Business risk bootcamp

VICTORIAN young farmers looking to establish along and successful career in the agricultureindustry can gain valuable skills through two-day Business Bootcamp events this month.

AgricultureVictoriawill offer the two-day boot camp sessions at Swan Hill over February 9and 10, and in Maryborough over February 16 and 23.

Participants will be taken throughprofit, loss and cash-flow budgeting, balance sheets and gross margins, risk management, and financial planning and analysis.

AgricultureVictoria Young Farmer project coordinator, Sarah Wallis, said the boot camp wouldhelp farmers develop skills to understand and manage business risk, develop abusiness plan to expand their business and connect with other young farmers from their region.

These bootcamps are targeting young farmers affected by floods and storms as part of AgricultureVictoria’s technical and decisionmakingsupport program.

The workshops will help to buildthe resilience of young farmbusinesses and preparethem for the future

“These fun and interactive boot camps use aseries of farm case studies as reallife examples, providing participants with the skills to help them manage their farmbusiness now, as well as planning for their businessintothe future,”Ms Wallis said.

“This is also an opportunity for youngand emerging farmers to connect with like-minded and motivated people.”

The bootcamps will be delivered by Paul Blackshaw, farmbusiness adviser withMeridian Agriculture.

Registrations arelimited, so to book aplace now for eitherboot camp session, register via https://forms. office.com/r/kB8TsC58T6.

Formoreinformation visit the AgricultureVictoria’s Young Farmer Business Bootcamps or contact SarahWallis, Agriculture Victoria on 0419 571 208 or sarah.wallis@agriculture. vic.gov.au.

The Young Farmer Business Bootcamp is coordinated by Agriculture Victoria’s Young Farmer Network in collaboration withthe FarmBusiness Resilience Program.

The Farm Business Resilience Program is jointly funded through the Australian Government’s FutureDrought Fund and the Victorian Government’s FutureAgricultureSkills Capacity Fund. For furtherinformation, visit AgricultureVictoria’s support and resources available to floods- and storms-affected farmers.