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This course has been delivered for both young and experienced farmers and advisers, with excellent feedback on content, ease of learning and learning outcomes. Go beyond traditional learning styles by using your own farm data and ignite your learning of farm business management.
Designed by highly experienced agribusiness professional and author Mike Krause (P2PAgri), the course is delivered by Mike and Tony Hudson, an experienced agribusiness adviser and past Director of Farm Business Management at Marcus Oldham College. The course will teach you how to:
Course duration: | 10 weeks: 4 X 3-hour interactive Zoom sessions PLUS 4 X individual (confidential) Zoom sessions with your coach (Mike or Tony) |
Start date: | Multiple intakes |
Number of units: | 3 |
Indicative fees: | Nil to eligible applicants $2072 per person for those that are not eligible for funding. |
Accredited Course: | Yes |
This course has been made possible through funding from the NSW Government’s AgSkilled™ program.
This training is being conducted by experienced agribusiness trainers:
Mike Krause
One of Australia’s most experienced agribusiness professionals, Mike Krause has 40 years’ experience in farm financial modelling, sensitivity analysis, farmer agri-business training, farm business consulting, and agricultural risk management. He is owner of P2PAgri and is a published author in farm business management. One of his books ‘Farming the Business’ (published by GRDC) is going to its 5th printing in 6 years and forms the text for this course.
Tony Hudson
A passionate member of the agricultural business community, Tony is committed to helping rural businesses improve their profitability, resilience, and overall business performance. Tony has been Director of Farm Business Management at Marcus Oldham College (Geelong) and now manages his own farm management consulting company, Hudson Facilitation. He is also the senior trainer in farm finance for the Rabobank Financial Skills course run by the Rabobank’s Client Council.
The online course aims to develop knowledge and skills to:
This course is fully subsidised by AgSkilled for eligible participants.
$2072 per person for those that are not eligible for funding.
The course duration is 10 weeks with the following structure:
Week 1 | Mail out of books and getting you started online |
Week 2 | Group interactive Zoom session – Monday or Tuesday 9am to 12pm |
Week 3 | Individual Zoom one-hour coaching session with your trainer |
Week 4 | Group interactive Zoom session – Monday or Tuesday 9am to 12pm |
Week 5 | Individual Zoom one-hour coaching session with your trainer |
Week 6 | Group interactive Zoom session – Monday or Tuesday 9am to 12pm |
Week 7 | Individual Zoom one-hour coaching session with your trainer |
Week 8 | Group interactive Zoom session – Monday 9 or Tuesday 9am to 12pm |
Week 9 | Individual Zoom one-hour coaching session with your trainer |
Week 10 | Wrap up and submission of any remaining assessments |
To enable you to get the most out of your training experience, you will need to commit to completing approximately two to four hours homework each week in addition to the group and individual zoom sessions.
For this course we are using Zoom, a virtual classroom through your computer. Don’t worry if you haven’t used this before as many previous participants hadn’t, and they really enjoyed the convenience! We are using Zoom for both group sessions and one-to-one sessions.
We will also be using P2PAgri (Plan2Profit Agri), easy to use and innovative cloud-based software.
We recommend everyone on your farm management team!
You will need to have prior experience in financial transactions and budgeting.
NB: This is not an entry level course.
This course is aligned to the following national units of competency:
Absolutely! It’s very important you learn using your own business information - this information will remain in strict confidence between yourself and your trainer.
For information on students rights and responsibilities, and the Tocal College Code of Practice see Student policies.
Intake 5 and 6 | 6 June 2022 Online |
Intake 7 and 8 | 27 June 2022 Online |
Intake 9 and 10 | 25th July 2022 Online |
Intake 11 and 12 | 29 August 2022 Online |
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