Published - 19 April 2021 By Sarah Brown (Agriculture Victoria) Tips for writing your farm business plan Writing a farm business plan shouldn’t seem like a mountain to climb. You know your business better than anyone else, all it takes is to … Read More decision making, risk management, succession planning Business Management
Published - 9 April 2021 By Pippa Auld (Agriculture Victoria) Making sense of carbon accounting and carbon farming Carbon accounting and carbon farming are probably terms you have heard thrown around a fair bit in recent times. This is due to government policy settings … Read More climate, risk management, sustainability Business Management, Farm Productivity
Published - 2 February 2021 By Sam Henty (Agriculture Victoria) 2019–20 Livestock Farm Monitor Results In 2019-20, Livestock Farm Monitor Project (LFMP) provided 94 participant Victorian sheep, beef and cropping producers with detailed financial and production performance information. The LFMP … Read More Agriculture Victoria, beef, grains, Livestock Farm Monitor Project, sheep Business Management, Farm Productivity
Published - 29 December 2020 By Paul Blackshaw (Meridian Agriculture), Sarah Brown (Agriculture Victoria) Stocktaking the business – the 4x4x4x4 Model Farmers often get busy with the day-to-day farming and struggle to bring all the business partners/family together to think about the direction of the business. … Read More decision making Business Management
Published - 16 December 2020 By Natalie Nelson (Agriculture Victoria) What makes Gippsland tick? 2019-20 Victorian Dairy Farm Monitor Results The latest Dairy Farm Monitor report shows that the 25 farmers in the Gippsland sample used a range of operational strategies to manage the 2019-20 … Read More Agriculture Victoria, Dairy Australia, Dairy Farm Monitor Business Management, Farm Productivity
Published - 10 December 2020 By Claire Waterman (Agriculture Victoria) How dairy farmers took advantage of improved conditions in 2019-20 One of our surveyed south west Victoria farmers in the Dairy Farm Monitor Project (DFMP) has told us how the improved conditions returned their business … Read More Agriculture Victoria, dairy, Dairy Farm Monitor Business Management, Farm Productivity
Published - 24 August 2020 By Pippa Auld & Sarah Wallis (Agriculture Victoria) Farm Finance – Getting Prepared Online Workshop Last month Jane Foster of ORM delivered an online workshop called Farm Finance – Getting Prepared. The aim of the workshop was to help Young … Read More Agriculture Victoria, decision making, risk management, workshops Business Management, Support & Opportunities
Published - 13 August 2020 By Pippa Auld (Agriculture Victoria) Business Bootcamps: Building resilience and success Jen Smith and her husband Brad could only be described as resilient after the introduction they’ve had to being full time farmers. In 2012 they … Read More Agriculture Victoria, bootcamp, budgeting, decision making Case Studies, Support & Opportunities
Published - 21 July 2020 By Jemma Pearl (Agriculture Victoria), Dale Boyd (Agriculture Victoria) New Agriculture Victoria Soil Moisture Monitoring Website Agriculture Victoria has announced improvements to the Soil Moisture Monitoring Program as it continues to support farm businesses impacted by drought and dry seasonal conditions. The … Read More climate, risk management, soil management Farm Productivity
Published - 25 May 2020 By Pippa Auld (Agriculture Victoria) and Sam Henty (Agriculture Victoria) Sam Henty Talks Livestock Farm Monitor Project Agriculture Victoria’s Livestock Farm Monitor Project (LFMP) has been running for fifty years. The project collects detailed physical and financial farm information from producers, and … Read More Agriculture Victoria, Livestock Farm Monitor Project Business Management, Farm Productivity
