About Us
Founded in 2008, Customised Farm Management (CFM) is an Australian owned and operated rural asset management company with offices in Moree, Griffith, Gunnedah and Sydney NSW.
Our team of professionals are all locally based and have a comprehensive understanding of the challenges facing investors who hold (or are intending to acquire) agricultural assets across Australia.
Our company provides extensive experience in both Portfolio and Farm Management Services and a proven track record for providing both cash and capital returns within the Top 10% for comparable assets, CFM currently manages a variety of irrigated, rain fed and horticultural properties throughout Queensland, New South Wales and the Northern Territory.
Enterprises under management encompass fresh fruit and vegetables, edible nuts, cereals, natural fibre, beef, lamb and wool production.
CFM manages the green field development and operation of large scale permanent horticultural enterprises including citrus, almonds, pistachios, and kiwifruit.

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 85,000 hectares.
Core Services
Acquisitions
We source, conduct extensive due diligence and assist in securing unique agricultural assets that can provide investment delta.
Management
Provide day-to-day asset management in conjunction with both short- and long-term property operational and development plans and budgets to align with the overarching objectives of the investor.
HR & WH&S
Employment of all farm staff contractor management. Dedication to the identification of individual asset risks, ensuring implementation of compliance measures. Priority focus on safety and well being of all staff.
Agronomy
We have an experienced team of agronomists that specialise in horticulture, irrigated and dryland broadacre and row cropping enterprises.
Accounting
Our accounting team provides bookkeeping, invoice and accounts management as well as financial oversight and cash flow management of day to day operations.
Our Executives
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
Chief Executive Officer
Andrew directs all operations, and sources potential acquisitions in conjunction with CFM asset managers. Andrew has been involved in agriculture for over 35 years, is recognised in Australian agriculture as an industry leader and has been the recipient of numerous awards in acknowledgement of his abilities.
Andrew’s leadership provides outstanding managerial and interpersonal skills, motivating all members of staff to produce exceptional results.
Andrew Ordish
Chief Operations Officer
Andrew has also been involved in agriculture for over 35 years and his long association with corporate agriculture has allowed him to develop a core understanding of corporate governance issues and requirements.
He also oversights most of the development and asset management of the northern NSW and southern QLD CFM managed assets, including all Kiwi Fruit operations.
Richard Malone
Southern Area Manager - Permanent Cropping
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 manages the Griffith office and the portfolio of CFM managed properties in Southern NSW, encompassing all horticulture, broadacre livestock and mixed farming systems. Richard has managed all of the permanent crop developments from budgeting, planning, implementation and operations in Southern NSW, which include commodities such as almonds, pistachio’s and citrus. trials, results, and reporting.
Charles Morgan
Southern Area Manager Broadacre
Originally from Central Victoria, Charles 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 specialises in all aspects of broadacre cereal and pulse crop production, as well as irrigated crops such as corn and cotton.
He also provides oversight across a range of regions including the Northern Territory, NSW and Victoria. Charles is also directly responsible for oversighting agronomic management on all southern properties as well as managing all ‘productivity and efficiency gain’
Emily Cook
Finance & Compliance Director
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. She is also responsible for managing relationships with funding sources, external accountants, and financial auditors to ensure the entities are compliant with all accounting standards and practices.
Emily is from a farming background and is also a chartered accountant with the understanding of being able to link the rigours of audited accounting requirements with the vagaries of agriculture.
Company Structure
Our management structure allows for the distribution of key roles and responsibilities to place a farmland asset in the best possible position for high-level investor returns and focus on maintaining and driving profitability, innovation and sustainability.
