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Business EDGE young guns
Business EDGE young guns workshops are for up-and-coming livestock producers who are ready to build their business skills and confidence to manage a modern agricultural business.
This two-day training for beef, sheep and goat producers is designed to give participants an understanding of the key terminology, concepts and indicators of business performance.
What you will learn:
- the fundamentals of long-term wealth creation and equity building
- understand where your business is performing well and where it can be improved
- a way to prioritise on-farm investment decisions
- understand how performance affects business performance
- understand what is required for business entry and succession.
What this workshop covers:
- financial literacy and accounting basics
- understanding your income statement, cashflow and balance sheet
- understanding and measuring key performance indicators over the short- and long-term
- business profitability and growth
- managing business risk
- determining the funding requirements of the business and allocating working capital
- wealth creation and planning for the future
- measuring enterprise performance.
Why attend?
- gain the skills and confidence to carry on the family business, start your own or step up in your role
- learn from presenters who understand grazing businesses
- meet other producers who are at a similar point in their career
- receive a full set of course notes and a suite of decision support tools to use at home.
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Find a Business EDGE young guns course near you
Business EDGE young guns courses are run across Australia. To find a Business EDGE young guns course in your area, visit MLA’s events calendar.
If you can’t find an event near you, please submit an Expression of Interest and we’ll pass your details on to your local deliverer.
