ABOUT THIS PODCAST 🔗
Hard Ground is a podcast for farmers and rural operators willing to have the difficult conversations around succession, production, politics, all of it. Join us as we pursue honesty and find the common ground we can all stand on.
Hosts:
Update frequency:
weekly
Average audio length:
56 minutes
Guest interviews
English
Australia
24 episodes
since April 6, 2026
episodic
LATEST EPISODE 🔗
What does it take to leave everything behind and find your place in a world completely different from your own?
In this episode of Hard Ground, Josh and Steph sit down with Ellie and Dan to explore rural life, relationships, regenerative farming, and the challenges of belonging. Ellie shares her jo…
PREVIOUS EPISODES 🔗
What are you escaping, and what is it costing you?
Content Warning: This episode discusses mental health struggles, isolation, and suicide. Some topics may be distressing for listeners.
If you or someone you know is struggling or in immediate danger, please contact your local emergency services or …
What does it take to build a $70 million family business without destroying the family behind it?
James and Emma Salerno from Ringers Western sit down with Hard Ground to unpack the principles that helped their family build one of Australia’s best-known rural clothing brands while staying united t…
Why are so many rural Australians putting their own health last, and what actually gets them to finally make a change?
In this episode, we sit down with Richard Sheppy to unpack how Fat Farmers and Active Farmers are changing rural health, fitness and mental wellbeing across Australian farming com…
How do you pass down a family farm, business, property or inheritance without tearing the family apart?
In this episode of Hard Ground, Josh and Steph sit down with Karen Gale, founder of Forever Told, Australia’s first intentional ethical will service, to explore one of the most overlooked parts o…
Why are so many men and boys struggling with purpose, identity, relationships, fatherlessness, mental health, and belonging?
In this episode, we explore what happens when boys grow up without strong male role models, when healthy masculinity is treated as something dangerous, and when men feel in…
Why do so many men struggle in silence, and why do some traditional approaches to men’s mental health fail to reach the blokes who need support most?
In this episode of Hard Ground, Mary O’Brien, founder of Are You Bogged Mate?, joins rural shearer and sheep farmer Tom to unpack the reality of rura…
Passing on a family farm should protect the legacy, not destroy the family. But when rising land values, sibling buyouts, retirement security, old promises, and unclear expectations collide, farm succession planning can quickly become a costly family dispute.
In this episode of Hard Ground, farmer…
Farm succession planning is not simply about deciding who receives the land. It is about protecting the family farm, preserving relationships, managing debt, creating opportunities for every child, and helping the next generation build a future of their own.
In this episode of Hard Ground, successi…
Why do so many farmers stay silent when they are struggling with depression, hopelessness, or suicidal thoughts? In this episode of Hard Ground, we examine the hidden mental health crisis affecting farmers, rural men, agricultural families, and multigenerational family farms.
Farm succession is not…
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