Published - 12 June 2019 By Sarah Brown (Agriculture Victoria) New Farm Business eLearning module available now The Young Farmer Project, with the support of Agriculture Victoria, has now launched its first online learning module, the Farm Business eLearning module. This module … Read More LMS Business Management, Support & Opportunities
Published - 6 June 2019 By Paul Blackshaw (Meridian Agriculture) & Sarah Brown (Agriculture Victoria) Paul Blackshaw Video Series – Introduction Paul Blackshaw is a farm business advisor with Meridian Agriculture, based in Rutherglen in North East Victoria. Paul provides services in farm financial analysis, benchmarking, … Read More Business Management
Published - 31 May 2019 By Jemma Pearl (Agriculture Victoria) & Tristan Wardley (Agriculture Victoria) Using a Decision Tree to help Make Decisions Making decisions, the Decision Tree analysis method Making decisions can be tricky, especially when there are many different possible choices and outcomes. One tool that may … Read More decision making Business Management
Published - 14 March 2019 By Georgie Thomson (Agriculture Victoria) 2017-18 Livestock Farm Monitor Project Data is Now Available Agriculture Victoria’s latest Livestock Farm Monitor Project (LFMP) for 2017-18 assessed the economic performance of 77 sheep and cattle farms across Gippsland, the South-West, and … Read More beef, Livestock Farm Monitor Project, sheep Business Management, Farm Productivity
Published - 7 March 2019 By Gavin Beever (Cumbre Consultants) Using a SWOT analysis to help develop a business strategy A SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats) analysis is an excellent tool for reviewing your farm business. It is a quick and easy tool to use. In … Read More decision making, risk management Business Management
Published - 14 November 2018 By Claire Waterman (Agriculture Victoria) What is opportunity cost? – Economic Video Series This short economic video about opportunity cost follows Gary, a broadacre wheat farmer with a dream to see the Kiss farewell tour. Gary’s business is … Read More cropping Business Management
Published - 9 November 2018 By Claire Waterman (Agriculture Victoria), Andrew Zull (Queensland Government, Department of Agriculture and Fisheries) Chris Carter (AEGIC (formerly Government of Western Australia, Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development)) Comparing Crop Management Options with a Risk and Return Economic Framework The Back of the Envelope Risk Analysis (BOERA) developed by Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries enables you to test your crop management options using … Read More cropping Business Management
Published - 9 November 2018 By Claire Waterman (Agriculture Victoria) Avoid sunk cost interfering with your decisions – Economic Video Series This short economic video on helping to avoid sunk cost follows Pete, a broadacre farmer who is wanting to have a good harvest this season, … Read More cropping, risk management Business Management
Published - 9 November 2018 By Claire Waterman (Agriculture Victoria) What are diminishing marginal returns? – Economic Video Series This short economic video about diminishing marginal returns follows George, a broadacre wheat farmer with a dream to buy a helicopter. But that dream depends … Read More cropping, risk management Business Management
Published - 9 November 2018 By Claire Waterman (Agriculture Victoria) Understanding risk – Economic Video Series This short economic video about understanding risk follows Steve, a broadacre wheat farmer with a dream to see a snow leopard. However, he needs to … Read More cropping, risk management Business Management