ABOUT CUSTOMISED FARM MANAGEMENT

Customised Farm Management (CFM) is an Australian-based, independent agricultural consultancy offering managerial services and advice for agricultural land holding investors. Our team of professionals are regionally based, so we understand first-hand the opportunities and challenges facing agricultural investors across regional Australia. CFM aims to operate all assets at a level within the Top 10%, which is a key reason why our investors achieve return level expectations.


With experience in both Portfolio and Farm Management Services, CFM currently manages a variety of irrigated and rain fed properties throughout Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria. Across our team of qualified professionals, we possess the experience to:

  • Source and secure unique agricultural assets.
  • Conduct due diligence in conjunction with legal associates. 
  • Understand the essentials of portfolio composition from a crop mix and geographical risk perspective. 
  • Locate and manage the premium lessees or farm operators to maximise returns for investors. 
  • Utilise commodity marketing to maximise return on investment.

OUR TEAM

With a core of 18 key rural professionals and agricultural experts along with accounting, real estate, and commodity marketing professionals, led by company directors Andrew Parkes and Andrew Ordish.

 

Our growing team possess the knowledge and resources to assist you through each stage of managing your agricultural assets. With ‘hands-on’ farming experience, business development and financing, CFM are experts across each aspect of the agriculture supply-chain.

Andrew Parkes

Managing Director

Andrew directs all custom and leased operations and sources potential acquisitions in conjunction with CFM asset managers. Andrew has been involved in agriculture for over 25 years and is recognised in Australian agriculture as an industry leader in the production of irrigated cotton.


He was awarded the Australian National Committee for Irrigation and Drainage (ANCID) National Irrigation Award in 2004 for his achievements in irrigation efficiencies and was also inducted into the Cotton Australia Hall of fame in 2014. Andrew’s leadership provides outstanding managerial and interpersonal skills, motivating all members of staff to produce exceptional results.

Andrew Ordish

Director & General Manager – Farm Operations

Following a career managing corporate farming operations in Australia and overseas Andrew co-founded Customised Farm Management in 2008. Today Andrew Ordish oversees all farming operations across the CFM group managing all day to day operational requirements with end to end accountability. 


Andrew’s association with corporate agriculture has allowed him to develop a core understanding of corporate governance issues and requirements.

Richard Malone

Southern Area Manager - Permanent Cropping

Richard is the Southern Area Manager based in the Riverina of NSW. Richard’s experiences span over 10 years of broadacre and horticultural expertise as an independent agronomist. His agronomic career expands to the intensive and productive regions of the Darling Downs, North Queensland and the Riverina.


Richard now manages a portfolio of properties with Horticulture, Broadacre and Livestock mixed farming systems in Southern NSW. He has developed a focus in permanent horticultural developments and land use change, specialising in intensive agricultural operations on the aggregations managed.  

Charles Morgan

Southern Area Manager Broadacre

Charles is based in the Riverina region of NSW. In his current role he is

responsible for overseeing operations all broadacre based assets in the Murrumbidgee and Lachlan Valleys managed by Customised Farm Management.


Originally from Central Victoria, he has spent his career in southern NSW since graduating from a Bachelor of Agricultural Science at La Trobe University in  2013. During his agronomy career Charles specialised in cotton production,  as well as associated broadcare cereal and pulse crops. Charles has been a member and involved in the Crop Consultants of Australia for since 2013.


Emily McLeod

Chief Financial Officer

Emily is responsible for overseeing the financial reporting, management accounting, budgeting, and cashflow of each entity and ensures the

appropriate treasury controls are implemented and functioning. Leading

and mentoring the Accounts team based in Moree NSW, she is also responsible

for managing relationships with external accountants and top tier auditors

to ensure the entities are compliant with accounting standards and practices. Emily has utilised the many advancements in technology within our industry

to streamline our processes and best practice methods leading to many

increased efficiencies.


With an agricultural upbringing and over 10 years’ experience across public accounting, financial advisory and business management as a Chartered Accountant, Emily bridges the gaps in the reporting requirements from an operational, accounting, and board perspective.


Customised Farm Management manages over 15 rural properties across Australia's diverse Eastern Seaboard agricultural region.

Our Farms


CFM manage a number of corporate scale agricultural assets across Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria & Vanuatu. Focusing on Australia, total farm operations comprise a broad spectrum of cropping activities from irrigated summer crops to winter dryland cereal cropping.


CFM has been at the forefront, developing skilled people in permanent crop developments leading the step change in this industry class with developments encompassing Citrus, Kiwifruit, Almond & Pistachio’s.


Livestock operations remain a major contributor to CFM investor’s profitability and diversity. Grazing operations are conducted over a number of holdings with an approximate grazing area of 55,000 hectares.

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