Optimise Farm Performance with Benchmarking Insights

Farm Performance Assessment

Farm Performance Benchmarking compares your farm’s financial and productivity performance with data from other farms.

Benchmarking with a Group

Benchmarking with a group gives you the opportunity to compare results, share ideas and learn from other producers. Together, you can identify practical ways to improve your farm’s performance and put the learnings from your Farm Performance Assessment into action.

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Benchmarking with Mates

Benchmarking with Mates allows you to form a benchmarking group with friends. It doesn’t matter where group members are located or what their enterprise mix is. The greater the diversity the greater the insights.

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What is Benchmarking?

Benchmarking your farm performance with other businesses helps to identify opportunities for improvements in profitability and productivity.
Farm performance benchmarking is the comparison of financial and farm productivity measures of an individual farm against a pooled dataset of other farms.
Agrista has invested heavily in delivering a consistent methodology that is widely accepted as the industry standard for collecting data and reporting farm performance measures that matter. The key performance indicators (KPIs) used give a quantifiable measure of the business’s performance.
The Agrista team has over 35 years of experience in analysing and interpreting benchmarking results with client benchmarking performance data over time, demonstrating the value of identifying and implementing change.

Testimonial

Working alongside Agrista has allowed us to identify areas of our business to improve on and create a set of objectives and measurable targets to aim towards. The benchmarking group includes a network of like-minded people with a common set of goals and aspirations. Through better practices established, we have seen a significant improvement in the financial performance of our business whilst maintaining pastures and animal husbandry.

Tom - Hicks Beef, Holbrook

2026 Benchmarking Due Dates

The due dates for submitting benchmarking inputs this year are as follows:

Calendar Year: Friday 6th March
Production Year: Friday 8th May
Financial Year: Friday 7th August

FAQs

Who is Agrista?

30 years of experience
Based in Wagga Wagga, southern NSW, the Agrista team has more than 30 years’ experience analysing and interpreting farm benchmarking results.
Trusted across the agricultural sector
We work with corporate and family farms, the rural finance sector, government and industry bodies, and the broader agricultural services sector.
Agrista currently benchmarks farms representing more than $5 billion in assets under management and growing.

Benefits of Benchmarking?

Benchmarking is about more than comparing numbers. It provides the insight, accountability and connections to help you make better decisions and improve your business.

Stay accountable — turn insights into action and keep moving towards your goals.
Identify practical opportunities — understand where changes can improve profitability, productivity and performance.
Develop a clear strategy — use evidence from your benchmarking results to focus on what matters most.
Learn from fellow producers — share ideas, experiences and practical solutions with like-minded farmers.

“Some clients start when they have a family member who joins the business. Some start because they are looking for accountability and are keen to learn and interact with like-minded farmers. Some are looking to become more profitable, and some are ready to make changes but need direction and ideas about the best way to do this.”

Ellie Hays, Agrista Consultant

How Often Do Groups Meet?

Benchmarking groups typically meet three times a year.

1 benchmarking results meeting — review the group’s results, compare performance and identify opportunities for improvement.
2 case study meetings — visit a participating farm to explore the business in more detail, share practical insights and understand how management decisions influence performance.

The combination of benchmarking results and on-farm case studies provides a practical way for members to learn from both the data and each other.

Is My Data Confidential?

Yes. Your individual benchmarking data is confidential.

Agrista does not share any component of an individual participant’s benchmarking data without their consent.

Your results are used to provide meaningful benchmarking insights while protecting the confidentiality of your individual farm business and financial information.

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