Developing and piloting a financial and business management training workshop for beef and sheep producers in the rangelands areas

Summary

The Business EDGE product was borne out of producer demand for improved business skills and financial literacy. Since its inception it has been attended by over 500 participants across 33 courses and is identified as the most successful of the EDGE products.
The learnings from delivering the initial material across Northern Australia, the findings of the Northern Beef Report and the need to extend coverage beyond beef only prodcuers neccesiated the updating of the course material.
The updated material has drawn on the strengths and timeless principles of the initial material, and is much improved as a result. The material has been piloted and refined and is now ready for delivery.
The key strength of the Business EDGE material is that it uses principles, concepts and terminology that are taught in business courses and used in boardrooms across the business world, and applies them to extensive grazing businesses.
The update Business EDGE provides the means to improve the business skills and financial literacy of managers of extensive grazing businesses, for which there is a recognised need.