameron, Brent Pritchard, Chris Robinson, Mae Connelly, Mark Lawrence and Ben Curtis.
Farmanco Associate Principal: Ryan Duane and Richard Brake.
Farmanco Board: Rob Sands (Chair), Eric Nankivell, Laurence Carslake and Don McTaggart
CEO: Keith Symondson
Trading Details
Trading Name: Farmanco Management Consultants Pty Ltd
ABN: 44 195 932 840
Trading Address and Contact Details: 2 Hartung Street or PO Box 260, Mundaring, WA 6073. Telephone: (08) 9295 0940. Email: info@farmanco.com.au.
Country of domicile: Australia
CEO – Keith Symondson
Keith was appointed to the Farmanco Group as our first CEO in 2016. His role being to manage Farmanco and work with our consultants to provide the services and products our clients need.
Originally from the UK, Keith and his family moved to Western Australia in 2006. Keith has a varied employment background that took him all over the world. Keith’s expertise lies in working with businesses to improve their internal management systems, processes and efficiency.
Based in our Mundaring office, Keith can be contacted on (08) 9295 0940 or keith@farmanco.com.au.
Farmanco Board
Rob joined Farmanco in 1991 and operates from the Mundaring Office, consulting to clients throughout the Central Wheatbelt.
Rob has specialist knowledge in business analysis and farming systems including grain and livestock enterprises.
Rob has played a key role in developing our unique suite of software programs that include Business Analysis and a range of Decision Aids.
Based in our Mundaring office, Rob can be contacted on (08) 9295 0940 or rsands@farmanco.com.au.
Eric Nankivell
In October 2017, Eric celebrated 21 years with Farmanco, coming from a banking background as a Rural Consultant with Bankwest.
As a management consultant with the Farmanco team, Eric began at the York Office, before being based at Narrogin for 10 years and then moving to Esperance, WA. In 2015 Eric opened Farmanco’s first eastern states office at Albury, NSW and now consults to clients in WA, NSW, Victoria and Queensland.
Eric is a past Treasurer of SEPWA, Esperance, past board member of the Grower Group Alliance (WA) and current committee member of Riverine Plains Inc. Eric is also a member of the Central West Farming Systems (CWFS) group.
Eric thoroughly enjoys living and working in the Riverina and the challenges provided by consulting to both dryland and irrigated cropping and livestock farm businesses. Eric can be contacted on 0428 914 263 or enankivell@farmanco.com.au.
Laurence Carslake
Laurence joined Farmanco in July 2007 and provides both farm management and agronomy services. Based in the Great Southern, Laurence has extensive farm management, livestock and cropping experience. He also has a long history in, and knowledge of, broadacre agricultural production systems. His practical experience covers the selection, operation and maintenance of most farm and earth moving machinery.
Based in our Pingelly office, Laurence can be contacted on mobile 0407 441 157 or lcarslake@farmanco.com.au.
Don McTaggart
Don McTaggart, Marketing Consultant, has been with Farmanco since 2006, and has worked in agribusiness since 2003. His clients are located across the Albany, Kwinana and Geraldton port zones of WA, as well as the Wimmera district of Victoria.
Don can provide advice on the full range of grain marketing options, including derivatives.
Based in our Albany office, Don can be contacted on 0427 387 300 or don@farmanco.com.au.
“Joining Farmanco is one of the best decisions our business has made. As a professional independent, Eric viewing the business from a numbers, practical and people perspective has been an important part of our success.”
“Gained a great insight into some of the best family businesses in Esperance, who are all at different stages of development and growth. This gave them a real insight as to what their own business should aspire to in 20 years. It only works if all the participants are committed to confidentiality, and to complete honesty. I would definitely recommend others consider participating in a similar process.”
Grain marketing has become a complicated and time-consuming part of farming, so we decided to enlist the professional services of Farmanco Grain Marketing.
They provide price discovery, negotiate and execute contracts with buyers on our behalf and manage our position right through harvest. They will also optimise and allocate all of our grain, once harvest is completed.
We have no hesitation recommending the services of Farmanco Marketing, for anyone who is looking for a partner to manage the marketing of their grain.
