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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.

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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.

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.