Livestock Advisor Essentials – Meating the market + Influence and impact

Livestock Advisor Essentials (LAE) is a professional development program designed for early career professionals involved in the livestock industry or advisors wishing to build their skills and expand their industry knowledge and networks.

This is an unbeatable opportunity to:

• Learn the fundamentals of livestock businesses.
• Develop knowledge, skills and confidence.
• Connect with other livestock advisors.

The program will include three face-to-face workshops covering the livestock industry building-blocks of feedbase, business, reproduction and genetics, value chain and people and extension.

Meating the market

Delivered by Elke Hocking (Elke Hocking Consulting) this session will help participants improve their understanding of the current and future requirements for red meat customers and give them practical skills in analysing customer feedback to pass on to their clients. Participants will also gain confidence in being able to assist their clients identify and develop possible on-farm solutions to address compliance issues.

Influence and impact 

For professionals involved in advising and extension, it is all about influence and impact and the skill and art of this must be continually developed and honed. Delivered Jill Rigney (The Right Mind), this two-day workshop will cover both the fundamentals of human engagement plus processes and frameworks for sustained influence.