Training Courses

Learn about the process of selecting the most appropriate crops for your farm including mapping and measuring of your physical resources for crop selection. Discover tools for crop selection, market intelligence and value adding, and study case histories of farmers who have successfully diversified. Diversifying into New Crops on your Farm.

Three day course $800 (incl GST) per person / Course eligible for FarmReady Assistance

Learn how to assemble your physical resource data into a Farm Plan for your property in order to Farm Smarter. Discover how to collate base production data to measure and monitor change in order to manage and benefit from the change process. Analyse farm management options using economic tools to make rational decisions between farming options. Examine how other farmers have used Farm planning to improve productivity, profitability and sustainability. Drawing up a Farm Plan for your farm.

Two day course $600 (incl GST) per person / Course eligible for FarmReady Assistance

This Course will show you how to identify how environmental values impact on your property so that you can manage these impacts. You will learn to understand the environmental values mapping process and learn how to collate data on the identified critical environmental values relating to quality and quantity using statistical tools so that you can make value judgements on the importance of these values in your farming system. Environmental Values and your Farm.

One day course $350 (incl GST) per person / Course eligible for FarmReady Assistance

Learn about the farm planning process and the importance of setting clear, measureable short and long term goals and objectives. The course explains how to articulate a vision for your farming experience, and also to produce an inventory of your resources including setting up a useful base map of your property. Knowing your Farm, knowing yourself.

One day course $350 (incl GST) per person / Course eligible for FarmReady Assistance

Learn how to identify the pastures most suitable for your property based on analysis of your physical resource data so you can improve the profitability of your farming system. Discover how to collate production data on your identified pastures and analyse this data using economic tools to help you make decisions based on facts rather than guesses. Learn how other farmers have successfully tried new pasture technologies. Sowing the right pastures for your farm.

Two day course $600 (incl GST) per person / Course eligible for FarmReady Assistance

Discover the power and importance of MICROCLIMATES on a farm and how to map and measure your microclimates. Learn about topographic temperature and rainfall patterns and how to profit from an understanding of this information. See how other farmers have benefited from understanding their microclimates. Understanding Microclimates on your farm
Three day course $800 (incl GST) per person / Course eligible for FarmReady Assistance

This Course will explain the causes of dryland salinity as it affects your farm. The module will also explain how to map and measure levels of salinity using Electromagnetic surveys and will offer a range of management solutions to salinity problems. Participants will also learn from examples of farmers managing salinity on their property. Understanding Salinity on your Farm.

One day course $350 (incl GST) per person / Course eligible for FarmReady Assistance

A practical course to learn about your SOILS and the importance of mapping and measuring your soil resources. Learn about your soil’s structure, drainage and other soil physical characteristics, soil chemistry and taking and interpreting soil tests. Learn how other farmers have used this information to improve their farms.

Three day course $800 (incl GST) / Course eligible for FarmReady Assistance

Develop an understanding of your water resources including terminology and methods of collecting water data. The course will explain critical water issues such as understanding your rainfall patterns, the use of rainfall analysis tools, the complexity of soil-water relationships, irrigation methodologies, water budgeting, land drainage, use and construction of dams, and aspects of water quality. Understanding your Water Resources.

Two day course $600 (incl GST) per person / Course eligible for FarmReady Assistance

Learn about the importance of Farm Planning for a farm property and why farmers should map and measure their land resources (farm infrastructure, soils, microclimates, water resources, salinity, and environmental resources). Learn how other farmers have used this information to increase productivity, profitability and sustainability and adapt to climate change.
Using Farm Planning to Adapt to Climate Change

One day course $350 (incl GST) / Course eligible for FarmReady Assistance